| Author | Message | ||
     Mark_weiss |
With about 2/3 Interstate use, a little bit off-pavement, and the rest commuting; 13,500 miles for the front and 12,500 on the rear. Both were down just under 3/32" at replacement. The rear maintained a decent profile until the last 1500 or so, when it became annoyingly squared off. Very even wear from the front. No cupping at all. | ||
| Etennuly |
I can do that mileage on the front, but never got more than 6,000 on a rear. You would likely get 20,000 out of a rear Michelin Pilot Road 2, 'cause I'm getting over 11,000 on them. I run three bags all of the time, with them and their cargo, me and my gear, puts me at about 350 lbs. Most of the weight is on the rear tire. When I load up for camping or traveling, I easily add on another 50 lbs. Also a normal Saturday ride for me is twisted roads for about 370 miles at a shot. | ||
| Sperz1 |
I got the same mileage from mine as well. I was extremely happy with how the handled and wore, no hesitation in replacing them with new syncs. | ||
| Yjsrule |
I got 4800 out of a rear sync and the front was almost worn out as well. | ||
| Ratbuell |
normal Saturday ride for me Vern, Vern, Vern...ain't nuthin' normal 'bout you, man...  | ||
| Prior |
I've trashed the Syncs on my Uly... Longest yet was 3500 miles, but did a lot of pretty hard two up mountain riding and I weight around 240 (depending on the day). Next set for me will be the PR2s, looking forward to getting some decent mileage! | ||
| Blake |
Gosh I saw the title and thought there was a new iPhone app to get my life in perfect order. Darn, just tire durability. I get about 5,000 out of a rear, maybe 7K out of a front. Always keep a new one in the waiting, ready to go when needed. I've always been amazed by the tire life some are able to achieve. Mark, your 12,500 is the most mileage I've ever heard for a rear tire on any Buell. WOW! What is your secret?!?!? I'm so goofy about stuff like this that sometimes on a long cruising leg of a journey, I'll start thinking about tire wear and think that maybe if I periodically lean the bike to one side, then later to the other that it'll spread the wear out and help save the tire.  I like to twist the throttle way too much to ever have a hope of getting much over 5K miles out of a rear tire. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Did you see the other thread? PR2's (front and back) on sale from Competition Accessories for under $260 to your door. Ordered last night, they shipped this morning. Smoking good deal. Based on information here, the PR2 and PR3 are almost identical except for a little extra siping on the 3's. I loved the Syncs, but I only got about 5k out of my new rear, and the front (looked newish when I bought the bike) is also almost gone 5k miles later. So I'm going to try the PR2's. A buddy with a blackbird swears by them. If I can get 7k to 10k out of them, I'll be thrilled. I was interested in the scorpion trails, but they still aren't stocked in the right size, and I don't know how much longer they will last. So I was debating... until I saw the $260 to my door for the pair for the PR2's. $50 difference made it a really easy decision.  | ||
| Froggy |
You don't want to see my 18,000 mile Sync | ||
| Prior |
I did miss that... Think I'll get a set on order and give the B rear a try since I seem to be pretty good at toasting them. Harbor Freight has tire changers on sale too, so maybe I'll be having a busy weekend. | ||
| Blake |
>>> You don't want to see my 18,000 mile Sync : ) What do you do, spray the thing with KY Jelly? Are the roads made of velvet up there? This just isn't right! I'm gonn'a start a new wikipedia article on this freakish tire longevity issue! | ||
| Etennuly |
It seems to me that running a tire on cold near icy roads promotes no wear. So, long distance, at below say 35F degrees, will get you longer tire life than that running on roads at 90F degrees. In hot climates I have run at speed on the Interstates and have had rubber literally dripping off the center of the Syncs. The temperature was above 95F and the pavement was new, black, and in direct sunlight at mid day. Froggy runs year round in NY state. I run year round in Tennessee. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I got 6k or 7k out of a sync on my 9sx, and roached the same tire on my uly in well under 5k miles. So throttle and weight are clearly a BIG part of the equation. | ||
| Mark_weiss |
I ride all year 'round in Arizona. Arguably, there are few places where the road gets hotter. I probably could have gotten a thou or so more from the tires, but I don't like to run until the grooves disappear (especially since winter here means rain). I would bet that if we compared average fuel mileage, we'd find that higher fuel mileage equates with longer tire life. | ||
| Dynasport |
I too can trash a tire pretty quick if I am riding interstate in the summer here in Florida. The heat just seems to melt them at highway speeds. A slower pace and cooler weather does promote longer life. That might even be true for me. | ||
| Bttrthnwrk |
I ride year round in southern AZ, too. Roads tend to get hot in the summer. From the end of last May to Wednesday of this past week, my PR2's went a total of 15608 miles. Front had maybe 1000 miles left, but the rear was getting hard to get off of that flat spot wrapped around the middle. I could see what looked like cordage under the rubber, too. Rubber was getting kind of thin, I guess. Maybe 15% slab (75 - 90 mph), 15% dirt/rock/gravel roads (15 - 50 mph), and the rest either commuting (45 - 50 mph) or just plain riding around the state (55 - 70 mph). I'm not much of a jackrabbit off the line, though. I still roll past the cars, but both wheels stay firmly attached to the ground. Overall mileage is around 43mpg on my '09, and I've had a race ECM for the last 2 1/2 months (mileage actually went up a little). |
