tires badly worn

[misterprofessionality]

i've learned my lesson with over-worn tires years and years ago. I didn't suffer a blowout but you can have any number of issues from enhanced instability over things like tar snakes to even dreaded tank slappers, and believe me, if you think you're gonna take it easy and not get a tank slapper when you have a bald front tire think again. i got one at only 50mph with a very bald tire on an old Virago and narrowly recovered without crashing.

bad tires = don't ride.