Here's one for the record books

[azcruizer]

I work at a Kawasaki dealer here in the Phoenix area. Yesterday we had one of our customers come in to replace the front tire on his 2010 Voyager. He was replacing the original Bridgestone Excedra with 22,500 miles on it!!!! I was amazed. He even got 12,000 miles out of the rear before replacing it. He told me he checks tire pressure regularly, and does mostly freeway driving. It doesn't appear I'm gonna get near that mileage out of the Bridgestones on my Vaquero. :hmm:

[Blueraven]

My front tire on my 2003 Nomad went 40,000km before I replaced it this winter. It was the original tire.

[GIBBY]

I had over 25,000 miles on the original "stone" on my 2003 Nomad. I also check the tire pressure at least twice weekly.

[ringadingh]

I too have had over 20k On my front tire, and over 12k on a rear.

[Top Cat]

What Ring said. :tup:

[darksider]

I'm not sure how many kms were on the front tire when I bought the bike last dec , but I got 17k kms out of it this passed summer before I replaced it :tup:. The rear lasted about 12k kms before going to the darkside :D.

[azcruizer]

I'm not surprised your getting that mileage on 1500/1600 Vulcans. I am surprised that this guy is getting that mileage on a 1700. They are not known for long tire mileage.

[Monkeyman]

Why would the 1700s differ? Same basic bike other than the final drive.

[azcruizer]

I really couldn't tell you...I'm not an engineer. Perhaps it's the additional weight, torque, or geometry of the bike. I think most 1700 owners would be pretty damn happy to get that kind of mileage on their tires. At 7500 miles on my bike, the rear is looking a bit thin...

[AlabamaNomadRider]

I got just under 10,000 miles out of my rear tire and just over 11,000 out of the front. Doing much better on the Dunlop Elite 3's.

[Monkeyman]

I really couldn't tell you...I'm not an engineer. Perhaps it's the additional weight, torque, or geometry of the bike. I think most 1700 owners would be pretty damn happy to get that kind of mileage on their tires. At 7500 miles on my bike, the rear is looking a bit thin...

Assuming they 1700s have more power than the previous versions, maybe they're just flogged a bit harder. Or maybe they corner better so 1700 owners take the corners a bit deeper. Never ridden on a 1700 so I don't know. I think I might try one this summer just for poops and giggles.

[Top Cat]

I got just under 10,000 miles out of my rear tire and just over 11,000 out of the front. Doing much better on the Dunlop Elite 3's.

That's because the E-3's are so damn noisy you can't go fast enough to wear them out.:tehe:

[highwayman2011]

The rear tire on my 1700 Voyager is bald at 4800 miles. I don't think I ride that aggressively but do a lot of back roads two up. Going to try the exedra max next.

[markclark57]

It's not rocket science . . . Did you check the front brakes when you changed the tire? Did they look "new"? If you don't use the front brake and don't take hard corners, the front tire lasts a long time. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: