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Crazy Tire Wear

dduelin

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I installed this 180/55ZR17 Michelin Road 5 on my BMW RT about one year ago. Today it has gone 15,111 miles and still has 2/32" of the original 8/32" tread depth. This bike goes through front Road 5 tires faster than the rears but due to trips and such I've had to replace 3 fronts before they got to the wear bars so I don't really know how long a front will go. I replaced fronts between 10,000 and 11,500 miles but they could have gone maybe 1,500 to 2,000 more. I bought this tire with a $60 rebate on a set and with free mounting at Cycle Gear. Non GT on 600ish lb 100 rear wheel hp bike. I'm not exactly a sedate rider. I really like these tires on the RT.

The NC has a Road 5 on the back now with about 3000 miles on it. In the garage is a new Road 5 front tire to replace the current Michelin Pilot Power 2CT with 9,100 miles on it. I recently estimated it would go to 12,000 miles. Oh the emotional pressure!

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I'm getting closer to wear bars at 12,300 miles but I expect 14~15,000 miles out of my rear Road 5 on a NC. Getting that mileage with a RT is really impressive.

For some reason I can't post a picture. Site says "Oops! We ran into some problems."
 
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