Michelin Pilot Power warning!

**SlowHand** · 2nd October 2007, 13:00

You mean a raised profile like this?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...19&postcount=1

**surfchick** · 2nd October 2007, 19:23

Originally Posted by jrandom

Would you buy tyres from this man?

I LOVE this man.
I would buy all his rolls. I always thought the duc would look good with white tires to match the pinstripe

**k1w160** · 2nd October 2007, 20:07

Gidday,

I find it informative that so many have seen the lines before, as have I, but no one said that they had also found a raised area over the line, as is the case on this tyre.

As for the handling being caused by something not right on the bike - my bike is in absolute top condition, well maintained with suspension correctly adjusted for my weight and road riding style.

All the sugestions as to the cause problem are great, as combined knowledge will hopefully help find a cause, so keep them coming.

I should get the bike to the shop in the next day or so and will get their input on this as well.

Cheers

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 2nd October 2007, 20:11

i got a set of powers 3 weeks ago the front end was all over the place tank slaped at 80kms so went back to shop got it re fited the ballance was out by 10 grams and the rear by 15 grams plus they re senterd the front wheel this fixed the problem at the time but now its doing it again so is there a batch problem here

**k1w160** · 2nd October 2007, 20:19

Gidday busa pete,

That's interesting - take the tyres back to the shop and start asking questions - like I'm going to do.

If there is a problem (and it is still an if), we need to constructively find out, and allow the importer to stand by thier products.

I have excellent performance from previous Michelins, and am looking forward to finding out what, if anything, has changed with this one.

Cheers

**Zapf** · 2nd October 2007, 21:29

interesting. well its giving me 2nd thoughts about fitting a set of Pilot road 2's on Thursday.... fingures crossed.

**k1w160** · 3rd October 2007, 09:13

Gidday,

Time for an update.

Between torential rain showers this morning, I took the SV down to the shop who I bought the tyre from, and on looking at it they agreed that something was definatley wrong with the tyre and that further inspection should be carried out by Michelin to determine what has caused the delamination.

Not only was there a raised portion over the line in the tyre, there was also a hollow on another area, showing clear cause for concern.

A new replacement Pilot Power has been fitted at no cost to me, and I will be informed of the test results.

The tyre shop acted with complete professionalism and are to be commended on their action.

The title of this thread is Michelin Warning as that is the brand of tyre involved here, and I hope that this will stimulate all readers to regulary check your tyres - no matter what brand they are.

A tyre is a manufactured item and there is always a possibliy of a random fault occuring during production, and this is what I suspect this it - a random fault. If I was convinced that this brand was 'crook', there is no way that I would have had another one put on.

Look after your tyres guys and inspect them regulary - they are the only thing keeping your rims off the road.

Cheers

**Fatjim** · 3rd October 2007, 11:05

Has anybody seen these sort of repetitive problems with Pirellis?

**Grub** · 3rd October 2007, 11:15

Originally Posted by k1w160

The tyre shop acted with complete professionalism and are to be commended on their action.

Ok so we always call for a "name & shame" when we get told of ratbag operators - so to balance the books you need to "name & bling" the shop you refer to

**SlowHand** · 3rd October 2007, 11:33

geez, am i invisible? this delamination is old news.

**jrandom** · 3rd October 2007, 11:38

There are just a few too many dodgy stories surrounding Pilot Powers for me to feel completely comfortable riding on them.

I don't buy the squid party line that they're hella awesome. It's not an issue of how well they work when they're still doing what they're designed to do; it's an issue of how likely they are to randomly fail and behave outside their intended design parameters, and once one has heard enough stories from enough different sources, one tends to get twitchy.

**k1w160** · 3rd October 2007, 11:43

Gidday,

Ok so we always call for a "name & shame" when we get told of ratbag operators - so to balance the books you need to "name & bling" the shop you refer to

Yep, fair enough, I have been dealing with Cycletreads - North Shore.

Interestingly, I picked up the Sept 2007 issue of PB (perfomance bike uk) yesterday and on page 68 there is a full page add recalling the french made Pilot Power 2CT AND the std Pilot Powers - so this is still a probelm over there.

Hopefully this is a one off with the spainish PP's.

Cheers