I got a great deal on a tire; today the Harley shop had a rack with some tires on it and a sing that read $75. Every time I check these things out they never have my size. I walk over there, I gust by habit and low and behold there were two tires that were my size. I just change my rear tire with 11k miles on it, so I assume I need a new front tire. When I get home, I measure the thread depth of the new tire it is about ¼ of an inch. then I measure the depth of my old tire and it is about 1/8 of an inch. I could be wrong but seams like is only ½ worn. How could that be? My bike has 16k miles on it, how long do these front tires (stock Dunlops) last?

 

Most people get twice the milage from the front as the rear. I think it depends on how much and how hard you use the front brake.

If you got 16K out of the rear dunlop, you did good. I got 9500 out of my OEM tire. I switched to E3's after that.

I got about 24K out of the front.

 

I got 11k out of my rear tire. The front tire is still on the bike and the bike has 16k now. My rear tire was almost bald when I change it. The front tire still has ½ the threads on it. How much thread is the minimum?

 

I just changed my front out at 17,500... May have gotten more but I was a bit lax on my pressure.. And I wanted E3's...

It's got tread but it's cupping.. Would have hit 20k easy.

 

I had 38k on my front. It still has about 1/4 inch of tread on it, but it was weather checking so i put on a new one when i changed the rims. If i didnt live in vegas I'm sure I could have got another 10k out of it.

 

Don't forget that rubber ages as well. 6 years is the recommended service life for a tire and I read that in Europe they aren't even allowed to sell them if they're older.
In America, it's a big "secret" they don't want you to know about. They did a write up on it for the news and busted Sears bigtime for 10 yr old tires and stuff.

If you don't know how to date it, look for the imprinted oval on one side with four numbers in it. The first two numbers are the week of the year and the last two are the year - My front is retired because it says "1804, or May 2004 - too old to be in service.

 

The minimum tread depth is 1/32 according to Dunlop. I just changed out my front at 3/32 with 20k miles on it. When new, the fronts and rears start with different tread depth so you can't compare the two. The rears start with 9/32, the front 5/32, if I remember correctly.

Rule-of-thumb is 10k on rear and 20k on front.

I would check the date stamp on tires that are on sale, or any tire for that matter. I would not buy a tire with a date older than 5 years.

 

I got 25k miles out of my stock tire on my 07...8500 on my rear.

 

Oh, I got 13,7 on my rear..

 

If you're seeing "thread", you've got no more tread!