Tires Question
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Tires Question
Sorry but I need some input about tires! I'm buying a 2014 SGS and it only has 2017 miles on it! They look great as they should with so little few miles! The bike has been sitting the last 10 months but again very few miles and they do need to be inflated some but from what I can tell I should be good to go right?
thanks in advance!
Ranger Rick
thanks in advance!
Ranger Rick
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Assuming they are still the stock tires on when purchased new, the bike was probably assembled and on a showroom floor in the fall of 2013. This means the tires are 6 years old. Would you probably be ok? Probably. Would you want to risk it being 6 year old tires? Only you can answer that.
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I use Avon tyres and on their website they say:
"Avon recommend tyres should be used within 5 years of manufacture. The tyre should then be removed after a total of 7 years."
I interpret that as fitting to a bike within five years and replacing after 7 years of the date on the sidewall.
"Avon recommend tyres should be used within 5 years of manufacture. The tyre should then be removed after a total of 7 years."
I interpret that as fitting to a bike within five years and replacing after 7 years of the date on the sidewall.
Last edited by grbrown; May 5, 2019 at 10:38 AM.
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Sorry but I need some input about tires! I'm buying a 2014 SGS and it only has 2017 miles on it! They look great as they should with so little few miles! The bike has been sitting the last 10 months but again very few miles and they do need to be inflated some but from what I can tell I should be good to go right?
thanks in advance!
Ranger Rick
thanks in advance!
Ranger Rick
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I agree with the above. Losing a tire on a bike is much more significant than a 4-wheel vehicle. Why risk it? I had a tire completely come apart on my pickup while towing my travel trailer a few years ago. It was a complete mess but thankfully nobody got hurt. Could've been a disaster if it had happened on another stretch of highway. The tires had low miles but they were 8 years old. I won't make that mistake again.
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I would suggest putting a few thousand miles on those tires. Depending on how much you ride, maybe 2 more full riding seasons you are fine. Look at the guidance from Avon - 7 years. Keep in mind that is their product liability lawyers speaking. The same ones that suggest, "when your mower is running don't stick your hand up the exhaust shute". Yeah, no ****. I think you'll be fine unless you plan on scraping the floorboards every weekend.
