[teddy]

OEM=Original Equipment from Manufacturer. Basically Scout is saying if it still has the Michelin Macadams on it, make it your first priority to get rid of those POS's.

T-rex sliders are on ebay and directly from T-Rex, and JayBell here has a real good install write-up posted in the mod forum on them. Here, found his thread for ya... http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=115464

[Psycho1]

OEM means original equipment manufacturer, or factory original/stock. The stock tires weren't that good when the bike first left the showroom floor. If they are still on the bike, they are getting old and most likely the rubber is getting hard, which could cause the bike to handle wierd, or even worse possibly fail without warning. A lot of riders on this site have been real pleased with the Michelin Pilot Road 2 tires.

[AJ2011]

I checked just now what tires are on there, and the back tire is a Michelin Radial, and the front is a Metzler. The front looks pretty new to me. How are those tires? And thanks for the frame slider advice, I will definitely make those my project one weekend.

[ErrEs]

You can determine the age of a tire by a factory code that's on them. It exists of four digits. The first two are the week the tire was made in, and the last two are for the year they were made. For instance : 1706 would be week 17 of '06 (2006 ).

[AJ2011]

The back tire is from late 12008, and I'm dumb and just realized it's a Michelin pilot road 2 :P But the front tire is a Metzler from late 2003. The tread looks great on it though.

[Psycho1]

generally 3-4 years is about as long as you'd want to run a tire on a bike reguardless of how goos the tread looks. The rear is close to the limit on age, front is definetly past due to be replaced.

[HighCardAce]

Hey i see your in Va im in MD we should meet up and ride soon i just got one to but its blue hit me up on here

[MinnKat600]

Don't drop it? Don't wreck it? Don't miss a corner? - Good advice Scout.

[Ryan Gajewski]

Looks like the day it rolled off the show room floor!

[BareKat]

Wow, the bike looks to be in fantastic shape! Now get some bmw wheel cleaner gel and get the rims as clean as the rest of the bike.

[carbman]

Hi AJ2011, your bike looks really good, but I noticed it was spoiled by a lack of lubrication on the chain.
It's a pet hate of mine. A bit of oil makes it run so much nicer.
Good luck with it.