I have a 2012 Limited,,, just shy of 15000 miles... brought it in for service and found out it has 3/32nds if thread, rear is 4/32nds .. MY thoughts were 2 rears to one front.....Is this a issue.. these are stock Dunlops... Air is maintained,,, and I ride normal.... Your thoughts???

 

Tyre wear depends so much on riding style, traffic, etc. Replace them when they need replacement!

 

I think 15-20K is about right these days for a "normal" rider. My experience is a little faster wear on the rear but not 2:1.

 

my sport bike was 2 to 1 ..

on my flhx the front wore out sooner..

swapped them both out at about 19k

and that was only cuz i had them and the front was scalloped and give me a low speed wobble when hands off.

 

In the past I got twice miles from front to rear tire
At about 13k I needed a rear tire and dealer said your front is 4/32 I thought like you did I am almost at 2/32 need to replace.
Now I understand that front tire starts with about 1/2 the tread depth of rear one so 3 or 4 /32 is much more critical on rear as most of tread is gone while front is only half way.
Please correct me as I am no expert on tires

 

mazz, you're right that front tyres have less tread, especially on bikes that have a wider rear tyre than front. Time was when both tyres were identical, but as the years have rolled by the fronts and rears have gone down separate development paths!

 

Both of my sets of D407/D408 tires have worn pretty evenly: Got 20k out of the first set, rear was down to just barely over the wear bars at that time, front was a little better. Knew I was going to need new tires in the near future and had a discount, so replaced both.
Current set of D407/D408 has about 17k miles on them, and looking like I'll get another 7k out of them based on wear. Both still wearing evenly.

Considering the mileage that I'm getting out of these tires, I'll happily replace both at the same time when they wear out; every other bike I've had I've gone two rears to one front, but I was only getting about 9-10k on rears, and about 16-18k front. So OEM is lasting the same on the front, twice as long on the rears so I'm saving the cost of a rear tire every time I change them.

 

I'm getting at least two to one front vrs. rear. Replaced rear at 12,000 miles and the front looks like it will make one, possibly two more rears. The first rear was a Michilin Commander which was good in dry weather but squirely as hell ion wet roads. The front is an E3. They are both E3's now.

 

difference is the 09 and up have a wider rear tire..

 

Your point??? 2 to 1 is still 2 to 1. We don't rotate tires on MC's.