When do tires have to be changed?

This guide should help you inspect your car, so that you can respond in good time...

When do I have to change my tyres?

The state of your tyres is of paramount significance when it comes to your safety and your driving comfort. Old or worn tyres have a higher braking distance and skid more quickly, making them dangerous. Therefore, it is important to monitor the state of your tyres and to change these in good time. Following are some explanations of how to know if you should change your tyres.

Check tire tread

You can check the tread depth of your tire by measuring. The legal minimum profile depth is 1.6mm. Since the wear indicator (small bar in the profile) of motorcycle tires is usually only 0.8mm, this is not suitable for checking the minimum tread depth.

With little tread, grip and driving performance of the tire decrease significantly, especially when it is wet. The tires should therefore be changed urgently before the limit value is reached!

Check tire age

Even if a tire is not driven, the rubber of the tire ages. It hardens over time and becomes brittle, which can result in grip problems and pressure problems. In order to guarantee safety and driving performance, it is therefore important to know how to determine the age of a tire in order to change its tires if necessary.

Each tire is marked on the side with a DOT number. This four-digit number indicates the calendar week (first two numbers) and the year (last two numbers) the tire was manufactured. For example, the tire shown on the right was manufactured in calendar week 1 in 2016.

When stored correctly, unused tires are considered as new for up to 5 years. Special mixtures such as However, racing tires are only considered as new for up to 2 years. To ensure safety, old tires (approx. 8 years old) should also be changed if their profile is still good.

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