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Any thoughts on how long slicks can sit around and still be usable? I have a set that are less than 1 year old but I plan on not using them any time soon. I would like to keep them but only if they would be usable in 5 years? 10 years? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Sell them now and buy new ones unless you know that you will use them in less than five years. The compound in them starts driying up as soon as they come out of the molds. If you store them in a cool dry place out of the sunlight they can (some brands I've used have)last up to 5 years or so. I bought two new pairs of the old Firestone 9x30 bias ply stocker tires in 1988, I ran the first pair for the first half of the year and then put the other pair on, they had been mounted and balanced in the trailer out of the sun and they didn't work worth a hoot Luckily I was at a race where the west coast Firestone truck was there and they ended up replacing them for no charge I got really lucky I have bought and used a set of Used M/T ET 10.5x31x15W slicks that had three runs on them, I had to soap up the insides to use them tubeless three years ago, I'm still using them now, around twenty runs on them now

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Was talking to a guy at the track last weekend and this subject came up. I have a older set of 29x10.0 hoosiers (guessing 5 yrs old) sit in my basement most of the time. I had them on the car last summer for a trip to the tack and don't seem to hook anymore. Still plenty of life according to wear holes. Well any way this guy said to spray wd40 on them brings them back to life. Just wondering if anyone has done this?

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Never heard of that, has anyone else ? I have used traction coumpound on old tires the night before to let them soak Roundy round racers use them also

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Was talking to a guy at the track last weekend and this subject came up. I have a older set of 29x10.0 hoosiers (guessing 5 yrs old) sit in my basement most of the time. I had them on the car last summer for a trip to the tack and don't seem to hook anymore. Still plenty of life according to wear holes. Well any way this guy said to spray wd40 on them brings them back to life. Just wondering if anyone has done this?

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Yes, WD-40 will make them sticky again, but it won't last. You'll burn through the "treated" rubber and then they'll spin again.
Roll a few coats of WD-40 on them w/ a paint roller, allowing it to dry 10-15 minutes b/t coats. You can wrap the tire up in plastic to seal it up and let it sit like that overnight...although I didn't see much difference doing it that way.
It is very effective, but like I said, not a permanent fix.

Nothing better than a brand new pair of tires.

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Was talking to a guy at the track last weekend and this subject came up. I have a older set of 29x10.0 hoosiers (guessing 5 yrs old) sit in my basement most of the time. I had them on the car last summer for a trip to the tack and don't seem to hook anymore. Still plenty of life according to wear holes. Well any way this guy said to spray wd40 on them brings them back to life. Just wondering if anyone has done this?

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Yes, WD-40 will make them sticky again, but it won't last. You'll burn through the "treated" rubber and then they'll spin again.
Roll a few coats of WD-40 on them w/ a paint roller, allowing it to dry 10-15 minutes b/t coats. You can wrap the tire up in plastic to seal it up and let it sit like that overnight...although I didn't see much difference doing it that way.
It is very effective, but like I said, not a permanent fix.

Nothing better than a brand new pair of tires.

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