Michelin Road 5

[Cachnutz]

Hi All

Thinking about putting a set of Michelin Road 5 tires on my Norge.
Has anyone had any experience with these?

Thanks

[pete roper]

I think Peter Hughes, (Huzo.) is running them on his Norge on his round Oz trek.

Pete

[Huzo]

Yeah that's right.
Put them on @ 133,500 and now @ 141,500 and not really marked yet.
I'll take a shot in the morning and y'all can see how it's going.
I'll take a photo every 1000 k or so, it'll be around 16,000k by trip's end and that'll be a pretty good indication of how they go.

[Huzo]

So...
Here's a shot @ 141,000 k which is 8,000 k in.

[fatbob]

Impressive, looks like they will outlast the PR4

[Bill]

Put them on my FJR. Best tire I've ever owned but pricey.
Bill

[old as dirt 2]

Hi All

Thinking about putting a set of Michelin Road 5 tires on my Norge.
Has anyone had any experience with these?

Thanks

have you found a source for them yet?

[Muzz]

I have just been on the two websites where I get my tires from and neither of the show ANY 130/80/17 rear tires at all.

If it stays like that I guess it will mean a trip to a friendly Triumph dealer, as the Thruxton has the same sized rear, a steel belted Metzeler radial. The MeZ2 seems to be lasting ok thank goodness.

[Huzo]

have you found a source for them yet?

Yep..
The shop.

[Huzo]

9000 k




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[Huzo]

11,000 k's.
Starting to see a "flat" spot forming which can be felt when in roundabouts.
Bike feeling a LITTLE bit like it wants to "tip in", but no stability issues.

[Huzo]

12,000 k's
The flat wear patch is starting to make itself felt when tipping into smooth roundabouts @ 30-40 k's.
You have to hold some forward pressure on the "down bar".
Also in fast(er) sweepers, the front is hunting a little bit, but not sliding or anything nasty, just losing some precision relatively speaking when encountering longitudinal grooves.






It should be pointed out though, that 98.999% of the life of these tyres have been bolt upright, except for the jaunt through the mountains going to Pete's.

[Cachnutz]

Thanks Huzo for the great pics and info
Looks like a long lasting tire.

Had installed last week...so far so good, need to get some more miles on it.

Cheers

[egschade]

Too bad these tires don't fit the V7. Actually very few tires fit the V7...

[Huzo]

15,000 k
The flat spot does not seem to be getting dramatically worse, and she doesn't seem to be handling any worse than the Exxon Valdez.
Actually the only thing that I'm noticing now, is a minimal reduction in precision on sweeping bends, no worse than a standard Honda ST 1100...!
And if everyone tells the truth, she follows longitudinal road grooves a bit more than usual, but eminently useable..

[Sheepdog]

Michelin is planning to release a Pilot Road 5-GT later this year. It is intended for sport touring applications and will reputedly last longer than the Road 5. However, they won�t be available for wheels designed around bias-ply tires (like Tonti Californias). The Michelin Activ is a good choice for those bikes...

[Huzo]

Thanks Huzo for the great pics and info
Looks like a long lasting tire.

Had installed last week...so far so good, need to get some more miles on it.

Cheers

I reckon they'll do 18,000, but time will tell.

[Huzo]

Back home now with 149,800 k on the clock.
That makes a sniff over 16,000 on the 5's. I checked the pressures prior to leaving Paul's place in Adelaide and found that I'd not re checked the pressure properly, after an altercation with an errant gauge a few days ago, the pressure was a bit low but I put them back to 40 psi.
I seemed to have re gained some stability,





 so some of the comments I raised concerning squidgy handling, can and should be taken with at least a couple of grains of salt.
Anyway, here's the damage so far @ 16,300 k's.

[Huzo]

Still going @ 17,000 k.
The rear is just fine judging by feel, but anything under 40 psi and you can tell.
The front is about the same, but noticeable now with longitudinal road grooves and at low speed in roundabouts and such, it has a persistent tendency to want to "tip in" and requires a bit of pressure on the down bar, but still eminently useable.
The only reason it's maybe of some use to keep the reports up, is that these particular set have done almost no cornering other than a brief foray at the first 1000 k of their life. The pasty texture has of course polished away but I'd reckon it's not a bad appraisal of what you could expect on a long straight tour.
I reckon they'll be gone by 19,000 and if I was heading away somewhere distant, I'd ditch them now rather than have them changed at an unknown (for me) shop.
They don't exactly fill you with confidence on fast sweepers and the like, it's like you've got someone on the back moving around and affecting your line.

[PJPR01]

That's pretty fair...16K kilometers...about right, maybe a bit more when all is said and done...so approximately 10-20% more than the PR 4's...was the price difference enough to compensate for the slight increase in kilometreage/mileage?

[Huzo]

That's pretty fair...16K kilometers...about right, maybe a bit more when all is said and done...so approximately 10-20% more than the PR 4's...was the price difference enough to compensate for the slight increase in kilometreage/mileage?

Was for me mate.
Retail was AUD 500 for the 5's versus 550 for the fours...
I don't know either, but I didn't ask..!
I guess in the interests of full disclosure, 17,000 is all well and good, but admittedly it was steady throttle with bugger all acceleration and braking.
But then again, we were interested in how they tour..(at least I was).

[fossil]

Too bad these tires don't fit the V7. Actually very few tires fit the V7...

Well, this is definitely not true. There are a lot of good tyres for the V7 (small block) series, and with the Continental Road Attack III even a very good radial.

[twowings]

Continental tires FTW...

Michelin needs to stick to road and restaurant guides

[cappisj1]

Put these on a new to me 08 Norge about 8-9 weeks ago. After 4,000 mile two up week long camp trip and 2,000 odd miles around central Illinois I like them. Great wear and no bad tendencies except for... tar snakes. Honestly I have never ever had issues with a front tire tracking on a tar strip. It’s not bad, it just made me take notice. No issues in the wet. Road one full day in it on the trip. Super confident in the wet.

[JeffOlson]

I am having the local BMW dealer put them on my Norge next week. (They use them on the R1200RT.)

[JACoH]

I have a Michelin Pilot Activ with 8500 miles on my V7 III, and will replace it with a Conti Road Attack to match the front 110/80-18 when it finally goes, looks like lots of miles left on it, tho. The 17" rear is used on many other bikes, and is easy to find in different brands and styles.