I know this is resurection of an old thread but I am amazed at the mileage you got with the SE tires. I run the SE 180 and matching front and the front actually wears before the rear. Get about 6000 out of the front max and it is cupped at 5Kish. I can get another 1000 out of the rear (go figure). When these tires are fresh they are great but 6K seems short to me.
I will search for any other threads on this -- sorry for the old thread.

Dave