Michelin Pilot Road 3

[davebullet]

Looks like a new version of the old favourite. Still looks like a 2 compound tyre.

http://www.superbike.co.uk/news/Michelin_Pilot_Road_3_tyres_launched_news_304862.h tml

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?lnk=rss&article=43020

http://blog.compacc.com/2011/01/michelin-pilot-road-3-review-2011/

One article says available in the UK from March.

[TOTO]

I have put 80 000kms on the Michelin Pilot Road 2 in the past 18 months. I wouldn't have taught that tyre can get any better, but yet they have done it again. Cant wait for NZ availability :wings:

[Gremlin]

Yeah, the PR2 is my favourite tyre for the hornet. Longest life I have ever had from a tyre, pity they don't come in a 19 front, otherwise I would be tempted to use them more.

[TOTO]

Yeah, the PR2 is my favourite tyre for the hornet. Longest life I have ever had from a tyre, pity they don't come in a 19 front, otherwise I would be tempted to use them more.

I'm a satisfaction facilitator bro, we should be able to stretch one of them rubber bands to 19" for ya :killingme

[racefactory]

I have put 80 000kms on the Michelin Pilot Road 2 in the past 18 months. I wouldn't have taught that tyre can get any better, but yet they have done it again. Cant wait for NZ availability :wings:

wow that's a lot... how do you find it compares to pilot power?

[TOTO]

wow that's a lot... how do you find it compares to pilot power?

Powers are softer and better for the track, but I'm mainly a long distance rider and never had a Pilot Road 2 give me less than 17 000km on a rear tyre, and that was on a tyre I had 3 track days on and 5000km on the south island and heaps of commuting. The powers I get about 13 - 14 thousand Kms out of , but I run out of thread in the middle, where as the road 2 I wear them out on the sides. Complements to the harder middle section of the road 2 for commuting and hard acceleration , never had one square out on me.

[racefactory]

Powers are softer and better for the track, but I'm mainly a long distance rider and never had a Pilot Road 2 give me less than 17 000km on a rear tyre, and that was on a tyre I had 3 track days on and 5000km on the south island and heaps of commuting. The powers I get about 13 - 14 thousand Kms out of , but I run out of thread in the middle, where as the road 2 I wear them out on the sides. Complements to the harder middle section of the road 2 for commuting and hard acceleration , never had one square out on me.

sounds really good. What are roads like on track? Do they provide as much grip on the brakes with the hard middle on the front?

[PrincessBandit]

My 2s are awesome. They were brought to an early demise when I punctured (double puncture) the rear after only 2000 km, so we replaced both front and rear as we were about to do a big SI trip. After discovering that the promised RP2 replacements weren't in stock I settled for Interacts (great tyres too), only to puncture my rear of those (aaarrrrgghhh, out damned screw) several months later.
A lovely kb member had repaired my road pilot rear and since we'd hung onto them ended up putting those back on the bandit. No problems since, and I still find them to be great tyres. I'll be curious as to what improvements there are with the 3s, and look forward to reading people's experiences with them.

[TOTO]

sounds really good. What are roads like on track? Do they provide as much grip on the brakes with the hard middle on the front?

well you see the hard compound on the front is different to the hard compund on the back so the answer is yes, it gives me absolutely no problem under braking. Biggest one for me is getting to the hairpin (Slowest corner) on Pukekohe after the long straight where the bike tops out and then has to shave off 200km/h fast. The Road 2s have been fantastic for me and I swear by them eh. :apumpin:

[TOTO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2IrQb1MFUU

[Mully]

Looking forward to sticking some of these on the 14 when I wear out the Pirellis on it.

Heard some fantastic things about these on the 14 owners forum.

[TOTO]

Looking forward to sticking some of these on the 14 when I wear out the Pirellis on it.

Heard some fantastic things about these on the 14 owners forum.

Yea, I already love them. Looking forward to doing a wet track day on them. No need for wets :woohoo:

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Review in the latest Fast Bikes mag. They raved about them.
I'll stick to my Power Ones, brilliant.

[AllanB]

12,000 on the PR2's so far. Rear is getting down but appears to have stopped wearing! WTF every other tyre I've had dies super quick at the end of it's life.

Very very happy with them.

But


I have the desire to try a set of the new Conti Road Attack 2's. Hope they compare well.

[Gremlin]

I calculated with shock my front PR2 has done 18,000km... and still has a bit to go before it hits the markers. :blink: Rear is only at 6,000km, so a fair way to go.

Lucky for some, having conventional tyre sizes. After getting Toto to do some digging, and my own sleuth work, the Michelin Pilot Road 3 Trail (f: 110/80/19, r: 150/70/17) will only be launched around August, so say the frogs, which means we'll get them later than that :crybaby:

[Swoop]

Another vote for the PR2's.
Bloody good tyres, wet or dry.

It will be interesting to see what people think of the PR3's as they appear to be more for wet road riding with the sipes.

[dogsnbikes]

Can certainly say it was worth the wait too get the PR3's on the Daytona,and over 800k's over some of the Central north Islands twistist roads,they have been superb...I have found them too be alot smoother than the PR2 even 2up, The missus made the comment that the bike is smoother through the corners ...so am looking forward too next week when we will be fully loaded

[p.dath]

I don't know much about tyres, but I recently went to PR3's front and back (previously had Diablo Stradas - more of a touring tyre), and what a huge difference.

I almost fell into my first corner, they turned in so much faster (the profile of the PR3 suites me much better than the old tyres).

And more than like it is simply a mental state - but for some reason I feel more trusting of the PR3's. They feel really good.

[Banditbandit]

Powers are softer and better for the track, but I'm mainly a long distance rider and never had a Pilot Road 2 give me less than 17 000km on a rear tyre, and that was on a tyre I had 3 track days on and 5000km on the south island and heaps of commuting. The powers I get about 13 - 14 thousand Kms out of , but I run out of thread in the middle, where as the road 2 I wear them out on the sides. Complements to the harder middle section of the road 2 for commuting and hard acceleration , never had one square out on me.

Jeez - I killed a PR2 rear on my 650 Bandit in 5,000klicks ...

I have them on my 1250 - and don't bother to keep track of milage. But I don't throw the 1250 around like the 650 .. and do get higher milage ... I do long distance on the 1250 and the PR2s are great. The 650 I throw around and have Conti Road Attacks (bugger all milage out of one but a really fun tyre.)

[Banditbandit]

I don't know much about tyres, but I recently went to PR3's front and back (previously had Diablo Stradas - more of a touring tyre), and what a huge difference.

I almost fell into my first corner, they turned in so much faster (the profile of the PR3 suites me much better than the old tyres).

And more than like it is simply a mental state - but for some reason I feel more trusting of the PR3's. They feel really good.

I had a similar experience on my 650 ... but I found the Conti Road Attacks even better than the Michelin (PR2s) or Pirrelli.

[NZsarge]

Can certainly say it was worth the wait too get the PR3's on the Daytona,and over 800k's over some of the Central north Islands twistist roads,they have been superb...I have found them too be alot smoother than the PR2 even 2up, The missus made the comment that the bike is smoother through the corners ...so am looking forward too next week when we will be fully loaded

Would have put a Road 3 on the back this time but there aren't any 190/55's in the country and they couldn't tell me when they'd be available so I went with a 55 profile Road 2 on the rear and a Power Pure on the front, not a bad combo actually.

[dogsnbikes]

Would have put a Road 3 on the back this time but there aren't any 190/55's in the country and they couldn't tell me when they'd be available so I went with a 55 profile Road 2 on the rear and a Power Pure on the front, not a bad combo actually.

I had a bridgestone on the rear to tye me over until the 190/50 arrived,but at least I knew it would be middle of April before they would be landed even though the 180/55 was already here,and that was in March

[bastardsquad]

+1 for the durability and handling of the PR2's. On the ER6n rear is @14,000km with an estimated 3-5000km left -just(only just) starting to show signs of squaring off. Front looks barely worn. Both stick like the proverbial to a blanket. I wore out a Bridgestone rear in 8,000(front 12,000) km on my 250...i'll be replacing my PR2's with PR2's for sure.