How To Tell If A Motorcycle Tire Is Bad 

Good video Adrian, as well as the video about reusable and much more efficient purifiers.

Really helpful video Adrian, and the explanation to the tyre date on the sidewall is probably something many did not know. I've plugged tyres before and the plugs that held I've left on the bike, but had a few which the plug didn't hold, so ended up replacing the tyre.

Excellent content. Thanks for posting it. I am not a new bike rider, but I did not know about the date on the side of the tire.

Awesome Video Mr.. Thank you.. I know my tires on my bike are bad but just wanted to double check b4 i go to my husband who is a diesels mechanic and also the tire guy at his work.. What do they say if you marry a painter?? Yep your house never gets painted.. 🤔😉🤣

You covered it well our kid , i have always been told just what you described re intrusion ,and if theres more than one repair reqd even if its in middle of tyre get shut , just storing hassle which no one needs all the best

THANK YOU. I just bought a bike and this helps me tremendously. You are clear and concise and a pleasure to watch. Boy are you correct about the flaming. None here, I don't suffer from severe insecurities like most of the flamers. Again, thank you.

Excellent video and I 100% agree!!

good video dude - I'm a new bike owner so sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge

Great video and I would agree with everything you said 👍

Good stuff. Thanks

Love your videos, cheers

Many thanks.

Awesome video sr

Nice video, but you should also add checking the valve stem.. they also get dry rotted and have far less strength and resistance against road hazards like rocks, hail, etc...

Great vid!

Great video.

Good video, well done bud

Thank you sir

Good job

Stopped by to check out some of your vids and throw you a sub Adrian. Thanks for the tips. I could add one more reason to change your motorcycle tire to the list: The tire doesn't suit your riding style. Proper tool for every job, right?

09/09/23. I have tiny cracking on my Whitewall tires. All else is good. Is it game over for those tires?

Thanks for savings so many lives

I just replaced two perfect looking tires from 2010, only a couple thousand km's on them. When it rained my front slipped in a corner and I didn't trust them anymore. My wallet hurts but I'm glad to hear I made the right choice.

What brand do you use on the VROD .??

Great video however i want to address the old tires, if you store them correctly old tires can still be used just fine. Ari Henning did a video on this. But as a general rule, it is best to replace it unless you know how the tires are stored and you trust the expertise of the person who store them.

As a Scientist, I noted at approximately the 2:00 mark your comment regarding the aggravation of time caused by the pressure of motion and forces caused by the expansion of space. Cross referencing that comment to the 0511 date stamp clearly labeled upon the tire and the time/date of which I saw your video the first time (10:16 am EST on 15 October 2023), I was able to actually extrapolate the age of the Universe and in fact, confirm the time of the Big Bang, some 14.3 Billion years ago. Well done Dude. Well done. Oh - and your motorcycle content is also excellent

Any tire brand, size or just recommendations for mainly highway use ? I ride a c50

HELP PLEASE i have a new but left over 2022 triumph scrambler XC…..the ride is always bumpy. new paved roads are bumpy. if you were to ride this bike in a track the ride would be bumpy old paved roads are bumpy. the ride is always bumpy. my bike is a 2022, which i bought this week in june of 2023. considering it’s a left over i’m thinking it has been sitting in the showroom for a long time and one or both tires have a flat spot. as that flat spot hits the ground on every revolution, it will feel bumpy. i could be wrong but that’s the only thing i can come up with. unless the suspension needs tuning. even if the suspension needs tuning the ride should be smooth of pavement, especially a newly paved road. this is why i think it’s flat spots on the tires. have not che led the tire pressure, assuming the pressure is correct from the dealer. your thoughts ?

Best tires for Fz07?

Nothing wrong with your video, especially with side wall pictures , I had a cobra chrome with 800 miles on it nail in the side replaced the tyre made me cry but that's life and €275 lighter.

I have a motorcycle and it has 2012 brand new but we are on 2023 and I don’t wanted to trow this tires and put new ones on and I don’t ride on highway is that ok ?

My motorcycle skids a lot these days even when applying brakes at a 40 km/hr speed. My Bike is a 150cc engine bike & with tubeless tyre at Rear covering 30,000kms and front 35,000km(tube tyre). Should I replace tyres as I have checked alignment of tyres it's all right.

A new product on the market in the last couple of years is 303 protectant, spray your tires at a couple of times a year with this it will reduce the Aging of the rubber substantially the other problem I have with your observation, is that the age of the tire does not tell you that it's bad. In the 1960s a gentleman came from New Zealand and set 9 World Records on a motorcycle that had tires that were at least twenty years old on it. They weren't making tires to any kind of reasonable standard in the 1940s that would have even applied in the 1960s much less today. Do I think you're sticking your neck out a little bit, yes. That said, a brand new set of tires you don't know anything about them anymore than you know about the tires that you just took off. If that's all you had to go on, that's not enough to replace the tire. How you store it and how you treated the tire, by not treating it first of all. The tire with all the cracking on the side got that way because somebody wasn't maintaining the damn tires. This is user caused. I have witnessed tires that were cracked, go 150,000 miles plus after the cracking started showing up. They literally were put on four different cars after the cracking was showing up and the last car it was on was stolen so I still don't know how many miles further those tires went. But they had 215,000 Mi on it when the car was stolen and still had good tread and the tires were operating fine because they were always kept treated. They were also kept with proper air pressure in them. As for the flat spot on the Outer Perimeter of the tire. Unless you're riding on curves most of the time, and not great down the road for most of the time, unless you're really getting really down close to thin tire carcass on the outside, you don't need to replace the damn Tire. And how much money is a tire company setting you to say that some of this bullshit. There's one that I can't tell you why it happened, the Bulge in the tire that's probably from a low tire that hit a pothole that tire needs to come off yesterday. Yes punctures are to be judged on a case-by-case basis.

Ok, so if my FJ1100 has lightly cracked wheels (on the tread and nowhere else and they're very minor cracks) would it be safe to at least go 20 miles on it?

Pa here. I just got sold a new Pirelli back tire for my v rod cvo, from a motorsports shop. Went to have installed, and told they will Not touch it. Apparently the shop sold me a tire for $220 that was stamped 4808. A 14 year old freaking tire!

Those rotted tires look exactly like mine. I bought the bike like that. Instead of paying $150 to tow in 12 miles, I decided to ride ...I didn't die but damn if that wasn't the sketchiest ride ever.

Great job my hillbilly friend.

Only the die-hards riding now ! Do they even make cold weather compounds for bikes ?

Are you aware tyres are mostly artificial rubber with various compounds 5:19

How dangerous is it to ride 70 mph on dryrot tires

Reason #8 that you have a bad tire--if it says Shinko on the sidewall.

You need to hit some curves once and a while by the look of it.

It is right but often well kept/garage tires are much better than newer tires. 10y old in garage is better than 2 years parked outside.