Warranties, guarantees, insurance policies... Some bean counter has done the math, to be sure (actuaries). The company will win. That's how they stay in business. The average motorcycle is ridden less than 4,000 miles per year (if memory serves correctly). The warranty is good for two years... What percentage of purchasers would ever be in a position to make a claim? A very small one (some FJR folks, a few BMW riders). A lot of bikes with this rubber will be sold or traded - no claim. Some will be wrecked - no claim. Now factor in what Ross and Pants have been getting at: Avon will face very few claims, relatively in terms of total unit sales, is my bet; so few it will be easy to honor most of them to some token degree. They win: they sell another set of tires at some marginal discount... If, however, they found out they had made some grave miscalculation (their actuaries are better than that) they have left themselves plenty of "outs" in the fine print.
I just put new tires on my truck. I had tires with tread warranties for 50,000 miles. I had 35,000 on them, my dealer knew the drill, what was coming... He gave me a $120 credit toward my next set of ties - no biggy. He and I laughed about this business model; we called it "mileage warranty inflation." My newest tires have a 70,000 mile warranty! No way they're gonna get there and the manufacturers clearly know this; how many folks will trade, sell their cars, wreck them; how many claims will be made, how many honored, how much cost to the manufacturer? A very small percentage cost to use this great new marketing schtick: 70,000 Miles!
The best - very best - I've ever done with a rear is a PR 4 - 7,500 (got 7.000 out of an Angel GT). I would suggest the Avon would be a stellar performer... if I could get it to go 8,500.
