1. Tire pressure. Check your tire pressure regularly. It doesn't take a lot of time. But we get bikes in all the time with 10lbs of pressure in them. Your tires will last a lot longer if you keep them properly inflated. And you only got two of them. The PSI printed on the tire is the Max PSI not the recommended PSI. The cold PSI for Harley-Davidson Motorcycles is printed on a sticker on the frame down-tube.
2. Tire manufacture dates. Pic #1 is a manufacture date on a Dunlop tire. All tires have a 4 digit manufacture date on them somewhere. It is usually in an oval stamp. This one reads "3006". That means it was manufactured in the 30th week of 2006. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE of cheap tire deals from wholesalers online. Ask for the date code before you buy. Most of the time they are trying to unload old stock tires.
3. Pic #2 is Green Slime in an aluminum rim. BAD IDEA! In addition to pissing off your mechanic it rarely works. Here is another reason to NOT USE IT. It reacts with and eats aluminum. The rim in the pic had Green Slime in the tire for over 6 months. There were quarter size chunks falling out of the inside of the rim. Think of it this way. A $60 tow and a $150 tire is not equal to ruining a $1,000 dollar rim. Also don't use plugs or patches or other roadside fixes. A $60 tow is not worth your life if that tire fails.
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