New Michelin Road 5's

[Snowman]

Just finished putting my new Road 5 tires on the Norge. These replaced Angel GTs that I thought had a few trips left in them but the dreaded line of death appeared around the center of the rear. Should be an interesting comparison.



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[PJPR01]

Are those the GT version of the Road 5's?  I may try a set of those after wearing out my current Road 4 GT's.

[Snowman]

Regular Road5, non GT.

[Huzo]

These are mine @ 21,000
Bike is early Norge.

[jim_W]

I put the GT version on my Norge. I don't have many miles on them yet but I like the way they feel so far.

[Amboguzzi]

I run the trail version on my R1250GSA. All I can say is Fantastic in dry and wet. Confidence inspiring. However, the rear only lasted @ 6k miles.
Enjoy
Scott

[Huzo]

I run the trail version on my R1250GSA. All I can say is Fantastic in dry and wet. Confidence inspiring. However, the rear only lasted @ 6k miles.
Enjoy
Scott

What do you guys actually DO to your tyres ?

[RHAT]

I only have a thousand miles with my road 4 gt on the Norge but I love them so far.  Haven't ridden in the wet yet but I have good expectations that they are one of the best to have in the wet, so that's a good thing to have in my head.

[Ncdan]

What do you guys actually DO to your tyres ?

Most of my riding is non aggressive And I seldom get over 7K on the rear and 10k on the front. Don’t know maybe the road material is different down under?

[Huzo]

Most of my riding is non aggressive And I seldom get over 7K on the rear and 10k on the front. Don’t know maybe the road material is different down under?

Maybe..

[Amboguzzi]

I associate short rear tire life to the following:
- Heavy bike
- Heavy rider
- Bumont cases (3)
- The crap that resides in them
- lastly... spirited riding
Scott

[ampm7]

The Pilot Road's are excellent tires. I've had the 2's, the 3's and the 4's but the new one is probably awesome.

[LongRanger]

I associate short rear tire life to the following:
- Heavy bike
- Heavy rider
- Bumont cases (3)
- The crap that resides in them
- lastly... spirited riding
Scott

Yep. Plus:
- High horsepower
- Hot weather

[PJPR01]

No doubt...I've also had the 3's, and 3 sets of 4's on my Norge, and also put them on my Scura as well.

Curious to see if the 4's are still available when I need to drop a new pair in a few K miles or if I have to move up to the 5's.

They are absolutely fantastic in the rain...and very sticky on the dry twisties.

[twowheeladdict]

The Pilot Roads are the best rain tire I have ever used on my bikes. Period.

The only negative is that ever rear tire I ran need to be patched because all those rain grooves grab nails and screws very easily. 

[Stevex]

Surprised anyone is using the GT version; these are stiff side walled tyres recommended for very heavy bikes.
I ran PR4s on my CB1300, the GT wasn't recommended for the Honda and it's no lightweight.
Just put a PR5 on the front of the Honda, the PR4 started getting some weird wear characteristics, trailing edges of the sipes wearing a lot quicker than the fronts.
Contemplating going with the Power 5s on my Aprilia.