Michelin Road 5

[grog]

Told you i could be wrong. Not unusual. Angel fr is single

[VladTepes]

Good oh, well when the time comes I'll get a PR5.
Just need to find best ride in/ride out price.

[Blubber]

I just got back from a 2.000km round trip in Germany - the Vulkan Eifel district.
Prior to that i had to replace the Angel GT's because they were near the thread wear indicator... i went to the road 5 too

Coming from a set 2 year old - 20.000km experienced - nearly done GT's .. you will notice that low speed cornering is somewhat different on the 5's.

Other than that.. a good alternative for the GT.

First impressions are good, not sensitive for road snakes or the white road markings. Very planted nice feed back 

Running 2.5barg front 2.9barg rear. ( 190 / 55 -17")

Cant fail them

[VladTepes]

whats a barg?

[Hooli]

Looks like bar with a random G added on (predictive text I bet).

[seth]

Must be as if it was in Dutch it would have a random j and k in the word.

[Blubber]

whats a barg?

Barg is Bar Gauge = overpressure
BarA is Bar Absolute

must be a Metric mainland thing 

[Hooli]

whats a barg?

Barg is Bar Gauge = overpressure
BarA is Bar Absolute

must be a Metric mainland thing 

Now I never knew that.

Generally BarA is 1bar higher than BarG then? Obviously different if your 6,000ft under the sea.

[Blubber]

whats a barg?

Barg is Bar Gauge = overpressure
BarA is Bar Absolute

must be a Metric mainland thing 

Now I never knew that.

Generally BarA is 1bar higher than BarG then? Obviously different if your 6,000ft under the sea.

Completely correct.

[VladTepes]

So what does that all mean in PSI's ?

[Hooli]

1 bar is 14.5038psi.

So 2.5bar is 36.2594psi

[VladTepes]

OK well time for a new front tyre. I have a pair of PR4's currently.

Was thinking of a PR5 but speaking to Mick (Motorcycle MAD for the locals who know him) he's had two bikes come in recently that had PR4 on rear and PR5 on front and having front end stability issues with lots of wobbling.

Seems that the 5 is more round in profile and the 4 more 'square'-ish and they don't like fighting against one another.

He's recommended that I put another 4 on the front for now and at some point bite the bullet and do both tyres and once to go for a matched pair.

As I only replaced the rear in February it's in no need of replacement for now.

So I'll be heading off later to get a new tyre.

[grog]

Good info Vlad.A Must to remember by the Michy Users. I totally believe as yrs ago, had Michys on a bike. Changed just fr tyre, a newer model, was virtually unrideable.

[Kiwifruit]

I put a pair of 5's on .....no complaints.

[Hooli]

Good info on the 5s as I've always found mine a touch reluctant to turn on 4s & that'd explain it.