My favorites for my dyna are the Pirelli Night dragons or Metzeler cruise tech's.

I'm not a fan of the Michelin commanders ii's myself. Too hard, made for the guy cruises the interstates for miles on end. vs the night dragons and cruise techs that have better grip in corners and better rain handling.

 

I had the exact same experience. Except I didn't have any tread left on the rear after 5k miles. They're just too hard and actually wear faster because of their more slipping and sliding IMO. Especially if you ride aggressively with hard acceleration and engine braking. It was most noticeable on the 1-2 shift on hard acceleration, all other tires I've ran on my dyna you have to really try to get them to spin on the 1-2 shift. The commanders would light up and spin like you're getting ready for a drag race on the 1-2 shift.

 

runnning american elites on my low rider, and they've done pretty well (no real complaints), but next tire change i think im going to try some metzers just due to my experience with them on my old mans shovel. brand new and no break in, nice and sticky (even the older ones on my brothers sportster felt gripier than my new AE's)

 

Thank you everyone for the comments! I ended up with Metzeler. It will be here in 3 days, I already have my new bearings to go in at the same time, plus new semi sintered pads with a new rotor (purely cosmetic) - I found an all black rotor to match my color scheme so I figured why not. I'll swap the tire, bearings, rotor and pads this weekend and follow-up!

On a personal note, I almost ALSO bought a shinko 777 along with the Metzler just to try it. Meaning I keep seeing these tires everywhere and other bikers don't seem to hate them. I was contemplating testing it to help others then swap to the Metzler after 1,000 miles or so but I got to lazy in the end. Does anyone have real life experience with these 777s? I know they're cheap and safety is the only thing I care about but I like to help others in similar situations. Not everyone may be able to afford the more expensive tires so I thought maybe I could review them. After thinking it through, it quickly became more work and $$$ to spend on a testing tire that I didn't intend to long term use so I tossed the idea. I might get them for my next tire swap to test real life but after a lot of research! No way I'm putting cheap tires on my bike, at least not after being slammed in 1995 (on one of my restored shovels) from an 80 yr old bat. She didn't see or hear me so she ran the stop sign directly into me at full speed. After healing up (more than a year later) I got back riding and ended up owning 16 big twin Harleys over my lifetime with my twin cam dyna as my current (and probably final bike) so safety is paramount! I love my SG!

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