Keystone State Thread

I PURCHAESD mine on June 26th, but they couldn't have been manufactured on the same day and delivered to my tire place. I called just to be sure and the tire place told me it doesn't apply to me. Makes sense.

 

What is the production code date on the sidewall of your tires?

 

Where do you find this?

 

There will be a sort of rectangular depression on the sidewall with a 4 digit code.

https://www.goodyear.com/en_US/learn/tire-basics/tire-date-code.html

 

Thanks. I googled it as well. If I got the correct numbers, it looks like it was manufactured the 51st week of 2022.

 

Worked for a motorcycle dealership for several years and tire age was a big concern there. Most bike dealerships won't even mount a tire over 5 years old. Sadly a lot of riders don't wear out tires that quickly so we'd see tires all the time that were cracking or dry rotted and would no longer pass state inspection. I only have that issue on my antique Honda as it only sees a couple of hundred miles in a year at best. My main bike goes through 2-3 pairs of tires per year.

 

These look like they were about 6 months old when I got them. I called several places and this tire place had them for the cheapest price. Are tires 6 moths old problematic?

 

Absolutely not, in fact that's likely as fresh of a tire as you'll get. I bought 2 sets of motorcycle tires last year in the Spring and both pairs that came in were already over one year old. I wouldn't worry about tires being under about 3 years old to start unless they showed obvious signs of improper storage like cracking or dry rot or physical damage from mishandling.

 

Generally speaking, what mileage can one get from a bike tire? Never owned one, just curious..

 

Just when you think truck tires are bad.....Bike tires are a whole different game. Much depends on the type of bike and they type of riding. When I worked for a Harley Davidson dealership a touring model could often go over 20k miles on tires. Now those tires were a rather hard compound meant for good longevity but not so good for hard cornering. On a crotch rocket/sport bike where handling and performance are the top priority I saw guys run through a rear tire in less than 3k miles and that was if they didn't do burn outs. On my Yamaha FJR1300, that bike is sort of a blend of both worlds with really good cornering and handling ability yet the comfort to travel 2-up for days on vacation. My best life on a pair has been just over 13k miles with the front tire being more worn than the rear. I likely could have gone another 1-1.5k on the rear but I always change both at the same time. I bought my own motorcycle tire changer during Covid so that saves me a lot of money on paying someone else to mount and balance. Currently the tires I use I can get delivered to my house for around $400 per pair. I use at least 2 pairs a year currently and have mounted a 3rd set once in 2018.

 

@ColoradoTJ
@shakerhood
@TnShooter

 

That's about how the roads looked here for the last 5 days.
Finally clearing off today.

 

Happy after work guys

 

@ColoradoTJ
@steelcity2

 

Surprisingly smooth for an HD truck, surprisingly good fuel economy, and a decent stereo system...

 

LT, I think, with Z71 package. It had heated cloth seats but not the Bose speakers...