How can I tell how old my tyres are?

All motorcycle and scooter tyres manufactured after the year 2000 will have a date stamp to show when they were produced.

This date stamp is shown as four numbers, for example 4420.

This would mean the tyre was manufactured in the 44th week of 2020 (between the 26th of October to 1st of November to be exact).

To make it easy to identify this production date stamp, it is usually surrounded by a raised line, meaning the four figures are within an oval.

Older and Classic motorcycle tyres

If your tyre only has a three digit number stamped on the side, that means it was produced using the old dating system i.e. pre-2000 and this in turn means it’s over 20 years old and therefore too old to use on the road.