Michelin Road 6

[Gremlin]

From what I can see of my past pics, if you stand in front of the bike and look at it, it looks like /\

So if you were sitting on it, and riding, look over the front, it would do this \/

[SaferRides]

Also the the photo in the first post.

There is a direction of rotation arrow but only on one sidewall. No idea why Michelin didn't put it on both.

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[SaferRides]

Doing some checks on the R1 as the weather up here is looking great for next weekend.

Measured the tread depth on the "new" Road 6 front, which has now done 6,000 km. It's down to around 3 mm, 2.5 mm on the right shoulder. No way this tyre will make 20,000 km like the previous one did.

Seems weird as the rear is wearing as normal despite having done twice the mileage. Too much trail braking on South Island roads?

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[pete376403]

My experience with South Island road, especially the lower half, is that the road surfaces are really abrasive (for winter ice, perhaps) A friend with a BMW 1000 absolutely killed a rear tyre between Haast and Wanaka. Tyre was ok at Haast when we stopped for gas, last few kms to Wanaka was really slow going on a "down to the cords" flat. To be fair, up to that point he was going a bit enthusiastically

[ashes]

My experience with South Island road, especially the lower half, is that the road surfaces are really abrasive (for winter ice, perhaps) A friend with a BMW 1000 absolutely killed a rear tyre between Haast and Wanaka. Tyre was ok at Haast when we stopped for gas, last few kms to Wanaka was really slow going on a "down to the cords" flat. To be fair, up to that point he was going a bit enthusiastically

A lot of the rock used to make chipseal further down south is a mix of greywacke and quartz, which are both pretty hard. It's not intentional, just what's available in the local gravel pits.

Commuting on SH 6 or 8 really eats tyres.

[BMWST?]

A lot of the rock used to make chipseal further down south is a mix of greywacke and quartz, which are both pretty hard. It's not intentional, just what's available in the local gravel pits.

Commuting on SH 6 or 8 really eats tyres.

can imagine quartz could be both hard and abrasive

[SaferRides]

My experience with South Island road, especially the lower half, is that the road surfaces are really abrasive (for winter ice, perhaps) A friend with a BMW 1000 absolutely killed a rear tyre between Haast and Wanaka. Tyre was ok at Haast when we stopped for gas, last few kms to Wanaka was really slow going on a "down to the cords" flat. To be fair, up to that point he was going a bit enthusiastically

Yes, it was fun from Franz to Wanaka! We were riding with a "local", who was quite enthusiastic at times.

The tyre looks fine, it's just worn more than I expected.

One of the others arrived back in Auckland with no tread left on the rear.

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