A little over a year ago, I promised a report on the Michelin Commander II tire. I can't give a FULL report, as they were on my Ultra Classic, which I traded 2 days ago.

I can give the experience I had with that tire on an Obviously larger bike than the Sporty. Those tires had around 15,000 miles, and were not at all close to needing replacement. For that year Ultra, there are some people that only get 8,000 miles from their rear tire. The tire handled well in uneven riding surfaces, did not track around on grooved surfaces. It performed well in wet riding conditions.

I can't make any useful comments about how that tire handles for this forum. As, I said I had them on my Ultra Classic. Therefore, the handling is obviously not going to be the same as a Sporty.

 

Got 'em front and rear on my bike. Still too early for mileage, but the ride feel and control are loads better. It handles rain more confidently (important for me) and overall feels better controlled and more predictable in turns. Less tracking of the pavement as well, especially after replacing the front.

No matter how you look at it they are loads better than the Dunlops.

 

I got 16,450 miles out of my stock rear Dunlop and 18,650 miles out of the front Dunlop. I replaced the rear with a Dunlop 401 and the front with a Commander II, so far the Michelin hasn't done a thing that the Dunlop didn't do.

 

I have the Commander II on the front and rear. I have only about 500 miles on them so far but I really like them. They track better, are more comfortable and handle better than the stock Dunlop tires. I haven't been in the rain yet with them though.

 

I just installed front and rear Commander IIs on my 08 Sporty. Not a lot of miles on them yet, but I noticed straight out of the gate how much easier the bike was to lean into turns. The profile is a lot sportier than the D401, and even appears to allow for radial range lean angles if hard parts didn't get in the way first. I really had to force the bike to lean with the Dunlopo D401s. The bike even seems to go over road imperfections a lot better with the Michelins (pot holes, road seam humps, etc). I got insane milage out of the Dunlops though getting 18,000 miles out of my first rear (could have got more) and 21,000 out of the 2nd. The 2nd was pretty much completely bald. I do a lot of interstate riding, which I find to be a lot less taxing on tires.

 

ive just put the commander 2 on the rear of my sporty iron due to getting a punture, still have factory michellin scorcher on the front but rear defo feels better, very happy with it and it looks better too!

 

Just had a set installed on the rims last night, won't get to try them till the weekend though.

 

I think they are great. I will keep buying them.

 

6000 mile on mine. Literally very little signs of wear. They are rock solid in the twisties. I have run "the tail of the dragon" several times with them. Great tires

 

Had these tires for a year. I ride hard and have 12.5k on the rear...have about 4-5k left till I'll get a new rear. Great tires for the price. Great overall. Biggest difference from stock was in the turns. Night and day difference for me.