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The handling is slower with 18 inch wheels, nimbler with 19 inch. I stuffed the handling of my featherbed Triton when I fitted 18 inch rims etc. It could still be ridden fast around corners, but if I rode it in a 5 lap race, I would get off it afterwards, exhausted. The first time I rode with the 18s, I put a footresrt on the road and lifted the rear wheel. The bike went into a monstrous tank slapper. I kept it upright by grabbing the tank, but I grabbed the bars too soon and it flicked me over the front.Not so. I have 100/90 x 19 Avon Roadriders at both ends on 3.5 inch rims. The steering is very quick, at least as quick as a 750 with its' skinny earlier tyre yet is precise and stable at any speed. Where on earth did you get the idea that the "handling would be numb"?
I think the handling is slower and you get more lean.