'Super-Twin' tyre - any good?

[scumdog]

normajeane picked up a brand-new tyre that's never been on a rim, she wants to use it on her Sporty if it's any good - it's the correct size.

It's a Continental Super-Twin, it has been sitting in a storage shed for a while and we were wondering:
(a) If it's the right sort of tyre for the Sporty
and
(b) If there is any risks associated with its age -sine we have no idea how long ago it was made.

[Kickaha]

(b) If there is any risks associated with its age -sine we have no idea how long ago it was made.

There will be a 3 or 4 digit code on the sidewall which will indicate the week and year it was made

Here's some car crap explaining it but it applies to bikes as well
http://www.fulda.com/fulda_home_en/test_and_tips/tyre_technology/how_to_read_a_tyre/

I'm not keen on using anything over 5+ years although it depends on how it was stored

[Motu]

Super-Twins go back a few years,so it could be pretty old...but then they did make them for a long time too.Mine were on the wrong bike and i didn't like them.I've used tyres that have been in storage a long time (like 10 or 15 years) - some were very good,some not so good.

Guess you'll just have to try....

[boman]

There will be a 3 or 4 digit code on the sidewall which will indicate the week and year it was made

Here's some car crap explaining it but it applies to bikes as well
http://www.fulda.com/fulda_home_en/test_and_tips/tyre_technology/how_to_read_a_tyre/

I'm not keen on using anything over 5+ years although it depends on how it was stored

Agreed, especially on the more than 5 years old part. IMO no matter how it is stored. The date code is usually on one side of the tyre only. Will read 4 numbers, if it is made post 2000, or 3 numbers if made prior to 1999.

[scumdog]

Agreed, especially on the more than 5 years old part. IMO no matter how it is stored. The date code is usually on one side of the tyre only. Will read 4 numbers, if it is made post 2000, or 3 numbers if made prior to 1999.

There is a number thus: 335<I (the <I represents a triangle), is it a date number?
It appears to be the only 'alterable' number.

[boman]

There is a number thus: 335<I (the <I represents a triangle), is it a date number?
It appears to be the only 'alterable' number.

Could be 33rd week 1995 or at a pinch 33rd week 2005. Usually though the code would read 3305 for a tyre made post 2000. The trouble with using a tyre that is "old", is that they can delaminate, seperate, the tread from the carcass. It may not happen ever, but I have seen it happen to "old" Jap import car tyre before, on more that one occasion. Thats car tyres not bike tyres mind you.

[CookMySock]

Don't do it. Buy her some nice sticky michelins. She will love them.

Steve

[RDjase]

normajeane picked up a brand-new tyre that's never been on a rim, she wants to use it on her Sporty if it's any good - it's the correct size.

It's a Continental Super-Twin, it has been sitting in a storage shed for a while and we were wondering:
(a) If it's the right sort of tyre for the Sporty
and
(b) If there is any risks associated with its age -sine we have no idea how long ago it was made.

I ran a super twin on my Bonneville , Was a really good tyre , They were hard to get the bead to seat on the rim from memory.
Its pretty old the one you have tho. It may be ok if its been stored well in cool dark place

Or buy some Pirrelli Sport Demons. there great tyres:2thumbsup

http://www.nwa.co.nz/product_detail.php?P_ID=3150

What size are the tyres on her Bike?