My Road King is at 24,000, and still going!

 

My advice:

 

Depends on what tire and what the specific application is I suppose.

I like Avon Cobras for my touring bikes and their website recommends 42-43 for the front, and 48-50 for the rear if travelling what they describe as "two-up, heavy." Since I almost always ride solo, I inflate my Avon's to 40 front, 44 rear, per their recommendations.

 

Ok guys, get ready to flame on.....I use to run 36 in front and 42 in rear and was only getting 8000 miles from the rear Dunlop. My Indie said the same as OP's Indie....now I run 40 in front and 46 in rear. The less rubber hitting the road, the longer the tires last AND you get better gas mileage. Right now my rear Dunlpop has 9100 miles with plenty of room. I'm guessing I'll get close to 12,000 miles from rear and 22,000 from front. Alright....get it on

 

I went for a ride today. At the start the front was at 38 and the rear was at 40. An hour in and the front was 43 and the rear was 47.

Just FYI.

 

38-40. Got 27k on the front and 17k on two rears. Stock Dunlops.

 

My Breakout front went 16,500. The rear ones...8,500.

 

It's all those burnouts you're doing, isn't it?

 

Yes, but don't forget the less rubber....the less traction.

 

I run mine low. More rubber you can put on the road, the more effective traction and braking power you have. If you run the tires with to much air pressure, the tire will wear in the middle first and you will have tread on the outside crowns of the tire. Mine wear more even all the way across. I'm not as concerned about tire wear as I am overall braking power and traction.

You don't want to run the tires with to low pressure because of sidewall flex can cause them to get hotter than you want. Don't be afraid to experiment, get one of the non contact heat guns and it will tell you what you want to know and the load on the bike has a lot to do with what you want to do with the tire pressure.