I have a couple of bike's that don't get that many miles put on them. They are in a dry garage. My question is how many years do you go before replacement?

Bikes???? Bicycles? or Motor Cycles? If Motor Cycles, are they street bikes or dirt bikes? If bicycles, replace when they finally blow. Bicycle tires can last for years. And they'll finally blow up one day when adding air. Simple. If motorcycle and road worthy, replace next time you go on the road. If dirt bikes, who care! They'll probably get blown even if they are new.EDIT!My bad! sorry ... should have read your subject line: "Motorcycle Tires!". I use to ride (long time ago), and if motorcycles have been in storage for any length of time at all, I'd replace them before taking them on the road. If they are dirt bikes, I still would not worry about them unless you blew a tire on a rock or tree branch on the ground or something.

Sorry should have clarified, street bike tires. On my XR's I never worried about the tires. I bought a used bike with 3400 miles on it but is 7 years old. The Metzler Tourance tires look almost new.

Depends on the bike, your style of riding, and the bike itself.Sport bike...ridden fast and an occasional track day...3 years MAX.Cruisers...eh....5 years MAX if stored appropriately. Dirt bike...one would hardly care how old the tire are unless the sidewalls are cracking and you ride off your own property.

Usually 3 to 5 years, look at the sidewall very good, cracks show up here first; your life is riding on about 20 sq. inches of rubber, change them if any doubt.

Dirt bike - every 6 months;Street bike - every 5 years; I check for cracks and also if you let the air out, you can tell if the rubber has hardened. If it's still pliable and no cracks, then I'll keep using them.

Motorcycle tires update page 3( will replace with what?)

1jeep
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2016
Lol...I would have to pass, I do take some turns.

My Michelin PR4's have held up very nicely, center is a harder compound, the stock bridgestones lasted about 4k miles.
joebedford
Nomad II
Apr 07, 2016
Some guys I know are selling their used track tires for street use - the center is still pristine. it's only the edges of the tread that're worn out!
1jeep
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2016
Frankandbeans wrote:
1jeep wrote:
my Kawi c14 eats through a set of Michelin PR4's in about 10k miles or for me just under one season of riding.

I get about 40 laps (80-ish miles depending on track) out of each rear tire on my R6 on race weekends...

I like life so I wont be treating the highway like a track, although some cars do! I do know a few guys that still do track days and yes you can eat a set in a day easily.
stro1965
Explorer
Apr 07, 2016
I only have 2 tires on my bikes, so I won't take unnecessary chances that might cause a catastrophic failure in one or both at highway speeds. Here is a good article concerning motorcycle tires. At the end it talks about tire age.

http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/riding/street/resources/tiredesignations.aspx
Frankandbeans
Explorer
Apr 06, 2016
1jeep wrote:
my Kawi c14 eats through a set of Michelin PR4's in about 10k miles or for me just under one season of riding.

I get about 40 laps (80-ish miles depending on track) out of each rear tire on my R6 on race weekends...
dedmiston
Moderator
Apr 06, 2016
dedmiston wrote:
colliehauler wrote:
I have a couple of bike's that don't get that many miles put on them. They are in a dry garage.

My question is how many years do you go before replacement?

How does the tread look? If the treads are good and the sidewalls aren't cracked, I wouldn't change them.

We change our rears about twice as often as the fronts.

My bad. I misread your later response. For some reason I thought you had dirt bikes and not street bikes.

I agree with everyone else who says to replace the tires. What could it hurt?
FireGuard
Explorer II
Apr 06, 2016
7 yrs for a street tire, change them. You have about 10 sq inches of rubber between you and a lot of pain, make it good rubber.
linnemj
Explorer
Apr 06, 2016
If it were me, I would go ahead and replace them. The cost of the two tires is probably less than your hospital emergency room co-pay!
1jeep
Explorer II
Apr 06, 2016
PR4'....not those junk stock ones...I mean bridgestones. But most of my travel is highway, although my tires show no chicken strips as I do push it hard into the turns when I can.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Apr 06, 2016
You get 10,000 miles out of a tire on a Concours? Man, I feel pretty good if I get that kind of mileage out of a rear tire on my VFR.