Mileage is not even a consideration for a CT. That is not the point. The point has always been, and always will be to run the safest tire you can run. That was the original reason, and still is the reason.
But as the CT popularity grows, you do get so many opinions, and so many Pelosi's and Weiners:roll: who play with their Weiner. :roll:
The 1800 is unique, it is perfectly suited for the use of a CT.
A ROF tire is a safe tire.
You will get more mileage out of a CT versus a MC tire , no matter who you are or what your riding style is, that is a simple fact.
If you are going to run two up, pull a trailer, beat it down the slab at 85 mph , run through large cities with muffler clamps and bits of truck tire wires lying everywhere, pretty simple, it is a safe tire.
Handling, well ya know, it is different, simple as that. Not unsafe, not better , not worse, just different. Some like it, some not.
A MC tire puts you the rider in control completely, you have to control the bike, the CT does a lot of it for you, it is a delayed action so to speak, you turn it into the curve and it will come out by itself .........kinda, not sure how to explain that.
Slow speed stuff, well it is better for most, more stable at stops, better handling in the parking lots most of the time, with the exception of uneven pavement or rocks in a off road parking lot. Those off road parking lots can be quite interesting sometimes.
Bottom line it never was about the mileage. It is about a safe tire that will not come apart on you, and a tire that will take you in to a town or to help with no problem if need be.
I like them both, depends, but cross country I will have a ROF on the bike, simply because it works. And I do not have to worry about a tire. I know I can get in the left fast lane in a big city and let it rip. I know if I run over some road hazard I will hear a little pop and the tire will get a little mushy, but I am not going to lose control of the bike.
That is the real reason. Mileage is a moot point, but overall no matter who you are you will as a side benefit gain more mileage from the CT.
Cheaper too..........My favorite MC tire the Avon.......will give you indigestion on how much it costs........and at about 8K it is worn to replacement time.
Mileage, non run flats, metal wheels, playing with your weiner, never has been the deal.
The old Goodyear Triple Tread and the modern ROF has always been about safety. Simple as that.
A safe tire that will take you anywhere, give you better traction and eliminate and possibility of the loss of control of the mc over a tire situation.