Admittedly I'm used to getting 7k+ miles out of a Metzler Tourance on the back of my GSA but I was a bit shocked to only getting 3200 ,miles out of my XR's Pirelli's.
I had no hesitation whatsoever about putting the same back on though coz they're effing awesome. I've never had a tyre like it and it gives me loads of confidence even in the wet.
Looks like I'll never need those HP Chain adjusters I had put on as the rubber gets changed before the chain needs adjusting. I'll let the tyre fitters do the tensioning!