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We're motorhome people and there's a rule of thumb in our community that, if a tire is 7 years old, regardless of what the tread looks like, it's time to replace.
In June 2010, we bought an '02 motorhome that only had 12,000 miles on it. The tires looked fine, but when I looked at the manufacturing date code, it translated out to October 2000. The chassis was probably delivered from Ford to the MH manufacturer in mid '01 for it to be originally registered in May of '02.
First thing I did was get 6 new tires (dual wheels on the back axle). Motorhomes don't react very well if a tire blows out, but motorcycles will be even worse. In my time at N-V and in my earlier commuter riding, I only had one catastrphic tire failure, and that was on my 150cc Vespa at about 20 mph in my home neighborhood. I did fall off in the resulting gyrations, but just got a couple of scrapes.
Check the date code on your tires and replace if they're more than 7 or 8 years old.
In June 2010, we bought an '02 motorhome that only had 12,000 miles on it. The tires looked fine, but when I looked at the manufacturing date code, it translated out to October 2000. The chassis was probably delivered from Ford to the MH manufacturer in mid '01 for it to be originally registered in May of '02.
First thing I did was get 6 new tires (dual wheels on the back axle). Motorhomes don't react very well if a tire blows out, but motorcycles will be even worse. In my time at N-V and in my earlier commuter riding, I only had one catastrphic tire failure, and that was on my 150cc Vespa at about 20 mph in my home neighborhood. I did fall off in the resulting gyrations, but just got a couple of scrapes.
Check the date code on your tires and replace if they're more than 7 or 8 years old.