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Both front and rear tires are cracking. Pressure checked with TPMS before every ride.
 
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Were those dealer installed? I'm curious to hear if anyone will do anything about that. I just got a set from my independent guy and he was saying his Dunlop rep just warned him about shortages. He was wondering if that meant there were issues with some of the tires and they had to go through and destroy/re-stock some.

It was just speculation on his part, but being in Buffalo, there are still a lot of people watching super closely since they shut down the plant here and shipped production to Indonesia 2 years ago.
 
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Originally Posted by lksmitty

Vertical crack

Horizontal crack

If you would, could you please post the entire DOT codes on both tires?

For example, here is the entire DOT code on the AE2s I bought in FEB 2026. The entire code is "DOT 17TC7 DCXM 4124"





Thanks in advance...
 
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