over 10k outa dunlop but it woz buggerd at 8k to be honest but it did such good rollin burnouts i didnt change it, put on another duni as i had only changed the front at 8k,the new shape duni as used on 08 nt ect dont fit on 06 200 nt with belt guard on had to grind a couple ov mm off

 

I got a little over 9600 miles on my stock Dunlop. Replaced both, sticking with stock Dunlop.

My tread was gone on the rear, but the safety wear-marks weren't showing yet. The front tire had tread left, but was starting to cup.

I think getting anything near 10k miles is pretty good for a motorcycle tire.

Oh yea,I keep my tires filledat 38 lbs. (checked cool before riding).

 

I'm going with 38lbs on the rear. Poorboy, what do you run on the front?



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38 psi & 38 psi.

I was doing 38 front & 40 rear, but then I had a tech at my indy tell me that my tire pressurewas too high. I said, "No kidding", they're warm now (having ridden to the indy). He said hot or cold they should be 38 & 38.

I don't think he got far past high school. No offense to anyone, but air pressure will increase with temp. I just try to consistently check the pressure under the same conditions, and acknowledge that my guage's accuracymay be different from the next guy's.

Here in Florida we can swing 30-40 degrees in a day from early morning to late afternoon. Any tire is going to be affected by that. If I start with an outside temp of 65 degrees, when I check the tires again when its 90 degrees out, my pressure is at or slightly above 40 psi.

Hard to tell WHEN to check tire pressure for best effect, I know the air temps can be all over the place, and riding conditions and braking (heating up the rims) will be a variable too.

I'm ALWAYS willing to take advice from our forum brothers & sisters. A lot of times we have excellent expert advice as well.

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07 Softail Custom - 30 front 40 rear

Had a Dunlop D402 (??) prior to a flat last weekend. Just over 5k on that and it still had a lot left. Dealer replaced with D407.

Anydiff between a 402 and 407 other than the tread pattern and sidewall height?

 

The 407's are a softer compound than the 402's.

I got almost 7K out of my rear and replaced the front at about 7500. I could have pushed the front farther but why take the risk? The rear was down to the wear marks. I run pressures per recommended in the owner's manual and service manual. I replaced both stock 402's with 407's. I rode a lot of two-up on the first set of tires and road conditions are less than optimal (CALDOT).

Not sure why a service advisor would recommend anything outside documentated recommended pressures. I'd be leary of running overpressure in a 402 series anyway - not just for uneven wear concerns but also for the risk of blowout. Had a friend go down from a front blowout of a 402 with about 5K miles on it. Word of mouth revealed that the 402's are developing a reputation for random blowouts. Can't blame Harley or Dunlop for not recalling or making a public announcement about it. Too many variables to factor in and no way to assess whether its tire specific or user induced (i.e. running overpressure). Local shop won't Dyno with a 402 series tire. They'll swap you for a shop tire, Dyno you, and then replace your tire. That seems to indicate a problem but as yet I havent't heard anythingconvincing relating to a root cause.

You can push tires past the wear marks but why? You lose traction on one tire and you have lost 50% of your traction. And on a bike that's a bit worse than having two tires go down in a car. Getting to the wear marks seems to take a log time on a bike tire. But once you are there it seems to take only a few miles to start to show cords or worse.

 

My buddy has an 07 Softail with the 200 rear, and has over 10,000 miles on it. He is planning to ride most of this season with the same tire. The tire is just starting to show the bar and shield wear marks.

 

7600 on my stock D205, replaced front and rear with Dunlops, D407 looks much meatier in the tread area. ??

 

Got 6500miles out of front and rear dunlops. Changed for avon venom front avon cobra rear.07 fxstc.

 

Had to take the bottum reflector and plastic off under the liscence plate as it was rubbing after they put the 407 on.