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Also let it be known that 6 year old rear tires and 7 year old front tries are fucken awful. I had a set of Brisdgestones fitted today and was shown the date on the Metzelers that came with the bike. Yet the bike is only 4 years old. So maybe some idiot somewhere has changed to an older set.

All I know is that in the rain these slide all over the place.

It was so nice to ride with real rubber hitting the road today on the way back from getting them fitted.



Planned obsolescence, motorcycle tires are now made with a synthetic rubber that apparently rots by exposure to the atmosphere, I went through the exact same thing, tires with 1200 miles usage and cracked sidewalls and scary traction, just from sitting 4 years. Your bike does look museum clean, you got to be happy with that.