In Tulsa it's tar snakes AND huge chuckholes.
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Pretty soon I will need tank treads on all the vehicles.

 

Besides TAR SNAKES the local D.O.T around here gets carried away with that ***** and put down 1 to 2 feet sqaure patches on roads sometimes.&nbsp\\; If you are riding in a know problem area just slow it down a tad in the twisties and&nbsp\\;to manuver and miss them all together you need to see the snake than look away.&nbsp\\; If you star at the object you are trying to miss you will hit it every time.&nbsp\\; Its same for motocross racing on tracks with bad ruts.&nbsp\\; You look at rut you want to stay out of and you wind going in it every time.

 

My son darn near lost it going across "Tar Snakes" up a steep hill... Now he avoids them at all costs. The hotter the pavement is, the more likely those darn things are to make the tire/bike slide. Tar, just another petroleum product (OIL)!

 

I THOUGHT OF CHANGING TO A 21" FRONT LOOKS GOOD BUT EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED
TO SAY IT DOES HURT THE PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING I DONT THINK THEY ARE FOR
THE BIG HEAVY TOURER'S

 

Thanks for all the input.

 

We got m up here in Ontario Canada too except ours are full of ice longer than most!!!

 

You might get a better understanding of those tar snakes if you just pull off the road near one and go look at it.&nbsp\\; Feel how the tar gets gooey and you will have a better idea of why they do what they do to your scooter.

 

also pay attention to the painted lines on the road. they can be very slick when wet! if you cross one in the rain you will see

 

I have not experianced the instability, but always woory about it when I see the snakes comin'.

 

i noticed it a whole lot when it gets real warm out the tar gets squishy