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Originally Posted by g6snl
Having done just about 100 miles on a recently acquired vstrom 650 I am amazed how poor the front feels. I've come to the conclusion it must be the tyres fitted. Front is a Trail-wing and rear is a Battle-wing
So far in 100 miles I have felt the wee front slip away on dry roads twice & once on the wet. Not a good feeling. I aint a speed freak either!
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I think you will find that the Trailwing is OEM (and the Battlewing has been fitted later); the tyre fitting shops know how to read the "small print" on the tyre wall to tell if it was fitted in the factory, when new.
In any case, I had Trailwings on a new F650GS and they weren't great as a matched pair; and yes, they were replaced with Battlewings, front and back, which worked better.
You don't say how many miles these tyres have done (I guess you don't know) but that wear pattern (front, back or both??) suggests that the previous owner/rider knew a lot of curvy roads and spent more time leaned over than upright.
If so, ....
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Dave
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