For whatever it's worth, how tires have aged is quite important to me. The details aren't all that important but if I can cut a tire with a thumbnail and there are no cracks, I'll ride it. The OEM tires age fast, some premium tires age slowly. They're very soft to start with. I go with instinct mostly, it's not easy to describe. When in doubt, throw it out. New tires are slippery, most folks don't know how long it takes to scuff 'em.
--- On Sun, 6/21/09, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dennis <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] About the age of tires To: [email protected] Cc: "'Alistair J. Crerar'" <[email protected]>, "Ed Fitzgerald (home)" <[email protected]>, "Jon Richardson (Home)" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 4:06 PM About the age of tires There's an article on-line on ABC about aged automobile tires being sold 'as new'and how dangerous they can be. It's an interesting and scary story since apparently no one has been paying attention to this issue. Click the following link and you can watch the story. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897 This has got me wondering about motorcycle tires and if they have the same issues. Dennis H., do you have any wisdom to share with us on this issue given all your years working in dealerships? Dennis G. - Seattle - '85 & '86 CB700SC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
