I don't think you can hold the dealer or salesman accountable for it. As a buyer it's your responsibility to assume the salesman will tell you whatever he thinks you want to hear to buy the object he's selling. That said, I would replace the tires immediately. Whether they appear to be in good condition or not I wouldn't take a chance on something so essential to keeping the shiny side up.
-Kyle On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > I would not trust tires even ten years old, let alone twenty! > On Jun 2, 2016 14:01, "blackbird" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> yeah, right now my bike is in the shop and they have to change the fork >> seals as well. It's a new to me bike. Is it wrong for a dealer to claim 20+ >> year old tires, possibly 30 year old tires, to be in good condition because >> it had been stored in a shed with a cover? The salesman claims I can still >> get 2 seasons out of them. He says the tires never saw the sun and >> therefore has no cracks on the walls and that there is quite a lot of >> threading left. The bike has less than 4200mi on them. But, 30 year old >> tires..... i'm sure there is some dry-rot and the composition of the tires >> have degraded even though there are no signs of cracking.... >> >> On Monday, 30 May 2016 19:44:17 UTC-4, The Sober Sous Chef _ wrote: >>> >>> It's a little different than you're used to. It feels woobly and top >>> heavy at first. I found myself scared to get low in the turns, but started >>> building the trust slowly. Now I scrape my pegs. The pegs are in a perfect >>> spot for the DS setup, in my opinion. Just watch those front fork seals. >>> Mine cost a pretty penny after two seasons of trail/highway riding. They >>> were "the worst" my mechanic had ever seen. He didn't comment on all of my >>> other mods---not exactly mechanic approved workmanship, but gets the job >>> done. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
