petemac:
You have some serious miles on those tires. Are you riding on golf courses!?

 

I wish I were retired and living on a golf course.

95% of my riding, both bike and truck, is on the interstate. Don't know if that helps or hurts tire wear. Guessing it helps.

 

allow a lawyer to get involved, and anything is possible. didn't you know that lawyers are legal prostitutes, they're out to screw somebody, and it's usually you.

 

I wish you guys would share your secret to getting this type mileage from Dunlops...at 9k my stock rear Dunlop was slick...not one burnout or slide...I do ride the twisties a lot but,since I am on the outside of the tires in curves,theoretically,that should make the center last even longer...

 

Just replaced stock rear tire on my '08.....16.7k miles and still had
some wear left in it.
With the heat of summer finally arriving here in eastern Maine, figured what remaining tread would fastly disappear after a couple lenghty road trips.

Constant checking of tire pressure seems to help longevity of the tires.....

 

The key to tire life: Constantly check your tire pressure...

Dunlops have been great on my 06 RK Classic for the 44,000 miles I've put on it. Great grip, great wet tread, and long life.

The Metzlers I've run wear out much faster because of their softer rubber. However, I've never restricted my riding because Dunlops didn't give me enough grip. I can drag and scape metal with the best of them!

Edmo

 

How many of those bikes with bad tires were garage queens 5 to 8 years old with 1500 to 5000 mikes on them. Sudden deflation on a tubless tire? Sounds like tire rot to me. Sudden deflation on a tubes tire, dry rot and tube dry rot too!! And I agree we should all be checking our tire pressure. It even tells you in the owners manual to check it weekly, I think.
That said my last set of 402's had 18000 on them. The rear was shot but the front could have gone another 3 or 4 k. I swap them out together so I don't have to go back during riding season.

 

Oh please. You can tell by the self-serving language used in the "press release" that it's just some ambulance-chaser stirring the pot hoping drum up some business. And what a BIG surprise -- Unsafe Motorcycles.com is run by the same lawyer with links to his law firm! But he looks like a motorcycle expert with his day-glo suit and 2009 Hardly Sportster!

 

Wait....IF he is riding a Sporty and it has Dunlops HE IS AT RISK!!!! Maybe he can get us some of that inflationary bail out money from Obama for new sneakers.

 

I check the tires regularly and I use RideOn tire sealent. Its suppossed to balance the tires. Maybe that it. Also road conditions ie, road surface texture has alot to do with it I hear.