Michelin Road 5

[grog]

Hooli, i promised not to talk tyres ever again. just once more. no idea or try on 5s, after 3s &4s, pirelli just turn in so much easier, i was amazed by first corner. other thing is no tram tracking. michys do. another 5 th ks also good. end of story.

[KiwiCol]

Bet there's volume 3 & 4 in the wings . . . 

[VladTepes]

Oh definitely !  :D

And here I was thinking that when the time comes to replace both... easy answer Michelin Road 5's.
Now you're telling me Pirelli and no tram tracking - sounds good. Might have to risk those.  SO expect this discussion to revive at that time

As an aside: The PR4 front was poisonously expensive. But since the rear was new in Feb and hasn't seen too much other than commuting and some weekends, its still in very good nick. If it had been half worn or worse I'd have replaced the two on the spot.

As another aside. Evidently the reason that Michelin went from PR4 (Pilot Road) to simply Road 5, is that in their minds "Pilot" means sport and these are not (in their minds) a sports tyre.  No idea what that means in the real world, if anything.

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

Precisely. A pair.

[Hooli]

Odd as they used to have 'pilot sport' & 'pilot road' as two different tyres.

I'm very tempted by angels next too, I've been told GT on the rear & ST on the front works best. Of course now I've found PR4s ride better with a 180/55 on the back so I stick to that size or go back to 190 for the Angels?

[KiwiCol]

Might want to check that with Irish Hooli, ST would be a softer casing ? yes?    Think Irish runs (or did) A spec.  Mind you, I've seen the tyres after he's been on them. . .  the term 'gusto & exuberance' come to mind.

[grog]

never commenting on tyres comes to mind, just stop.  :laugh:irish just destroys tyres, must beat me over a 100ks by 20. angels gt are newer tech than st,stick with newer. mine have worked so well for ages. grip, last, dont tram track. just keep the pressure up. 36/38. irish uses a spec. higher load, thicker sidewall. he loves them. back when angels first came out, 2015?, no one in oz knew anything about which to use. i sent email to pirelli in italy. got answer from actually head of pirelli tech dept. yeah, ive kept it, was amazed. a spec not needed for 14 his answer. irish disagrees. either way, bloody good tyres.

[Big Geordi]

I am still using the original Pilot Powers great tyre 

[Bielie45]

I love my Angles

[Speedy1959]

My Angels seem to bring out the Devil in me !

[grog]

Just a word about Michelin5. Today was at tyre shop pricing up a new Angel. Bloke was telling me , just serviced a BMW 1200r, Michy 5 on it have done 30 th ks, reckons theyll go close to 40. Thats big mileage.

[ARH]

30k??  Is the PR5 made with some sort of magical compound that provide good grip and longevity?  If that's true that's a game changer for tyre manufacturers....

[VladTepes]

Michy 5 hasn't been out too long, getting 30K kms on it is a good effort.

[Bielie45]

That sounds a bit vat.......wow, are some 14 owners on them? Their feedback will me more real in my opinion.

[Notty]

Michy 5 hasn't been out too long, getting 30K kms on it is a good effort.

They were released in February this year 

[Kiwifruit]

Only done about 7k on Michy 5's, not yet half worn. Pretty happy with them.