I kind of suspected that. First, your Harley has a different rack and trail on the front end in comparison to the 6. Have several friends who own Harley's and routinely get 24K miles from front tires so that is not new or unheard of. The rear tire is another story, especially on the 6. With just 1190 miles on my stock Stone, there was a apparent flat spot in the tire center. I personally doubt that tire would have delivered any mileage over 7/8 K miles. That was one of the primary reasons I yanked the tire and went "Dark Side" I'm not overly zealous with the throttle but I must admit I don't baby the "right grip" either. I suspect that big old 1800 + CC horizontally opposed flat sixes power contributes to some tire scrubbing especially climbing steep, long hills without ever "down shifting. You, of course, are in a position to make a "side by side comparison" as you own both bikes. That said, it will be interesting to see/hear when you report out on what actual mileage you achieve with the 6 and stock Stone or any other rear cycle tire for that matter
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Originally Posted by bob109
I kind of suspected that. First, your Harley has a different rack and trail on the front end in comparison to the 6. Have several friends who own Harley's and routinely get 24K miles from front tires so that is not new or unheard of. The rear tire is another story, especially on the 6. With just 1190 miles on my stock Stone, there was a apparent flat spot in the tire center. I personally doubt that tire would have delivered any mileage over 7/8 K miles. That was one of the primary reasons I yanked the tire and went "Dark Side" I'm not overly zealous with the throttle but I must admit I don't baby the "right grip" either. I suspect that big old 1800 + CC horizontally opposed flat sixes power contributes to some tire scrubbing especially climbing steep, long hills without ever "down shifting. You, of course, are in a position to make a "side by side comparison" as you own both bikes. That said, it will be interesting to see/hear when you report out on what actual mileage you achieve with the 6 and stock Stone or any other rear cycle tire for that matter
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