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The last two sets of stock HD Dunlops lasted 19 to 20k each. Changed the front and rears at the Same time.
Funny this thread just came up. A guy I know with a 21 Limited has a worn out rear tire at 7500 miles. He is not happy as he is not an aggressive rider.
A friend with an 09 Ultra gets close to the same tire mileage I get, and I know a guy well with a 2016 Limited that got 23k.
It seems to be all over the place.
Two up, Load, tire pressure, hard acceleration and hard braking all can play a roll.
Funny this thread just came up. A guy I know with a 21 Limited has a worn out rear tire at 7500 miles. He is not happy as he is not an aggressive rider.
A friend with an 09 Ultra gets close to the same tire mileage I get, and I know a guy well with a 2016 Limited that got 23k.
It seems to be all over the place.
Two up, Load, tire pressure, hard acceleration and hard braking all can play a roll.
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That is on the bikes with the new frame and 180 tires . The early bike were less.
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I have over 17k miles on my stock HD tires, still look like have a couple thou more. Have a set of American elites in the garage when the originals wear out and will see how they do.
The originals the front and rear appear to be wearing about the same, am use to about 12 thou on a rear, 20 thou on a front.
The originals the front and rear appear to be wearing about the same, am use to about 12 thou on a rear, 20 thou on a front.
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Just over 15k miles on my Dunlop American Elite rear tire. Still 6/32 tread left out of the original 10/32 when new. Mostly highway miles. Should make well over 20k miles.
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Something that I never see mentioned in these tire mileage threads is ROAD CONDITIONS. I mean like when I ride from Charleston up to Western North Carolina, the minute I cross the State line into NC my ride smooths out...a bunch! Those roads up in NC are smooth as glass. That smoothness has got to increase tire mileage at least a little. What do you think?
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Something that I never see mentioned in these tire mileage threads is ROAD CONDITIONS. I mean like when I ride from Charleston up to Western North Carolina, the minute I cross the State line into NC my ride smooths out...a bunch! Those roads up in NC are smooth as glass. That smoothness has got to increase tire mileage at least a little. What do you think?
I know that different road surfaces have different coefficient of friction values.
I've seen tests done in serious injury accidents, to determine a specific section of road's coefficient of friction, to get accurate speed info from skid marks....
I would have to believe it can/does affect tire mileage, but to what extent....? I don't know enough about it to guess...