ten year old tires - Page 3

 

Obvoiusly done a LOT of riding haven't you? I've yet to see a single bike
wear the front tyre out before the back. In fact, it makes me wonder why
there are deals out there where you get TWO back tyres and one front tyre as
a package.


Try riding without the front brake being on all the time. You'll probably go
a bit faster too.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 Beav wrote:

(Raises hand) It happens to me all the time because I don't usually
accelerate very hard, but I do practice full-on braking every chance I
get. My front tire always wears out before the rear.

-Gniewko

 


And I wear my fronts and rears out at about the same time, because I (A)
accelerate hard, (B) brake hard, and (C) trail brake into corners a lot. In
fact, the centers of my rear tires wear out at about the same rate as the
sides of my front ones.

 
Magnulus wrote:

It's no big deal that you missed this, and the age/condition of the
tires has little or no effect on the sales price, unless you're talking
about a bike that's in the $100 to $400 range.

You can easily figure out exactly how old the tires are by reading the
D.O.T. code on the sidewall.  Look for the letters DOT and check the
stamped 3-digit code (4-digit on tires manufactured over the last 2-3
years, which probably doesn't apply) following the DOT lettering.  This
represents the week and year of manufacture; for instance, in your
case, since it's a '97 bike (I think you said?) the digits 237 would
indicate the 23rd week of 1997, or sometime in May of 1997.  (Later
tires have a 2-digit year following the 2-digit week.)

Your tires are, as has already been pointed out, worn out.  Replace
them.  And specify European (Continental or Pirelli) inner tubes (they
need to be replaced, too!) or you will get extremely cheap and easily
punctured, torn, and/or randomly bursting at the seam Taiwanese-made
inner tubes.  Euro tubes cost about $20-22 each instead of $7-8 each,
but are well worth the difference.

 On 11 Dec 2006 00:44:14 -0800, Magnulus wrote:


Check the oil, too.  Dealers can be a bit odd, sometimes they are only
selling it on consignment(although they can do some odd things here
depending on state law).  If the tires are old, and the bike doesn't have a
lot of miles, odds are that the oil hasn't been changed either.