EJID wrote on 09/04/09 at 08:56:02:I still have the original front tire on my '01 (see signature). Oddly, it shows almost no dry rot symptoms. Amazingly, the bike was living in Houston (bad ozone problems - hard on tires) for its first four years of existence.
I wonder why some of the OEM tires dry rot so much sooner than others do?
Here's what EJID's tire looked like:
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