I have 14K miles on a pair of original Michelin Commanders on my Road Star. They have been excellent tires.
I was going to suggest the Bridgestone S-11 Spitfire or the Pirelli MT-66 as good options. If you think it will take you several seasons to put 10K or more on the bike I don't know if I'd go with the Michelins, just because of having to protect them from the environment for several seasons. If you think 3 years, then OK, but 4, potentially 5, I'd probably go with one of the other two. It would be a shame to have a tire as good as the Michelin age away on you before you wear it out. Just a thought. I don't plan on putting a high durability tire set on mine because I'm sure it will get around 3500-4000 miles a year, and not much more. Our crazy summer heat ages tires pretty hard, so if you are not going to wear the money out of them in about 3 seasons, it's better economy to go with perhaps a lessor tire. You get fresh tires more often, and you don't have to have one of those days when you realize you have half your tread left and the tire is hard as a bowling ball and wouldn't stick to a bucket of pine sap, much less a damp surface. Happy hunting, and let us know which you go with.
BTW, There used to be a site up out of Florida that had the weight of every decent tire in every size, and the Michelin Commander and Pirelli MT-66 are the lightest weight line of tires out there in bias ply that carry all of our potential sizes. I took it for granted that the site would always be there, but it's gone now.
