I have the stock Michelin Scorchers on my bike with 10K miles. They actually still look pretty good. Now understand that I don't ride hard/fast at all. Just cruising mainly on back roads with some highway miles mixed in.'

So how many miles do you average on tires before they need replaced ? Just curious to see what everyone is getting.

 

I usually get 15k-16k on the rear and 22k-24k on the front.

 

I just had mine checked, I have 6K on my tires now, probably have about 2K more before they need to be replaced. Kind of disappointed cause I dont ride that hard, I would have expected them to last longer. Will more than likely go with a different brand when I replace.

 

On your road sofa you are, but I highly doubt ur doing that on a Dyna.

 

I got 14K on my front stock tire. I had 2 180/60B-17 SE tires on rear and only got 6500-7000 on them. I dont ride hard but the SE dont last and are to high. I now have 170/60R-17 Avon Storm2 on the rear and 100/90-19 Avon Cobra on front. So far i realy like them.

 

You know it's really strange. On my electraglide which was all highway I got 10 k and still had plenty of tread before I got nervous. On my dyna I got 6500-7000 but I do ride that harder.

I tend to use dunlops because I like the tread wear. Avons are ok too but I didn't see enough mileage increase to spend 80 per tire extra over the dunlops. It really depends.

Tread life is subjective to three basic variables. First off is is the bike set up. The shock settings, tire match up , weight of the rider/riders, etc. Secondly is compound and the compounds hardness and tread pattern. If you put cafe type avons on a bagger like my buddy did you will be changing tires at 2800 miles. He did twice. The tires were not cruiser rated and the tread patterns didn't match. Trying to buy a high end name at a basement price and mismatching tread and compound is a waste of time n money. Third is the type of riding you do and how you do it. Hard racing style driving in stop n go traffic with a built motor or even stock will probably not wear well for long. A good tire properly matched front and back, on a middleweight softail verses a dyna or bagger will if correctly matched on highway miles over city will last on average pretty close to how its rated by the manufacturer, provided you are of average weight etc., and again no guarantees.

I don't even count on anything in terms of exacts with tires anymore, in fact , if they wear out sooner I buy new rubber. If they last 8000 miles regardless of wear I'm getting new ones. That's average to high average on most Harley rated tires. Safety being paramount, I replace at 8000 miles or sooner now if needed.

Lastly lots of folks are into filling the tires with nitrogen verses compressed air citing every benefit from lower evaporation to tire performance and longevity. I don't buy it. Read this article for the straight dope on nitrogen then walk away and use air. It's not proven to be any better on tire ware.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...instead-of-air


Tire life..........it's a crap shoot. No shoes fit two people the same. Tires on Harley's are no different. You results will vary.

Peace.

 

13-15K REAR
25-30K FRONT

and this isn't from my road sofa. I run the stock Dunlops. I think the key is checking the air pressure daily. I had a set of dunlops a few years back where I only got about 8K for a rear but I didn't stay on top of the tire pressure like I should have.

 

In your defense I stayed on top of the dunlops on my fat boy......filled air to the point of insanity....got 6700 miles on them an was riding easy.

I swear no rhyme or reason just too many variables.

 

There are lots of factors that go into high tire mileage. The amount of weight that a tire carries is just as critacle as the highway speed. They don't make special tire rubber for wideglides and different for road kings. What do you think will wear a tire worse, a 400 lb. weight @ 70 mph or a 600 lb. weight @ 70 mph ?? How about a 160 lb. person who rides a Dyna sensably or two 200 lb. people on any other bike that rip it up ?? In the wind.

Pops

 

A lot of it has to do with road surface ..The roads in Utah eat up my tires twice as fast as Arizona roads,,,,,