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Title: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 02, 2016, 03:41:13 PM: How old are your tires?
If they were manufactured after the year 2000
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If they were made before the year 2000
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Stig
thanks TIRERACK.com
Title: Re: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: CROSSBOLT on October 02, 2016, 10:11:39 PM: :)

Karl
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Post by: Mr. Paul on October 02, 2016, 11:10:14 PM: Thanks Stig! Really good info. :)
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Post by: PaulF on October 02, 2016, 11:26:10 PM: Thanks Stig, will check mine today.
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Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 02, 2016, 11:59:37 PM: I will be interested to see how long ago your tires were manufactured >
And while you're laying down there with the flashlight looking at your tire sidewalls - how do the sidewalls look and what is your over-all impression of the tire's health?

I checked 6 tires (two scoots & one Honda bike) Every tire looked very very good. Healthy, with no side-wall fissures.
The manufacture dates were surprising!
Stig
Title: Re: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: PaulF on October 03, 2016, 04:13:09 AM: Found the DOT code on my stock Kenda tyres. Although my LIKE is only been registered for 3 mths it was manufactured in 2015.
Title: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: Forbes1964 on October 03, 2016, 06:01:03 AM: For car tires, the maximum "safe" life is six years from the date of manufacture. So if they are older than that, replace them whether they look bad or not. I suspect scooter tires are the same. But I'm not certain.

The rule of thumb is to not purchase a tire that was manufactured more than 2 years ago. But in reality, I'd buy them as old as three years old if I could get them at a substantial discount and I knew that I'd wear them out by mileage before 6 years.

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Title: Re: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 04, 2016, 10:49:25 AM: Michelins purchased from amazon were just as new as tires on scoots and motorcycle.
Good news on all three two-wheelers in the house!
So no worries about buying unseen...in my limited experience.
Stig
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Post by: ScooterLar on October 04, 2016, 02:18:46 PM: Well, I just learned that my wife's 2006 Vespa LX150 has it's original front tire manufactured in 2005. I also noticed the tire has small cracks around the edge of the rim. I guess it's time to order a new front tire. Thanks for the tip!
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Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 04, 2016, 08:02:12 PM: You know....while we're kicking tires around here - I offer this thought:

When was the last time you, or someone you know, experienced a tire structure failure on a scoot - or on a car?? I do not consider a flat tire to be a tire which has 'failed'.

I cannot recall knowing of a tire structure which failed - since I last saw a car have a blow-out about 50 yrs ago.
My Dad said that it was probably caused by running it with too little air in it.

Just sayin'....with modern tire construction & under-worked law offices - we may be getting out shorts knotted for too little reason when we spot small fissures in the rubber. If every tire older than 5 or 6 years was blowing up or causing crashes with any regularity it would be big news. Or even little news.
Our streets & highways are not littered with pieces of auto tires....old or new.

Even guys riding with their pants dragging and tire threads showing are still walking & posting.

Semi-truck tires are a whole 'nother bucket of Monkeys!

Stig
Title: Re: How to find date your tires were made
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 04, 2016, 08:06:49 PM: Well said Stig.
It's death & taxes.
Not being killed by tires, & taxes.

Large Alice
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Post by: PaulF on October 04, 2016, 09:43:44 PM: Semi trucks tend to use a lot of retreads/recapped tyres.
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Post by: Ozo on February 27, 2017, 05:31:04 PM: I know this is an old thread but due to the content deserves a bump.

Old tires may look good but if their design is poor then an upgrade is warranted. Dual compound tires are an upgrade. Some new designs offer hard center/soft sidewalls to improve handling which is an upgrade.
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Post by: Motorfoon on March 03, 2017, 01:37:16 PM: You REALLY dont want to be riding a motorcycle on old stale tyres! :'(
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Post by: ole two wheels on March 03, 2017, 06:45:32 PM: Thank you stig for all the trouble you go thru for us, trying to educate us on matters of Kymco, The pictures really make it Kymco for dummies 101.

Mac