Which tyres - M1100s

Originally Posted by Thirdway

The thing about modern tyres is that they are incredibly thin. Older tyres had big chunky tread but the new stuff can be paper thin when the profile is flattened.

Agree! And once you get to a certain point the tyre can deteriorate very quickly afterwards...before you know it you can see the steel belts peeking out from the inside! As Thirdway says, the handling would have gone to pot before then anyway.