Modern Vespa

New rear tire delivered! I'll let you know how long it lasts compared to the original City Grip. The tread looks a little different from the old one. (Sorry, I tried to reduce the size of the photo...)

I just had the same installed. I loved the original version, I expect this to perform the same or better.

Had city grip 2 rear..lasted just over 3k miles mostly 2 up..got another on now..

I don't get how most members don't get longer mileage out of the tires. 3K is ridiculous unless you're driving it like a monkey or doing burnouts.

I (at +-100kg/220lbs) got 20K km (12.5K miles) out of the last set of CityGrips and the current set looks bound to be getting about the same. And this is a mix 1 up/2 up riding.

In any case, with normal driving these tires should be able to go at least 15K km (approx 10K mi) without a hitch.

Maybe it's a mix of riding on motorways all the time, with underinflated tires.

could be harsh road surface.

I find sealed roads in the city are very smooth. Country roads often tend to be a more coarse surface which is probably gonna wear the tires out quicker. Think differrent size crushed rock in the bitumen - fine crush in the city, much bigger stone chips in the country

normal driving for you is not normal driving for others. you might just ride 20-35 miles while others ride 100-150 miles at a lick. heat wears tires, weight wears tires, poor shocks wears tires, road conditions wears tires ALL of those are not the same for each rider. Once you understand that then you understand why some CAN'T get the mileage YOU are getting.

Of course everybody's tire lifespan is going to be different in the same way that nobody is going to get identical fuel consumption figures, BUT 3Kmi/sub 5K km on a street tire as reported is way, way, way below the average.

And just for the record, I use my MP3 strictly as a work commuter tool logging just over 50K km each day 5 days a week through all 4 seasons consisting mostly of rough half broken concrete slabs and the rest freeway driving. So that would/should put me into the worst case use scenario using that logic.

Granted, I rarely do full acceleration and/or braking as I am no hurry to being driven to the emergency room or morgue. I did my stupid motorcyle phase when I was young, and learned my lesson. Getting to my destination in 1 piece is 99% of the fun.