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Sent the gf down to my local bike guys to get some new tires fitted and told her to just make sure it's the 140/80 and whatever it is at the front, can't remember.
We decided to go for the 880. I had an extended ride on the bike with the OEM tires and I was aware of heavy steering around corners, I really had to use a lot of handlebar pressure to get around slow corners and I was hoping for an improvement.
Anyhoo she phoned me from the store and they said they could get the tires in and gave us a pretty decent price but they said the rear was a few millimetres wider. I told her whatever, just make sure it's the 140/80, I told her to ask them but I just couldn't get a straight answer, they didn't say it was a 150/80 they went on as if it was some type os slightly different ME880.
I've been away for a week so just had a chance to test them today, first thing I noticed was that it *was* a 150/80, which kinda pi55ed me off at the time, but I took it for a spin and I was very pleased with the handling, it felt completely neutral, no handlebar pressure needed around slow corners at all, just a small shift in body weight. Unlike the Battlax45's on my GS, it did not track around corners like it was on rails, but as I said it was completely neutral.
OK so I'm happy with the final result, but now I'm wondering if the 150/80 ME880 on the rear is going to cause me any problems. Should wear them out in 18 months. OEMs lasted a year, but these ones have deep tread.
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