A GT tyre is wrong for the vfr800, the side walls are too stiff, they are made for heavy tourers like Pan 1300's FJR's etc. not surprised they...
Well did you get her sorted out ok and back on the road?
I'm running Road 5's. very good tyres and not much dearer than T32 from what I remember. Old BT023 were great tyres and very cheap now.
GT version might not suit the 5th gen?
Separate names with a comma.