05-07-2015, 05:32 PM
In another section of the forum, I've just reported on the slightly unwilling purchase of a set of Michelin PR3s
Now I've found a problem with them after only a few minutes. Let me share it with you.
It has been a truly glorious autumn day here in south-east Queensland. The sky has been clear, the sun has shone, the light has a clarity that we see only in the cooler months. It's cool in the morning and not too hot during the day. Indeed, it is just about the best possible weather for riding motorcycles.
So the PR3s were fitted and the helpful chap at the dealers who organised it and fitted me in reminded me that I had to be careful for a while while they were 'scrubbed in'. I think that's the term. I thought a 50 km or so burn up the highway on the way home would warm them up a bit and help the process along. So I set out for home and the chores that await me.
Do you know that those wretched tyres would just not take me there? They took me across the highway, up on to the range, along the top of the range and then down the other side until I came to the oft mentioned Bellbird Creek Tea House just in time for an excellent bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich and a cup of Earl Grey tea. The sandwich was generous on a very tasty focaccia roll and the tea was good too. I sat in the sun, ate and read a little before heading home. Again those new tyres refused to take me the quickest way and I had to endure a pleasant country ride with a final burst down the highway to get them nice and warm.
If the truth be told the whole experience was probably improved by feeling the need to be careful on new tyres and riding a bit more slowly than I might otherwise have.
[url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z5L5SB6CRw2M.knM3eWPnrdjA]
The right hand (easterly) route on the map, directly from A-F was my intention; the left-hand or westerly route was where these tyres took me.
Please don't say I didn't warn you.
Now I've found a problem with them after only a few minutes. Let me share it with you.
It has been a truly glorious autumn day here in south-east Queensland. The sky has been clear, the sun has shone, the light has a clarity that we see only in the cooler months. It's cool in the morning and not too hot during the day. Indeed, it is just about the best possible weather for riding motorcycles.
So the PR3s were fitted and the helpful chap at the dealers who organised it and fitted me in reminded me that I had to be careful for a while while they were 'scrubbed in'. I think that's the term. I thought a 50 km or so burn up the highway on the way home would warm them up a bit and help the process along. So I set out for home and the chores that await me.
Do you know that those wretched tyres would just not take me there? They took me across the highway, up on to the range, along the top of the range and then down the other side until I came to the oft mentioned Bellbird Creek Tea House just in time for an excellent bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich and a cup of Earl Grey tea. The sandwich was generous on a very tasty focaccia roll and the tea was good too. I sat in the sun, ate and read a little before heading home. Again those new tyres refused to take me the quickest way and I had to endure a pleasant country ride with a final burst down the highway to get them nice and warm.
If the truth be told the whole experience was probably improved by feeling the need to be careful on new tyres and riding a bit more slowly than I might otherwise have.
[url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z5L5SB6CRw2M.knM3eWPnrdjA]
The right hand (easterly) route on the map, directly from A-F was my intention; the left-hand or westerly route was where these tyres took me.
Please don't say I didn't warn you.
