2004 Fazer thou

[Neil Bruce]

Evening
 just put new boots on the old girl, a set of P3 roads, has made a significant difference to the bikes handling for sure, but still feels skittish
tends to wander off line , and is badly affected by side winds , have checked all the usual suspects like alignment front and back , every thing is straight and tight , the tread on the front tire looks odd, looks like the thing is on the wrong way round , however the arrow on the side wall is facing in the correct direction ???
Not sure what to make of this at all , anyone got a cure for a wandering fAZER   

[red98]

Have you checked tyre pressures  ?

[unfazed]

Did you check all the wheel bearing, sprocket carrier bearing, swinging arm bearing and steering stem bearings?

[Ricky]

My bike just did not feel right awhile back, nervous front end, twitching, felt like I would louse the front not nice, turned out I only had 29 psi in the front, but. 36 psi  in and now back to normal. I have bridgestone 21

[Neil Bruce]

Thanks for getting back lads


I have checked all of the above, most of the items mentioned have recently been replaced,
it almost feels like the bike has suddenly became  top heavy and wants to fall over /tuck in , (weird)
 

[unfazed]

Thanks for getting back lads


I have checked all of the above, most of the items mentioned have recently been replaced,
it almost feels like the bike has suddenly became  top heavy and wants to fall over /tuck in , (weird)
 

Has the steering stem been overtightened?

[gixersix]

Can I suggest it's probably the tyre profile - the PR4's probably different from whatever you've had before.
The 50 or 55 number just says it's the same height - but the shape of the profile is probably different. I'd been using BT20's on my GSXR6 - putting it on Michelin Pilots transformed the handling - it dropped soooooo much more easily into bends. Highly recommended for SRADs.


My Z1000SX was great on PR4's, rock solid stable but the T30's seem to make it skittish and less stable (I have tried both in a 55 profile - up from the standard 50) whereas the T30's were awesome on my Fazer Thou - again, rock solid grip, until they got down to a couple of mm - (hen whitelined badly. That said, I've dropped the Fazer's yokes 10mm so it actually steers now, and have an R6 shock and Maxton forks.

[Dudeofrude]

Sounds silly but your old tires weren't excessively squared off were they? 
I had that problem on my old thundercat. The tires were so square I could've used them to level shelves haha
Anyway I finally swapped for new rubber and nearly fell off it in the first bend just because it tipped over so easily.