MadSavage wrote on 05/28/19 at 23:11:38: The rear is a 2018, ok. But the front is a 2017, two years old (can't remember the month right now) knowing that it's said bike tires shouldn't be older than 5 years old, is it normal or should I return it?
I really like the Shinko 230 tires on the Savage - good choice!
Is it normal to get a tire that is 2 years past the manufacture date?....unfortunately it does occur. My 2010 Honda NT700 had a factory rear tire that was dated 2008 - so even the factory will mount a 2 year old tire on a new bike.
If you bought your tire from an online retailer - they likely had the tire shipped from a "warehouse" that was close to you, and they have no idea how old the tire was they shipped to you (and the warehouse employee are probably rotating stock and shipping older tires first.
Since you will likely wear out two rear tires for each front tire - your front tire is likely going to be on the bike for a long time and will likely last for 10,000 - 15,000 miles..........unless you ride enough to wear this tire out in 3 years - I would suggest you contact the seller and request a newer tire.
When I ordered tires for my ST1100 from Bike Bandit the front and rear tire came from different warehouses (rear tire was a common size the front is a bit less common) and the front tire was 4 years old when it arrived. I contacted Bike Bandit and they had a newer front tire shipped from a different warehouse, and they sent me a shipping tag and arranged for the "old new" tire to be picked up at their cost.
I used Dyna beads in a tubed tire before I made a rig to balance my tires, and they seemed to work fine. If you are going to mount your tires yourself and don't have any way to balance.....I guess it is fine to use them. One reason I stopped using them is that sometimes when you mount a tire.....it is badly out of balance and I like to let the air out and rotate the tire on the rim to see if I can use less weights. (Tires often have a spot on the sidewall that is the lightest part of the tire and it is mounted in alignment with the valve stem - but on a spoked wheel the heavy spot is not always at the valve stem).