Geez, I'm already taking the bike 120 miles away, because my local dealer has idiots for techs. If I have to find another dealer, I might end up taking my bike to California.
The tech doesn't setup the bike, he only adjusts the valves, and that's the only thing I take the bike to the dealer to have done. I didn't even get the tire from the dealer. I just took it as a offhand comment about the tire and not something to be taken as his gospel about bike handling. I did mention to him about how I didn't care too much for it since it lightened the front end up, and he saw that point I was trying to make. I also raised the fork tubes in the yoke about 1/2" to combat the problem. The stock tire size though is the correct solution. There was a time though when it was tough to find a 33 Laser, and I didn't want to wait 2 weeks or more to get one. When I put the 880 on the front, I was getting the bike ready for a 1700 mile trip so I didn't have the luxury of waiting around for the correct size tire, and to be honest, the 880 was $50 cheaper than a 33 Laser. Since I'm a cheap SOB, it seemed to be a good idea at the time.
