TKC 60

[MickDB1]

Anyone used um in the past ??
I have just aquired a "new un" with stickers on the tread, of course it will/maybe oldish stock but how long is a tyre good for if its been kept in cool dark etc. Anyone know the last dates of manufacture of these continental tyres or how to find out
Ideas/thoughts please
Thanks

 

[Jason_01]

Is there a DOT code on the sidewall? I lifted this out of a google search result.

As of 2000, the date coding system has changed a bit. All tires are still required to be stamped with a DOT number on at least one sidewall, but now there's more data. Look for a code that starts with 'DOT' and has up to 12 letters and numbers. The last four numbers are the date code in the format: 'WWYY', where the WW two digits denote the week of manufacture, and the YY denotes the last two digits of the year. So a date code of 'DOT913ACX3C2200' would have been manufactured in the 22nd week of '00

 

[MickDB1]

Fabulous info sir
Yer learn summat every day
I should be cleverer than I am at my age
One answer could be done as there is not a number ont sidewall so it maybe pre 2000
Recon it would be any good for the 118mph recommended limit ??? not that I gu that fast !!
Its looks solid and yet not hard a rock
Thanks

 

[Jason_01]

Its not often I can contribute anything useful on here, I generally just lurk and learn!

I did run some very old and very hard tyres with cracked sidewalls for a couple of thousand miles on my RS, wont mention the speeds, I didnt feel good about it though. The most conservative advice seems to be throw em away after 5 or 6 years.

Pre 2000 there should still be a date code but its configured slightly differently, still a long number on the sidewall, if you have no number at all then Im clueless as usual.

 

[MickDB1]

Thanks for yer help Jason
I need help often too often

 

[Hustler]

Here you go -
All tyres manufactured for USA & Europe have to show a DOT (Dept. of Transport) code. That's for quality control, from the code they can trace any tyre back to factory, machine, mould tool, batch etc. which is good for a product recall.
Within that code look for the 3 or 4 number sequence. They're normally easy to spot, being in a small oval separate from other numbers because they have to keep changing them. The first two are the week, the other's the year.
A tyre made in the 1980's will have something like DOT 108 That's the 10th week of 1988.
A tyre made in the 1990's will have something like DOT, then a triangle symbol, then say 028. That's the 2nd week of 1998
A tyre made in the 2000's will have something like DOT 2700 That's the 27th week of 2000
**EDIT** to add summary below -
So, 3 numbers and no triangle is 1980's,
3 numbers and the triangle is 1990's,
4 numbers is 2000's

 

[(RIP) Arkwright]

It's high time an excellent senior citizen like yourself had a brand new set of tyres, I'll see what I can do when I get back!