New tyres? Suspension service? Both?

[Ribenapigeon]

Bike has a drifting feel when cornering right especially pronounced on slower turns like a roundabout. Also rear suspension feels soft when exiting a turn and putting the power on.

Tyres are 6k miles around town nostly and im wondering if they are unevenly worn due to camber.

If the suspension needs servicing how much hassle is it and any recommendations on where to send the shocks. Bikes done 20k miles.

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[chris-red]

What bike? Does the rear have any adjustment?

I'd do tires and fork oil. Fork oil is a Piece of piss if you are already removing the front wheel.

For my TDM I'd have to undo 12 extra bolts and then the fork caps.

Loosen the caps before undoing the pinch bolts, remove the forks, undo the caps, upend to drain then refill. It add maybe an hour tops to getting the wheel off for a tyre change.

I periodically change mine as I really do feel a difference.
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[Ribenapigeon]

[chris-red]

[chris-red]

If you want practice, buy a bottle of drink, pour it away, then refill with the same amount of liquid.
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[MarJay]

Why not replace tyres first, see if the bike is restored to original handling condition, and then if not start considering suspension servicing? If you look at the bike and can see the tyres are dodgy, and the handling is noticeably dodgy, why would you start poking about with the suspension until you've replaced the dodgy thing?

First rule of troubleshooting is try one thing at a time, otherwise you'll never know what fixed the problem.
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[Fizzer Thou]

Whilst I partly agree with Marjay,Chris-Red's comment about replacing the fork oil at the same time is worthy of consideration.

Not too long ago I replaced both tyres on a friends MT-07 and although the new rubber helped,the front still felt vague.So once again the front had to be suspended and the front wheel removed so as to get to the forks.Once that had been done it made a big difference.

I replaced the fork oil in my R1 forks,not because the seals needed replacing,but because rear shock had been replaced and I had bought new Ohlins fork springs.The bike felt unbalanced before but so much better once front and rear had been set up.The oil that came out of the forks was the original stuff and was like water,even after 3,000 miles.

To the OP,if the manual suggests 10w oil,contemplate mixing a 500ml bottle of 10w and a bottle of 15w to give you 12.5w
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[A100man]

Tyre pressures correct?
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[Courier265]

I'm with MarJay on this.... Tyres first, preferably both at the same time, that should give you a clue.

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