I am in the market soon for new tires and wondering if anyone has installed these? Michelin COmmander 2 tires.

They look great, good in dry and wet (unlike stock dunlops which suck in wet weather IMO, scary as a matter of fact as here in Florida they use base material that has a lot of sea shells in the asphalt and sweat some slimy oily **** and they will pucker your bung hole right up on turns) I use ME880's on my Beemer, R1200 C, and they are much better than Dunlop, but these Michelins claim they will provide double the mileage from any other tire on the market (25,000 miles on the back...wow! if true).

Also, I have no experience with the stealership installing anything but their OEM crappy Dunlops and now they have a Michelin too, but not this one. I am not even sure they will install walk in tires without raping me for same price as their stock crap. I might just remove wheels myself, install the front one for starters myself and see how it goes. I've done it myself on ME 880s without balancing- just line up dot on tire with shrader valve- the way it arrived brand new to me- and never had a problem.

https://motorcycle.michelinman.com/m...s/commander-ii

 

I have had Michelin Commander ll's on the last three bikes after the Dunlop's cupped.18,000 miles on the last bike before trade.They still looked good.Only 4,000 on the current set.Love these tires compared to Dunlop's. Grip the road instead of bouncing like the Dunlop's.

 

I don't believe 25K for a second on a Bagger..... Maybe a moped.

Only way to see that kind of mileage is to Darkside.

I am looking for a better tire then the Dunlop, I am on my third in the last 2 years. I upgraded to the American Elite and they are slick in the rain just like the stockers.

The better the grip the worse the mileage! I am at the point I am going to order a No-Mar and run Avons and just change the damn tires more frequently myself.

 

Awesome info. Thanks! Did you have an Indy install them or did the stealership do it for you?

If I am going to install something myself they need to last as I am getting too old to wrestle tires on wheels myself.

 

Yes, and that's sound logic, but I have always ran Micky's on my cars and pickups and they performed as advertised, plus HARTOO posts he got 18 k on a set and on a bagger, I assume, as that is his Avatar, so I am going to try the Commander 2's and see what happens.

 

 

 

I ran that tire a couple times and was pretty happy when I got 12K out of a rear.
Skip balancing and get ya some Ride On. Balances and very much helps prevent flats. I am a riding testimonial as to the flat prevention.

 

 

I had around 20,000 on my Michelin Commander II s but they were starting to get scary in the rain. I replaced them with the Bridgestone battle Cruisers and it was a totally different bike no wobbling in the big sweepers. Probably just the difference between old tires and new tires though.