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I think it's normal, and to do with moving your grip closer to, or even behind, the steering axis, so it does feel different. You may also be pulling your weight in towards the middle of the bike a touch, depending on your setup, and weighting, again, a little further back from the contact patch of the front wheel, so also enhancing the wheel's "bump response," or tendency to move off line.
I don't know the mechanisms exactly, but I do know that, with practice, you can master any bicycle, and the odds are that you don't even have an unusual one, so give it time and practice.