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How many miles can you get out of stock Dunlop tires on an Evo Sportster.??
Just casual cruising. Running them close to the cords.
Trying to figure how many miles I put on this bike. Speedo didn't work for long time (fixed now).
 
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:39 AM
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How many miles can you get out of stock Dunlop tires on an Evo Sportster.??
Just casual cruising. Running them close to the cords.
Trying to figure how many miles I put on this bike. Speedo didn't work for long time (fixed now).
I'm pretty sure that I get about 10+K out of my rears and about 15+K out of the fronts.
 
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:42 AM
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Lucky if I get 8k out of my rear.
 
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On my Road King, I got about 22,000 miles out of the stock Dunlops!
 
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:55 AM
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never got more than 6500 out of any rear tire till
Michelin commander 2 cleared 11,000 on my FLD got gnarly gouge in it from something or I would still be running it
all our bikes run this tire now FXR has 8000 and looks like new.
 
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:56 AM
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From all the threads on this forum regarding tire mileages, i see that stock Dunlops give the highest miles before replacements are needed. Some claim to get 25k. I don't imagine that those are aggressive riders, which I'm not either. Good reason for me to stick with Dunlops, especially since i am happy with them anyway.
 
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about 10k on all dunlops I have used (rear)
 
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My Heritage is getting a new rear stock Dunlop tomorrow at 10,300 miles.
 
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I consistently get around 7k miles on the rear and at least double that on the front (15k miles). I swap out at 2/32. SJ Ron
 
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Manual says replace immediately when tread reaches 1/32 or wear bars show. At my 10K service 2 months ago, my rear tread depth was 6/32, but my front was only 4/32? I thought rear tires were supposed to wear faster. I check pressure regularly so what about my driving habits is wearing the front faster?
 


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