When the CB919 was used for work most days, the PR2 was great, the 12-13k a year meant about 2 years out of the tyres. When it stopped being used for that, yikes, mileage dropped, and now there was actually a danger the tyres would age out first (unfathomable concept to me).
Fortunately that didn't happen, but the difference in grip envelope between PR2 and PR4/5 was noticeable. When pushing the PR2 for the last little bit you wanted from time to time, you would feel it starting to slide, so just slightly inhibiting. Not so with the newer generations.
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
There are some who maintain that the PR2 is still the best road tyre Michelin ever made, but they are gradually becoming Road 5 converts.
I think Michelin still make the PR2, as well as the original Pilot Power.
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Just swapped out the rear PR2 on the SuperTenere to a Road 5 be happy if i get similar mileage.
Had Road 5s when i had the Busa & BKing perfect for me but did notice the front gets 'squishy' near end of life .
Ran Pilots , R2s 3s 4s and PPs on different bikes over the years cant really fault them - apart from the price def shop around.
The PR2 was a very nice tyre, in its day, no argument. But we've been spoiled since the days of the PR2 being the latest and greatest from Mr Michelin.
I've used plenty of Michelin tyres over the years, have tried a few other brands, but I keep coming back to Michelin. Like Mulletman said, apart from the price, can't fault the product
It usually comes down to availability. Most of the time the only pair I can get for the Versys is from Michelin. This time there were no rears available (160/70x17) from anyone except Bridgestone and then only in a relatively sporty model. Doesn't matter though, because they steer really nicely, I don't do huge mileage anymore and the trip I'm going on for the next three days will be the biggest trip of the year. 6 or 7000 kms is all I do a year now.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
That's interesting, because I checked with a couple of Auckland places about then and they still didn't know when the shipment was arriving.
Boyds held a 190/55 for me from early December until I could get down there after the Auckland border opened.
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It's been a real mission recently in that respect. It took me more than three months to find a 140/70 Road 5 tyre for the R3. I eventually located one in Hamilton and got it shipped up.
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Add to the fun
https://www.michelinman.com/motorcyc...ichelin-road-6
At least their claims of increased life percentage are rather more modest than they used to be . When the Pilot Road 4 was announced, they claimed a 20% improvement over the R3. Having had multiple R3's on a couple of bikes and then switching to the PR4, there was no discernable difference in life. The 4 handled a bit better though as the sipes on the front tyre were further apart and it wasn't so squirmy under braking as the 3.
Allowing for the inevitable marketing hype, Michelin do make good tyres though, as others have remarked.
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