PR3 milage from mountain-based owners?

First, I love the handling of this tire. BUT....6,000 mile life on the rear is not gonna cut it. That's almost $0.03/mile for the rear only. Or put another way, I burned off $15 of the rear tire just today, and I only rode 8 hrs. I'm not even looking at the front.
I'm seeing lots of people get 10-12,000 miles on the rear (ST1300). I suspect most of those responses are likely getting considerable straight slab milage.
Is anybody that spends 70-80% of the time leaning over getting any real milage out of the PR3? If so, what are you getting and do you ride it like an ST or a cruiser? That's not a poke, I'm really trying to determine if I got a dud or this is to be expected. BTW 42 psi front/rear with a compressor 3 feet away.

I live in twisty land - have had 5 sets of PR3. First three sets were ok - ranging from 9K to just over 11 on Alaska trip for rear (front a little better). Cupped badly by 4K. Always run a little over max pressure (usually 44 pounds) Last two - 6K and 4.5K rear. Switched to a car tire - tired of replacing a tire every month - we'll see how it does.

Do you ride a lot of chip-seal?

I just moved out of the mountains of VA, where just about every road was chip-seal. I would burn through tires on my old PC800 in about 6,000 miles (front and rear!). Meanwhile other PC riders would report 1.5-2x the mileage on the same tires and pressures.

My ST has a little over 1k on its PR3s out here in the tidewater. I'm optimistic that the lack of chip-seal will prolong tire life for me.

9k to 9.5k miles on my PR3's. Going to but a PR4 on next week. But then I use my ST for longer distance rides. I have the WeeSTrom for mountain blasting.

k5mitch said:

Do you ride a lot of chip-seal?

I just moved out of the mountains of VA, where just about every road was chip-seal. I would burn through tires on my old PC800 in about 6,000 miles (front and rear!). Meanwhile other PC riders would report 1.5-2x the mileage on the same tires and pressures.

My ST has a little over 1k on its PR3s out here in the tidewater. I'm optimistic that the lack of chip-seal will prolong tire life for me.

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I agree with this post, chip seal even ate through my BT020's in no time.
Greg

I'm also reading this a lot: "I got 10,000 out of my first two PR3's, only got 6,000 on last one". I was at an RTE yesterday, at least 4 bikes running car tires. I'm seriously considering this, it really isn't even unusual anymore.

I average about 6.5k to 7k a tire on the rear of my C14... that's the price of real good sticky tires, HP and TQ... and using the throttle. You can spend less and get a Flinstone tire that'll give you 20k miles, but those days of twisty fun just won't be the same.

The biggest thing for me is the rough pavement out here that kills tires and my right hand has a bigger problem with my tire wear.

In southern Utah, I am about 60% straight roads getting to the curvy ones. I very much enjoy how good the ST is at both kinds of roads. I am getting just over 12,500 miles on the rear over three sets of Michellin PR3s. And I don't spare the throttle. PR4s will be my next set, probably this fall. I'm fortunate to be able to ride almost all the year -- with some heated gear December through March.