Hi Guys,
I noticed that my bike's steering is a bit strange. I am not sure if there is an issue or it is normal with GTR and these bigger touring bikes.
When I am going into a turn the bike wants to steer so much on its own that I have to actually countrpart it by my strangth to the opposite direction.
Thank you for your sharing :-)
I had something similar with Bridgestone tyres. A real PITA until I swapped them for Michelins. Night and Day. What a difference.
Up to that point I had tried all sorts of tyre pressures and fork settings, but it was just crap tyres
thanks a lot for your comment, what tyres exactly do you have (type, number...)
Bridgestone BT021 were the crap ones
Michelin Pilot Road 4 GTs on now
got them from http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/
If you've got slight squaring off on the front, that'll do it.......
What tyres and mileage on them do you have currently
All said - the GTR is heavy front ended and needs to be ridden accordingly.
Quote from: Winston Smith on August 11, 2014, 10:15:19 PM
All said - the GTR is heavy front ended and needs to be ridden accordingly.
:agree:
Thank you guys.
The front tyre is about 80%. It is not definitely a brand new one.
The "squaring off" is not visible - not that I would be able to recognize it. It looks round. Could you please advise, how I recognize this squaring?
My feeling when turning even in a very slow speed (also slightly leaning) is that the front wants to fall on the side and I need to counter strength of my arms to stop it. When parking, it is a useful thing, but with any speed higher than 5 kph, it is annoying. It is as if it was designed not to be leant in the turns, strange.
Quote from: Winston Smith on August 11, 2014, 10:15:19 PM
All said - the GTR is heavy front ended and needs to be ridden accordingly.
Hi,
Thanks for your comment. Do you mean that what I experience is normal? I need then to learn counter part my heavy front with my arms' strenght?
Cheers.
Quote from: Burchy on August 11, 2014, 02:04:00 PM
Bridgestone BT021 were the crap ones
Michelin Pilot Road 4 GTs on now
got them from http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/
Hey :-)
I wonder if your tyres are new or you have them for a few hundred / thousand km/miles - just to know if they will get worse and this issue will appear again or if the fix will last - new tyres are expensive, so just to know if it will be a permanent fix or not.
Thanks a lot for mentioning the type!
I've done precisely 593 miles on them since the end of June when I fitted them. Immediately I noticed that I only had to "think" about going left or right and the bike did it, with seemingly no input from me at the bars. I know that one has to use the bars to induce a turning effect, but its so minimal now as to be unnoticeable. Have got used, to some extent, to the constant countersteering I laughed out loud to myself and took a very circuitous route home, getting in an hour late!
Best £230 I have spent in ages