Yours are wearing in the middle then whereas mine wear out on the edges. You must also like acceleration (why else own a Rocket?) and guessing you might downshift a lot too.
That's probably a little bit why. The 1st set of tires I got for my nighthawk650 were shinko. I got about 6k out of them as a new rider. Switches to metzler and had about 10k before they were done. Same commute same riding style and weight.
So don't buy a performance tire. Go with a highway rates tire that has a harder middle compound.
I have paid for the top tier bike tires and have the same results so why pay more.
I should of probably stretched that last tire to 5k that is about average for me also.
Because the right tire won't wear as much. It's hard to get a 240 tire to do that though. Plenty of tires will get you higher milage. I mean .... If you are complaining about short lives tires. Get a better bike that takes normal tires that can go 10k to 15k no issues for commuting.
Seriously. I'm running the Avon and I'm at 8 with room to go.
