Can excessive fork dive affect braking - Tiger 885

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Pure brilliance lads. :lol ..so who's right then, Nick or BBrown ??

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What I think you will have, is more weight transfer to the front, which puts the front tyre under more load,
I would upgrade, either with fresh/thicker fork oil, and/or better springs, simply because the bike will be much more enjoyable, and somewhat safer to ride than with loads of dive.

Just my thoughts, but always open to learning if I've got it wrong (again  :rolleyes :lol ).

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My thoughts the same re springs and oil  :thumbup

However, BBrown says....

mainly because it ensures maximum tyre compression and contact area under a hard panic brake

The opposite is true. If the load is being taken care of by the forks, the tyre isn't being planted on the road as hard. Less dive = more load on the tyre as the tyre walls will have to do the flexing instead.

If the front is more stable, you will get more confidence.

So we have soft front = weight transfer = more front load . Me & Nick  :pokefun
Less dive = more load. BB  :pokefun
Deade Eye "I don't know... " many thanks for your honesty  :lol

For what it's worth, I can outride most bikes through the twisties on the Tiger better than I can on the Fazer - nice wide bars  :b but am sure spring and oil change will make it even better....certainly don't trim hedges with it