Change of tyre manufacturer, more cornering confidence?

[Grahamm]

Fairly sure your issue Graham is not trusting a modern motorbike tyre.

Very probably. Having had a couple of bad experiences in the past, I'm loathe to try to explore the limits when getting it wrong could be expensive or even painful

What tyres are you running..do you ride 365 all weather, bet there decent tyres and you can't remember the last time you locked the front in the wet resulting in a major.

I've got Bridgestone 023s and I ride all year around. I've only ever had the ABS on the front cut in a couple of times, once when I had to anchor up and hit a patch of gravel (fortunately I was travelling in a straight line).

Let's try asking the question this way: If I'm cornering (and barring patches of diesel etc) which tyre is likely to slide first: The front or the rear? (Naturally I don't touch the front brake when cranked over!)

I can deal with rear wheel skids (I wore out many a tyre on my bicycle when I was a kid...) so if the rear is more likely then I will probably be ok.

So which is most likely to slide?