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Vote - tires - 1200R
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patm
Member
I saw pics of a Road 5 delaminating. Where they abused or was the wrong weight rating mounted? I don't know.
I do know that they're not recommended for the K16. There seems to be a swingarm clearance issue. There might be other problems.
That is why I think it's better to wait.
r0ckrat
Active member
All I can find are Pilot Road 3 issues, and Google only locates 5 or 6 of those.
crustybeemer
Member
I am on my 5th set of PR 4 GTs on my 2016 RT and get an average of 22000km per rear and about 26000km per front! I think I will stay with PR 4GTs!
wbrownell9
New member
I've worn out many sets of PR4s, and ridden them (gently) through frog-drownders and pea-sized hail and trusted them fully. Stick well. Riding Road 5's now only 1000 miles and they're fine too. Did a non-sportbike trackday with them and they never misbehaved. Thought about switching to Conti's but I've always been happy with Michelins, why switch?
I agree. Michelins, Dunlop, Conti, Metzler, etc etc are all good tires...
Ride the ones that you like the best, best tread pattern, best in you peer group, best track times, best/worse price, etc
Few of us ride their tires any where near edges of the tire's capability...dual compounds ( I think Dunlop was the first 15 years or so ago) make me feel better.
Tires are just like an oil thread!
now import stuff ....which LED head light retro fit?
patm
Member
The more I read about the issue with the Road 5 GT and the K1600, it seems the issue is limited to those bikes.
Here is a pic of the letter that is floating around Facebook.
From what I gather, the tire rubs on the swingarm of all K1600. Michelin doesn't recommend mounting them, use the PR4 GT instead.
IMO The damage to the tire would be consistent with the pic I saw.
ncpbmw1953
Member
I have a '16 RT as well and had major issues w/ the rediculous amount of cupping that happened in under 2K miles on the front tire. I can't believe others tolerate this, and while they are very careful to triple check their tire pressure because of course you can trust your $29 TP gauge over BMW's very sophisticated and reliably temperature-compensated TPMS readout, they have no qualms about following the standard solution to the nonsenical cupping from these expensive PR4GT tires: "Fine, Michelin rep says pump that bad boy up to 40psi (that's ~10% over recommended) and you can retard the rate of cupping". Oh, OK. Great behavior for a costly premium tire. Conti RA3GT: best tire for RTW hands down in all ways. For lighter R bikes the non-GT variant will be awesome...I'm told from one uber agressive R9T rider, and from my former local shop's owner.
I did a little research and decided on the road 5 GT. I COULD have agonized for a lot longer but...well I have the 4 on front and it seemed as good as any other and some felt better than...after all is said and done- they're tires that are appropriate for the bike- not Chinese and probably one among equals...is that sacrilege?
dduelin
Unregistered User
You are going to love the Road 5s. I'm on a second set on my RT and I intensely disliked previous PR versions. Hopefully Michelin has solved the cupping and lumpy wear patterns the PR 3s and 4s could show and still get good mileage.
