My buddy got 9k on his stock Dunlop on his 09 bobber before he switched to metzlers

 

I'd go 10yrs on a car tire, no sweat. Max on a MC tire is 5yrs for me. How good that MC tire 'looks' has no influence on me. A tire starts degrading the minute it cools off at the factory. Keep any tire, when cold, at Max pressure. That is important.

 

When you can't hold it up, back it up, or pick it up.

 

A-look at date code for week and year..The tires might be brand ne
B & C-look at date code and confirm age. If replacement was required i would replace with factory front and back.

If tires are older than 6 years per date code replace. Aging of tires is sometimes also effected by storage conditions like temperature changes and light exposure.

Just because the bike is older does not translate to the the tires being old.

 

I didn't realize this was about tires, thought it was about a persons age. SMH

 

You mean maximum recommended pressure that's in the owners manual correct? Cause there's a recommend pressure & then I think the sidewall has a maximum load pressure that I wouldn't use.

 

Although I think the maximum cold pressure on the sidewall is probably not a good idea to run all the time, I think some people actually go by that.

 

I go by sidewall when I have a passenger, other wise manual suggestion.