No, I just ride gnarly terrain that tears up tires. In all fairness, I could have pushed the Metzler another 60 miles or so before the center knobs were flushed with the tire casing. But it would have been a shitty 60 miles of reduced traction. I can't fathom how you got almost 1k miles out of your tire. I recently stumbled across a YT video where another Alta Owner had put his 3rd tire on at 500 miles, so based on that, I am in the ball bark for mileage on the stock Metzler.203 miles from the stock Metzler!?!? I managed to get nearly 1000 from it, with a good mix of pavement and hard packed gravel road, and I'm not easy on the throttle.
Are you participating in burnout competition?