Michelin Pilot Road 3 (PR3) end of life review

[Gremlin]

Alan,
I've heard of trail designated PR3's - where are the major differences? In any event, your longevity is amazing considering what you load onto your bike

Yep, so you have the Pilot Road 3 and Pilot Road 3 Trail.

The Trail comes in one size for front and one for rear (last I checked anyway), and designed for the big dual purpose bikes, so a 110/80/19 front and 150/70/17 rear (standard across 12GS, Super Tenere, Triumph Explorer, Vstrom). I believe the standard PR3 also comes in a 150/70/17 rear, so a bit of care there. Being designed for the big dual sport, the rear Trail is dual compound like it's sibling, but the center hard section is much wider than on the standard tyre to account for the bike weight and tendency to eat the centre.

Picture is worth a thousand words, or so they say:

[trumpy]

Thanks Robert,
Good to hear from you and long time no see! Not the dark side at all . In a previous blog, I listed the XR 1200 as one of the bikes I'd like to own - love the flat tracker influence! Haha - I had the same problem with my Frank Thomas one piece. There were a few occasions when I lost control .

Once the holiday lunacy is over I will come up and see you and you can give the big girl a whirl. It's been interesting going from a bike that's 170kg dry to one that tips the scales at 250kg. Better than I thought it would be.

[Blackbird]

Once the holiday lunacy is over I will come up and see you and you can give the big girl a whirl. It's been interesting going from a bike that's 170kg dry to one that tips the scales at 250kg. Better than I thought it would be.

Do that, I'll meet you in Thames and we can ride back and have lunch at our place. Look forward to it

[madandy]

Geoff, a terrific write up and one of the best amateur ones on tyres I've read.
Once my Conti sport attacks are done these pr3 tyres may be just the ticket for winter!

Cheers, happy new year
Andy

[Blackbird]

Thanks very much Andy I'm afraid I don't have any experience with Conti's but with a VTR, the PR3's should handle the load ok as long as you get the B load rated rear.

Will be interested to hear how you get on!

[actungbaby]

[QUOTE=Blackbird;1130458075]With the recent excellent KB reviews of Metzler and Bridgestone tyres, I thought I'd add my review of the Michelin PR3 as they're only a couple of weeks away from being replaced. I've had three different sets tyres on the Street Triple and have compared them with the other sets in terms of performance and life.


Hope it's of interest.

Cheers,

very good reivew thanks

[gijoe1313]

Well thought out, informative words about your experiences - I totally agree with your points since I have them fitted to both my CB900 and Predator.

Wait, this is KB innit? Who'd thunk there would be some reasoned logic and non-abusive posts so early in the new year!

[Blackbird]

Well thought out, informative words about your experiences - I totally agree with your points since I have them fitted to both my CB900 and Predator.

Wait, this is KB innit? Who'd thunk there would be some reasoned logic and non-abusive posts so early in the new year!

Thanks Justin and happy New Year!

Haha - which is why I can't be arsed to post much these days - would hate to spoil things

[Grizzo]

Cheers Blackbird, I have bookmarked for future reference.
Handy info.

[Blackbird]

Cheers Blackbird, I have bookmarked for future reference.
Handy info.

Cheers Grizzo

We can't really go wrong with the current range of tyres on the market.