reflect...sorry, it's old-timer's disease...
----- Original Message -----
From: Creative Residential Designs
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:14 PM
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: About the age of tires
Tires, being petroleum products, become hard and brittle with age. I would
not run an old set no matter what condition they seem to be in. Also, tire
technology has changed considerably and the newer tires replect that change.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Rumer
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:40 PM
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: About the age of tires
Very interesting (and sad) story.
I myself was riding my Hawk on it's original tire for about a month
before I got it replaced. The tire was "on the bike" for 22 years. It only had
8711 miles on it though. I was sliding all over the place whenever I hit my
rear brake. Very scary feeling. No tire wear or dry cracks like some aged tires
have, But it was very dry and gave NO traction. I even took my driving test on
it and the tire got loose on me a couple of times. Tires are one of the most
important parts of a motor vehicle. I have not had a bit of problems since I
replaced it though.
Jeff Rumer
(Magilla)
--- 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
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
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