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Went for a ride yesterday out in the scrub , brand new front MX scorpion tyre, and every rock I went over I could feel itlike I had no tyre on at all ... NO grip at all, slipping and sliding every where, I tired more and less air pressure in the tyre, made no difference. Could this be cause from my fork seals ?

I doubt it, but I could be wrong.If your forks are leaking oil you should replace oil and seals anyway. I've had leaky seals, and it never caused me loss of traction up front. Have you changed suspension settings recently?

Could it just be that the rocks were slippery? I had brand new front and rear tire, and went riding after a huge rain fall. both tires slipping all over the place, not to mention some rocks were mossy. However, in the dirt and sand they have great traction, and pretty good traction on dry rocks/stone too.

My fork seals don't seam to be leaking but I was thinking of getting them changed anyways cause my bike has done about 3000 km and my forks have never been serviced at all .... Suspension is stock cause I'm not game enough to have a fiddle with my suspension cause I wouldn't have a clue on what I would be doing. It just seams every time I ride on fire trails its always slippery so that's what has made of think its suspension problems

new tyers have a coating on them but this wears of after the first ride ?

Yeah true, I might just have to get some concrete into me and harden up a bit