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Avon roadrider cracking

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I wont say the BT's are horrid "tyres" but i dont particularly care for them. I have had problems with them wanting to square off really early in their life, and saw toothing is pretty common ive found as well (and yes, i check my pressure regularly:p) I find the Avons handle far superior to the BTs IMO. The profile makes the steering feel much lighter and quicker, and so far, the combo of my Avon VenomX up front and the AM26 in the rear makes my dear ol Essie run on rails in the corners. I havent had a squirlyness out of em yet that I didnt intentionally cause. They stick like glue, and feel smooth as glass at high speed...
 
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scottb said:
After searching for information regarding rear tires, I found this thread. Today (5/9/09) I purchased a rear Metzeler ME880 Marathon tire,size MT90B16. I removed the rim and tire from a 1982 GS850L. I had the local shop that i purchased the tire from mount and balance the new tire. The numbers on the sidewall of the tire is DOT XE WM J699 1208. I would think the 1208 indicates the tire was made Dec of 2008?
I installed the new tire on the bike. After seeing this thread about new tires with "cracks" in them, I went out and looked at the tire. On the left sidewall of the tire, directly under the arrow of rotation is a 3 inch long "crack" that resembles the ones at the beginning of this thread. This tire has zero miles on it, as I just installed this tire today, but did not ride the bike. I will talk to the shop on Monday regarding this crack.
Is it possible that these "cracks" are caused by the mounting process? I did not mount this tire myself, but was done by the shop. I also wanted to post this to show maybe this problem is not limited to Avon tires.
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1208 means the 12th WEEK of 2008 not 12th month. also if they are 'weather cracking' already and you just bought them with 0 miles, get whatever place you bought them from to exchange them. That's not cool.
 
Thank you for the correcting me. It is the 12th week, not the 12 month.
 
I took the rim and tire to the local shop that I bought the tire from. They agreed that my tire had a defect and will replace the tire.
 
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