Thanks again everyone. I decided to go ahead and run these tires for a bit longer, at least until I hit the wear-bars. And I also decided to buy some Roadsmarts. I was planning on buying Roadsmart IIs but Motorcycle Superstore has a CRAZY GOOD deal going on right now. A set of Roadsmarts were $190 as opposed to $300 for the Roadsmart IIs. Given that price I went ahead and ordered two sets.

 

Final update on these tires, everyone. I finally swapped on some new rubber this weekend. I ended up getting 24,000 miles out of that set of Pilot Road 2's. I'm not gonna lie...I pretty pleased with that

 

I think 24,000 miles is close to some kind of record for motorcycle tires. I'm hoping to get maybe half that on my Pilot Road 3's, which is still a lot more than most people seem to be getting.

 

Tyre has plenty of life left in it.

Still unsure how you lot manage such high mileage, I get less than 8k front or back PR2. Pirelli angel ST lasted 6.5k, pilot powers lasted about 3.5k. My fronts tend to wear out a bit quicker than rears too, fronts end up with flat sides and centre. Majority of my mileage is getting to work and back, i.e. moderately aggressive commuting and a bit of countryside lanes on the way home.


Is it long, straight, slow highway miles or something? Not sure whether to be impressed or confiscate your bike and give you a scooter.

 

Hahaha!! I wish I had a good answer too. So last summer was a lot of crappy (i.e. boring) miles. 130 miles/day commuting on I5 (75mph freeway with not a lot of excitement). That accounted for 10,000 miles. Most weekends though I enjoyed the great curvy roads that we have here in the PNW.

I'm still pretty convinced that the life came down to two factors: 1) the tires were 2008's so the rubber may have been harder than typical, therefore wear slower. 2) I'm not a big guy at all. 140 pounds. So I think the combination of semi-hard rubber, a light load for the bike to move, and the fact that I wasn't typically scraping pegs while commuting on the freeway or on the 2-mile commute to the university that I attend play the biggest roles in this.

Who knows though. DonnyBrago could be right. I might only be qualified to operate a Honda Spree.

 

My friend runs the road 2's on her gixxer 750 and has over 22k on the current set, shes all commuting. I get about 10k from the rear and 15k from the front of pilot pures with trackdays, canyons and commuting on them. Im sure it will be less on the current set as I don't track the f4i anymore so I won't get much mileage from the side tread.

 

What part on pnw? I'm in Portland Oregon. You on pnwriders.com? I'm also a mountain biker and work at a local shop.

 

I'm in Corvallis, at OSU. I work in Wilsonville though.

 

Let me ask u a question. If u came to buy my cbr and the rear tire was close to showing the bad stuff, would u ride it home.

Ur tires are probably the most important part on ur bike. U see wear marks u see pavement shortly after.

If ur tires are in question or worrying you, thn u sjould probably get new ones, and yes 14k is a lot on one set of sportbike tires

 

Did you even look at the pictures?