Life Expectancy of Stock 696 Battleaxes

[golgofett]

Has anyone run through there stock tires yet.  I am curious how many miles these may get before needing to be replaced.  I use my bike for commuting mostly so the centers of mine will probably wear quicker.  I have about 1400 miles but they are still looking good. 

[T. Rush]

3300 so far and still looking good.   

[the_Journeyman]

Which Battlax's are stock?  The ones that were on my Bandit 600 made it about 5500 ~

JM

[RBX QB]

And the ones on my S2RD went 9k rear, 12k front... Every rider will wear tires a little differently. I mostly commute with the occassional twisty romp. Figure you'll need to replace around 6k as a placeholder, less if you do lots of track time.

[LA]

I don't think I ride abnormally fast or furious, but I get no more than 2500 usually and they're done for.   

I've used so many tires in 30,000 mi. I'd have lost count, except that I keep up with the mileage.

LA

[swampduc]

3K mine and fine. Course, I don't have any really twisty roads around here and haven't been on the track yet - will hopefully do my 1st track day this spring.

[Slide Panda]

I don't think I ride abnormally fast or furious, but I get no more than 2500 usually and they're done for.   

I've used so many tires in 30,000 mi. I'd have lost count, except that I keep up with the mileage.

LA

Jebus LA...

Like RBX said, YMMV.  Though my tires have been Pirelli, I rolled out 10k on my rear and probably could have gone a bit longer.. but I was 500 miles from home and hitting the wear bars.  And I don't baby my bike... I try to be smooth on the throttle but I don't spare the horses as it were.

[corey]

battleaxes on my S2R are in okay shape... it's a 2006 with 4500 miles on the clock. i'm replacing them this spring, but they have a good amount of life left. especially the front. rear is a little squared off...

[JEFF_H]

Also depends on how much wear is on your tire before you replace them.
Some people run their tires bald or square before they get new ones....

I replace mine early as it is cheap insurance...and new tires feel so nice 

(and not to turn this into a new tire thread...but I just tried some Avon Storms for the first time and really like them...should be good on the 696 too)

[joecxxxx]

We use tyres quite heavily........the 2008 696 OE Bridgstones (which are out of production now)  lasted us about 3300 miles. The front still had some life in it but as we replaced with Pirelli Supercorsa Pro we changed the set. The Supercorsa give more grip and have lasted about the same.  I would hope 'normal' use would get another 1000-1500 miles from a set!

The really bad news for us is that 3300 miles is about 2 to 2.5 weeks..........

Joe

[sroberts152]

4600 miles on my 696 - mostly freeway commuting and they still look good.

[Mad Duc]

I've got ~2500 miles on my 696, 2000 commuting & 500 fun. The front is fine, the rear is squared off. I would think about 4-4.5k I'll be getting some dual compounds to replace them.

[ducnymph]

The 696 stock tires I bellieve are the BT56's. I've got about 5300 mi on mine, with about three quarters of that on twisties, and it looks like they have plenty of meat left. But an important consideration is that I weigh about 135lbs -- heavier riders will use up their tires faster. So for my weight and the way I use my tires I'm guessing they'll last around 7,500 - 8,500. 

[NekkedChic]

Well, searching thru threads for tire replacement suggestions in fact when stumbled on this thread.  ironically closing in on 5K on my 09 696 stocks and getting well squared, but worse is level of wear on tread.....we do a LOT of fast n hard riding twisties (yes even in FL they DO exist  )  and some commuting in between so still plenty left, ashamed to admit honestly, on sides but center of rear is looking scarey honestly.  Prolly have few hundred safeISH miles left on rear, but after hitting rear brake lil too hard and doing bit of a fish tale as result, not keen on pushing it any longer.

Off now to find a thread on sport/touring suggestions for bike....want something to take to track then wear down on streets after. 

[causeofkaos]

i got 3200 off my stock 696 tires never spun the rear tire, but mine went from squared off to showing chords in a very short time. Replaced both with BT016 weather went to shit havent been able to test the new tires....
A very agresive sv1000 rider i know who has tried a wide range of tires eats up tires in under 1700 miles he has got over 2500 on his BT016 and they still look great. Thats what pushed my purchase.