That's great that the Tourance tires work for you, I come from riding sport bikes and doing track days, I like a road oriented sport touring tire for the better grip, I'm hard on tires because I keep my bike in the peak rev range most of the time riding, I get 4-5k miles from a rear, when it hits the wear bars, I will change it and the front even if you can more out of a front, it feels better to change both tires at the same time. I am fortunate that I don't pay for mounting and balancing, my friend has a NoMar setup and he helps me out and I reciprocate by helping him when ever he calls, he takes take offs that are worn on the sides from track days and sells them to people that would otherwise run tires to the cord, to some people a tire isn't worn out until it's bald. I value traction and safety and good tires are the biggest safety feature you can have on any vehicle.
Like I said I shop around and find deals for tires, so far the most I've spent for a set of tires was $240 on the Roadtec 01's, after a $50 rebate, the Bridgestone tires were all around $215/set and the Continental's were $189/set on a close out deal, I have a cool, dry and dark basement corner to store tires, I try to keep an extra set on hand when I get fresh ones mounted. Sport touring tires offer good grip and decent mileage, they are as good or better than tires I started racing on in the mideighties. My 2012 Roadie is used more as a sport tourer than adventure bike, I may access graded gravel or dirt roads but 99% of the time, I'm riding pavement. I live in a state(WV), with great roads close by so I rarely feel the need to leave my home state to ride. The Tiger as well as other adventure style bikes do offer a pretty broad range of use even in a sport riding environment, most of the time you will run out ground clearance before you run out of grip, plus the comfort level of an adventure bike is another plus. Safe riding to all, now that riding season is here.