fzhooligan Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'm at 3500 miles so far and my battlax's look like new. Am I not being enough of a hooligan?? '15 FZ-07 '93 Honda XR650L (supermoto/pig) (SOLD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member hobbs Posted March 30, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 30, 2015 I dunno, I'm close to double your mileage and my Michelin are still looking pretty good, especially the front. I don't really know what to expect to get out of them though. Everything went braap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she3pdog Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm at 4.5k and they look just fine. I'm not even sure if I'll have to worry about it by the next time I have to get it serviced. Mine came with the Michelin tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magsz18 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 That's kind of funny. This is my first bike and when i bought it, i asked the salesman what kind of mileage i should expect out of the tires. He responded that generally, 3500-7000 depending on how you ride the bike but its a good idea to replace them around 5k. Ive got 2400 or so on my tires right now and they too long brand new. They're "squaring" off a bit since i dont ride on the sidewalls but beyond that, the tread depth looks deep as the day i got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotaryryan24 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I got 7000 on my rear, before I changed it. Could of gone a little longer, but I like to be on safer side. You do or don't Then your dead. To order a tail tidy click One-off-fabrication.myshopify.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sportyeight Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm interested to see what I get as well. I got 15,000 on my last set, previous bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member so1102 Posted March 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2015 Supposedly that is the benefit of the "sport touring" tires the factory puts on -- they last longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member hippiebikerchick Posted March 31, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2015 Over 5K on my Michelins and they still have lots of tread left. Illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbird Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Just over 6k, and removed a nail without through puncture, still looks good, rarely have to add air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ralph Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 At about 3500 looking good think the rear is going to top 7000 and the front maybe 10000 I usually get about 4500 on a rear and not much better on a front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmichalec Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 12000 miles and on my 3rd rear tire and 2nd front... Had a nail in one of the 3 rear tires... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unknown Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I just swapped mine out at 2500 for a set of Q3's. They look practically brand new but I wanted a set of more track oriented tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member snowdriftless Posted April 3, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted April 3, 2015 At 500 miles they are holding up fine 3 P1: Vice? I have no vice, I'm as pure as the driven snow! P2: Yeah but you've been drifting All the gear all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Necro-thread revive. My rear is starting to square off at ~1400 miles, just barely though but you can see if you look for it. Better start riding a little more tamely, front should last 20k+ because it's barely ever on the ground, haha. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted June 8, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2016 Had 10.5k on the stock michelins before changing... front was still good Changed over to the PR4 GTs.. front still looks brand new... but i think.the bike is.too light and i wore through the rear in 8500 miles Put a regular PR4 on the rear... gonna see how that lasts once the bile gets back up and running ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomascrown Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The pr4s suck, pr3s lasted 3k more miles. 12k vs 9k. I have Bridgestone s21s waiting to be installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ralph Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The org Bridgestone are still on at 9500, miles getting towards change time the rear looks like it will outlast the front only a little flattening on the rear the front looks like it will need changing first as the sids are getting close to the ware bars, Continental GT 2 Evos are going on as I have a new set in the garage they are intended for BMW turers so dont know how they will be but worth a try as I already have them. I don't usually get much over 4500 miles on a rear and about 6 on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member wickedtwister Posted June 8, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted June 8, 2016 Necro-thread revive. My rear is starting to square off at ~1400 miles, just barely though but you can see if you look for it. Better start riding a little more tamely, front should last 20k+ because it's barely ever on the ground, haha. If you hammer the bike in the corners the tire stays nice and rounded.... so ride more tamely? No just ride more twisties to even out wear. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstang4 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 4000 miles and still look great, even after a few burn outs.. 8-) On my last bike I really pushed the tires too far and got 10k on each set. should have changed them out long before that though. With that I wonder how many miles I will get out of the battleax's, at the moment they look like they will pass the 10k mark easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwpowere36m3 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The pr4s suck, pr3s lasted 3k more miles. 12k vs 9k. I have Bridgestone s21s waiting to be installed. 9k that's pretty good... PR4s suck due to mileage? What about their grip and handling? Unfortunately, when you want to serious mileage you need to look towards touring tires... generally at the expense of grip. However not everyone is Rossi, bombing canyons, so touring tires can be perfectly acceptable if you understand their limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddog Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Dunlop q3's are getting squared off after 1,500 miles. It doesn't help that I wheelie and drift to a stop. I've stopped the drifting because the q3's are so grippy that I was putting big tears in the rear from it. I love them for the twisties though! A big improvement over the stock battleaxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstang4 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 can anyone compare the battleaxes to the pr4s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andistyr Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Replaced my rear PR3 at 16k, Now at 20k I am looking at replacing the front PR3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstang4 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Replaced my rear PR3 at 16k, Now at 20k I am looking at replacing the front PR3.16k for rear and 20k for a front,... That is ridiculously great mileage for a set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andistyr Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The bad thing the sides still have plenty of wear left in them. That is what I get for living where all the roads are straight and the closet twisty roads are about 5 hours away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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