Michelin Pilot Road 3s...I joined the club

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Got to test ride the RP3's this morning - oh man on corners they gave me a scare. They kinda drop in and unlike the stock tires it takes a wee bit of effort to get back up again. Weird. Will take a bit to get used to them. Not as flickable as the stock units because of the added input to get right again; but initial turn in effort is much smaller than the stock tires.

I found my self dropping into a much sharper turn than expected or wanted and a few times I just held on and let her track through otherwise I was trying to dial her back which was too much and had to drop her back in again - oiy! Have not had a tire do this before. Gonna be a learning curve with these.

And that's why I stuck with the stock sizes. I had a '99 Nighthawk 750 years ago and I put a 150 on the rear instead of a stock size 140 and experienced the same thing. The taller rear tire made it "drop into" turns with very little input on the handlebars. I can't imagine what a 160 would do. To each his own...