Hi Jens,
You're right, of course.
But my problem is that i only get to do proper spare-parts shopping once a year. Here in Seychelles the Yamaha dealer gets his bikes from Singapore and insists that the Xt and anything like it was never available there and that he can't get parts for anything more interesting than a YBR.
So i've drawn up my list of bits and pieces that need replacing when i go overseas. Top of the list is new tyres and i thought that it might be a useful steering upgrade to change the front wheel (21 to 17), while I'm putting the new rubber on.
I also hopped that it would give me more options of road-specific tyres, because out here trying to find a suitable tyre for the front end is killing me. In the condition my front tyre is currently in, cornering at anything above walking speed in the rain has become a mixture of judgement, luck and the power of prayer.
But thanks all the same for your advice.
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