Unmounted Brand New Tires - Where do you store them?

[Calboy]

California guys, is it okay to keep them in the garage in the heat of the summer? I don't know where I got this ides from but I thought they should be stored at room temperature. How long do you think is safe to have them on the shelf, in the garage, before being actually mounted on the bike?

 

[escapefjrtist]

Not Cali but in the PNW, I keep mine in the crawl space securely wrapped up in a plastic trash bag. Temperature remains fairly constant year around and they're not exposed to the sun. I always have a [new] set in stock, so most of the time I have tires a year before they're mounted. Just mounted a rear today with a mid '13 date code.

In the heat of your summers, I'd wrap them up and find space in the bottom of a closet...just my $.02.

--G

 

[Don in Lodi]

Direct sunlight and ozone are the tire killers. Just overall temps shouldn't hurt stored tires. Probably shouldn't mount up or use anything older than five years. A quick refresher; the manufacture date is the last four digits of the DOT number, ie; ABCD EFGH 1316, 13th week of 2016. Some garage items will generate ozone, I believe an electric water heater is one. Most modern garages are well ventilated though.

 

[Brick]

Look above the foot you will see my tire rack. I don't have lots of new tires in stock. I don't like to order them too far in advance. If I do someone will come out with a newer better cheaper tire. If I can I put them up there in the plastic wrap they ship them in. I usually have a few take offs that didn't have enough tread to make a trip but too much tread to just throw them away!


Let's Ride!
Brick

 

[silvergoose]

Call a tire manufacturer. Go to the source end the guess work.


Good Luck

 

[Don in Lodi]

Call a tire manufacturer. Go to the source end the guess work.


Good Luck

Sorry, no guess work, 26 years in the industry.

 

[Calboy]

Thank you for the replies.

 

[scott123007]

Cool and dark are a tires best friend.

But really guys, this isn't MotoGP. All it takes is some guy with knobbies on his bike, kicking your ass in the twisties, to realize how much traction there is, that most of us don't have the skillset to use, regardless how old the tire is.

 

[Andylaser]

I leave unused tyres at the tyre dealers until I am ready to buy them.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Cool and dark are a tires best friend.

But really guys, this isn't MotoGP. All it takes is some guy with knobbies on his bike, kicking your ass in the twisties, to realize how much traction there is, that most of us don't have the skillset to use, regardless how old the tire is.

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[OldRider]

Direct sunlight and ozone are the tire killers. Just overall temps shouldn't hurt stored tires. Probably shouldn't mount up or use anything older than five years. A quick refresher; the manufacture date is the last four digits of the DOT number, ie; ABCD EFGH 1316, 13th week of 2016. Some garage items will generate ozone, I believe an electric water heater is one. Most modern garages are well ventilated though.

Instead of a water heater you're probably thinking of the ozone that will come from the sparking between the commutator and the brushes in an electric motor. I've always heard tires shouldn't be stored near electric motors.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Instead of a water heater you're probably thinking of the ozone that will come from the sparking between the commutator and the brushes in an electric motor. I've always heard tires shouldn't be stored near electric motors.

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