The car tire I was using "sp 5000" didn't wear even and road walked while it was on my bike. It got 10,000 miles and still had a good bit of tread but was worn more on the right side. It's not for me. Ride safe.

 

If it wore uneven, something was wrong with your setup. Unless of course you only race it and make constant left hand corners.


I got 19.5K on the same tire and it wore as even as can be.


But to each his own. If you prefer a MC tire, that's cool.

 

It was the right side and I do ride in the mountains a lot but no track use. I really wanted it to work, with a MC tire I don't have any wear issues. I do all my own work and have for the last four bikes I have owned (I have logged over 300,000 miles on H-D touring bikes) I can't find any "set up" problems maybe I just scrape the right foot board more than the left. I'm not knocking the CT idea just wanted to let people know how my experience was on my 13 Limited.

 

HDSAE60,


I went to a car tire because in the course of 1 year, I had to put 5 new tires on between the front and rear. A couple of them were blow outs, but it was just getting too expensive using MT's.


I started out on a 2011Limited with a car tire rear, but after 12K a cager ran me over. So I traded it in for a 2013 Anniversary Limited in March of 2013. Since then I wore out the OEM tire, a Sp5000 and a Michelin Alpin. I'm on my second Alpin now and I'm not going back to a MT.


I'm only a few miles East of you and ride all around OK, AR, MO and TX. I'm really pleased with only having to change the rear tire once or twice a year. I've been averaging 20K per car tire and 13K per MT.


Maybe it was a fluke that you only got 10K on the Dunlop. The Michelin Alpin is a better handling tire too. If I were you, I would give it one more shot. It sounds like you don't have a garage queen either, so it may be worth a shot.

 

Yeah I will give the Alpin a try. I usually get only 8500 miles on a MT. MT mileage is poor and I would love to get more miles out of my tires.

 

I'm now 2000 miles in. The alpin is doing well at 32psi. I didn't think I would go darkside on the Vic bu I've been hammering miles so tried it. The Dunlop elites gave me 18k so I hope to get 25k outta this.

 

On your '13 Limited then you're running a 205 Michelin Alpin, not a 195? Also, is it the run flat edition? Thanks

 

No, I'm running a 195 Michelin. It's a runflat.

 

I am running a 205/55/16 Michelin A/S now and have gotten over 40k out of it. It is finally down to the wear bars. I really like the look of the PA3 tire but don't see it in a 205 only a 195. I am wondering if running a 195 vs a 205 would make much of a difference. Any info on the availabilty of a 205 or on the difference in a 195 to a 205?

 

It's only 10mm of width. I think more narrow would ride better and stay closer to stock. Sidewall height is almost dead on for 195/55 vs stock 180/60. Not sure about the HD, may drop it a tad. It rides good though and the Goldwinger's use it a lot.