I've been running them for a couple of years and love em, but not getting near the life out of em that most here claim. I'm averaging around 8k on the rear and 4-4500 on the front. I'm wondering if the front being a 21" has anything to do with it, or if there's something wrong there. I run about 36-38 rear and 38-40 in the front

 

I seem to do about 10,000 rear 6 - 7,000 front. I'm at 42 psi generally.

 

I know that some on here haven't believed me in the past but I'll tell you what I get on my 05 Springer. I have a 21" on the front and a 16" on the rear. This is my 2nd set of MC11's and when I changed my front I had 20,000. The last rear change, I had a touch over 21,000. I have about 20,000 on the rear now and I am about ready for another new tire soon. I run about 38-40 in the front and about 36-38 in the rear. One thing that I learned long time ago was how to read my tire wear pattern. Once I learned how to read that, it helped to make my tires last longer. As a side note, I ride solo, no passengers.

 

That's some awesome mileage. I know speed matters too. In LA I'm either keeping up at 85+ on the freeway week days or carving canyons on the weekends. Both beat tires up pretty good.

 

Yah, I'm getting horrible mileage on my Commander IIs, especially the front. I only have about 3k on them (that's 3k kilometers!), but I see that I am going to need a front tire soon. Back tire still looks fine and since I use more front brake than rear, they have always needed replacing at about the same time, but this is the first time I'm gonna need a new front tire BEFORE the rear tire...

 

Living where you do I can imagine that it gets much hotter and more humid than it does here in E. Oregon, I think that might be a factor also. Around here, when I'm on the freeway, I usually run about 70-75. I'm not what you'd call an aggressive rider, I just like to ride and relax. I like to mix it up so on occasion, I also like to ride the mountain twisty roads. Maybe my relaxed riding attitude could be one reason why I get good mileage, not sure. Either way, it's all about enjoying the ride and that I do.

 

I ride a Fatboy Lo and a Crossbones and was eating up rear tires at or near 5k. Of course the tires are the 200's and built to cost us more money I'm sure. Anyway I changed to the American elites and believe I'm going to get over 10k on the rear so am sold on these tires. I run 42 in the rear and 41 in the front. To the guy talking of over 20k on the tires, I believe you because on my 80 WG with 16's on both ends 20k was not a problem on either end. It doesn't get ridden much now days and the tires get changed because of cracks not wear. The old Goodyears with the twin white stripes would last forever. Not much of a traction tire for sure but long lasting.

 

Good point and agree 100%. I actually wish I could ride slower on the freeways down here. They drive like their hairs on fire. 85mph is pretty much minimum to avoid getting rear ended by a Prius. Apparently they have something to prove.

 

It's odd that some of you are getting more miles out of the rear tire than you are the front. Typically it's the other way around. I usually get 2000 to 3000 miles more out of the front tire than the rear.

 

Yeah, besides the excessively short mileage life, that's another indication something's wrong in the front. Only problem is, it's really hard to judge the springer front end and parts for it ain't cheap