The commander is a good tire, tho nothing to write home about IMO. I just put about my 12th or 13th rear on mine and i get about 6k and everything with somne minor variation. The bridgestone excedra was worse at about 5k. commander and avon storm 3d were tied for beat at around 7k or close. My advice would be get the new avon sprint ST. It's my current raer tire and while i can't speak to wear since it;s fairly new, avon says the mileage will be greater then the previous storm 3D it replaced. And i gott tell you, this tire i a total standout in handling. It's not subtle, it goes around corners like it's on rails. And while i have calmed down a lot in the last few years, this tire has got me reliving my boy racer days. It just handles so incredible i can't stop pushing the bike on twisty roads. I have never scraped the pegs anywhere near this much because the bike literally feels dead solid no matter how leaned it is. I swear if not for the peg clearance i think you could drag knees with this thing and feel completely safe. The tread is also very deep so i think mileage will indeed be great. If you want the commander it's an ok tire, but i had 2 of those and i can tell you the new avon sprint st is in a whole different league while remaining in the same price range as the commander. It also comes in the regular 50 size while the commander is 55. (if you WANT 55 the sprint may come in that too, but i never checked) I used a lot of 55's but once i went back to a 50 it just runs more "right" to me, but thats subjective i suppose. In any case consider the sprint. I liked it so much i bought a sprint for the front too and i am going to change the current tire soon even tho it has 1/2 its tread left. I have tried 7 or 8 tires so far and the sprint is easily the best of them all and by a good margin. The second best was the avon storm 3d but this one is very noticeably better. Can't wait to get the one on the front too, but if that one doesn't go the distance (tread seems shallow unlike the rear) i can always go back to the cobra which as front tires go was very good with 10-13k lifespan which is great.