new tyres didnt feel right

Originally Posted by Biker_Billy

True - but I was just interested to know - especially when he said that they felt so much better to start with...

Must have been overinflated when stone cold, but not to a degree that they were so noticable when ridden for the first few miles. Then the pressures build as they heated up, and the difference was felt?

they felt better because the old ones were really squared of,and I had lost a weight which caused a front wobble

ah...righty ho...

kwak knows all about over inflating your tyres, but thats another story.

should be fine once you have put the correct PSI in.

Been there with an overdone back tyre (50psi)- not very safe.

Wait til you go to adjust the chain too- they probably did the rear bolt up with a drill. Tyre fitters can be f*ckers like that.

My Bro had this last month- took it back to them. They couldn't undo it with the drill they used to tighten it. So they had to undo the bolt with a pneumatic drill.

I was told that the hight pressures were deliberate, to help the tyre form a good rim seal or something. Apparently your just "supposed to know" and adjust the pressures back to normal after some unknown amount of miles. That said, 50 psi sounds a teeny bit high even for that...

Now to wait and see if if i've been told a lot of coblers...

Originally Posted by DoubleD

kwak knows all about over inflating your tyres, but thats another story.

i know check them religiously

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

i know check them religiously

pls tell

well to cut a long story short, i been riding like 15years and i went on NW rideout and put 42psi in my tyres like it said on the sidewall, whilst out i lost the front on a bend and ended up in a field backwards lol abit bust up not one to boast but ive been round corners tighter than that with my knee on the deck solid as a rock, i put it down to partly having a rock solid front tyre and no grip that and braking into the bend with hard tyres, i run at about 34 now, 7 months later and it still hurts

see here-
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ght=field+trip

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Originally Posted by Philbo

Now to wait and see if if i've been told a lot of coblers...

Yes you have. It might be necessary to over inflate the tyre slightly to get it to seat on the rim, but once seated the tyre pressures should be adjusted by the fitter to the correct value.