Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
After you've scrubbed them in let us know what you think.
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Michelin Pilot Road 3s...I joined the club
- Thread starter the Ferret
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noroomtomove
Been there
Sorry I'm not in the club.
Plan to ride from Home - Bairnsdale - Omeo - Bright return on Monday sure the Michelin PR3 would enjoy that ride.
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Plan to ride from Home - Bairnsdale - Omeo - Bright return on Monday sure the Michelin PR3 would enjoy that ride.
Regards
Got the new PR3's installed yesterday. Short 5 mile ride, not enough to form a real opinion. Raining here today (... it never rains in sunny southern California ...). Will need to wait until later in the week to scrub them in and get a feel for the new rubber.
After removing the wheel from the bike I noticed the rear OEM BT-54 was more squared off than I expected.
The front looked to be in good shape, but, tread depth bars were showing on the sides, with the center grove at 2/32" deep.
After removing the wheel from the bike I noticed the rear OEM BT-54 was more squared off than I expected.
The front looked to be in good shape, but, tread depth bars were showing on the sides, with the center grove at 2/32" deep.
Took my CB1100 out to Glendora Ridge Road (test track) to scrub in my new PR3's.
WOW! First corner, sweeping left hander, touched down foot peg feeler! Now THAT's confidence inspiring traction. :banana:
The biggest improvement I detected was that the PR3's track the corner smoothly without any mid-corner adjustments.
The BT-54 would tend to steer into the apex of the corner and I would have to put in some mid-corner correction to steer the bike away from the inside of the turn. No such corrections with the PR3.
Corner to corner transitions are smooth and predictable.
This is why I have Michelin's on every bike I own.
Lunch stop at Cable Airport. You can see the rear PR3 in this photo. That's Glendora Ridge in the background.
WOW! First corner, sweeping left hander, touched down foot peg feeler! Now THAT's confidence inspiring traction. :banana:
The biggest improvement I detected was that the PR3's track the corner smoothly without any mid-corner adjustments.
The BT-54 would tend to steer into the apex of the corner and I would have to put in some mid-corner correction to steer the bike away from the inside of the turn. No such corrections with the PR3.
Corner to corner transitions are smooth and predictable.
This is why I have Michelin's on every bike I own.
Lunch stop at Cable Airport. You can see the rear PR3 in this photo. That's Glendora Ridge in the background.
kennyw
Road warrior
Thanks for the recommendation. I just ordered a set of tires from them. I probably will not see them by Friday, but it will give me something to do around the middle of next week I'm sure.TINK_imp said:
dr_rock_imp
Running like a top
Purchased my 2013 new this Spring and I noticed cupping on the front tire at 2400 miles. I might have to order a PR3 as it sounds like a better tire than the Bridgestone. It sounds like many of you had cupping on the original front tires.
kennyw
Road warrior
Cupping tends to be caused by low air pressure from what I understand.
kennyw
Road warrior
I haven't had any.Riko_imp said:
Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
About 35000kms on all surfaces with no issues at all.Riko_imp said:
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the Ferret
Road warrior
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About 9000 miles on my PR3's, no issues here
Motogeezer1949_imp
Road warrior
I just put a Bridgestone t30 on front and another BT on rear. 3rd set, 15k miles out of 2 sets.
4 Paws_imp
Road warrior
ran RP3's on my previous bike with great results on both wet and dry pavement, gravel was as scary as ever. Good tires.
the Ferret
Road warrior
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I tried really, really hard to erase as much chicken strip as I could on my rear PR3 yesterday. This is as close as I could come.
Papa Weeley_imp
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Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
The ferret_imp said:I tried really, really hard to erase as much chicken strip as I could on my rear PR3 yesterday. This is as close as I could come.
G'day Ferret. That kind of ties in with [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7160]this thread. I have finally spent some time on the edges of my 160 Angel GTs. The chicken strips have, effectively, gone. All the tread is in use.
But I am now on my second set of cap bolts. I might order a set of the shorter bolts that Django uses.
I believe that the 160 rears really suit this bike.
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noroomtomove
Been there
Dactyl
Did you do that on the, Omeo valley road?
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Did you do that on the, Omeo valley road?
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Pterodactyl_imp
Road warrior
G'day mate. First lot on the Omeo and second on the Putty Road (10mile) and a few runs up and down the Old Pacific.noroomtomove_imp said:
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the Ferret
Road warrior
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Well it's about time for some new tires. The Pilot Road 3's have worn well. No cupping or weird wear patterns. I run 38 front and 40 rear in my tires. Front is down to 2/32 tread but looks good. Could go another couple thou I think.
What rear looked like when I started this thread December 2014
And what it looks like now March 2016 with just under 11,000 miles. The center stripe is about gone (it is in places around the tire). Certainly wouldn't make the rally lol.
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/CB%20MPR3%2010542%20mi%20002_zpsaeljflsc.jpg.html]
Ordered a new set of PR3's today. Should be in either Friday or Monday I'm guessing. Have a set of 90 degree valve stems from KurvyGurl ready to be put in the rims and a new set of brake pads to go in all the way around as the old ones are getting down there with a little over 19,000 on them. will be nice to be on new rubber again.
What rear looked like when I started this thread December 2014
And what it looks like now March 2016 with just under 11,000 miles. The center stripe is about gone (it is in places around the tire). Certainly wouldn't make the rally lol.
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/CB%20MPR3%2010542%20mi%20002_zpsaeljflsc.jpg.html]
Ordered a new set of PR3's today. Should be in either Friday or Monday I'm guessing. Have a set of 90 degree valve stems from KurvyGurl ready to be put in the rims and a new set of brake pads to go in all the way around as the old ones are getting down there with a little over 19,000 on them. will be nice to be on new rubber again.
Django
Road warrior
The ferret_imp said:Well it's about time for some new tires. The Pilot Road 3's have worn well. No cupping or weird wear patterns. I run 38 front and 40 rear in my tires. Front is down to 2/32 tread but looks good. Could go another couple thou I think.
What rear looked like when I started this thread December 2014
And what it looks like now March 2016 with just under 11,000 miles. The center stripe is about gone (it is in places around the tire). Certainly wouldn't make the rally lol.
[url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/theferret111/media/CB%20MPR3%2010542%20mi%20002_zpsaeljflsc.jpg.html]
Ordered a new set of PR3's today. Should be in either Friday or Monday I'm guessing. Have a set of 90 degree valve stems from KurvyGurl ready to be put in the rims and a new set of brake pads to go in all the way around as the old ones are getting down there with a little over 19,000 on them. will be nice to be on new rubber again.
11,000 miles, that's quite a lot.
I've never had one on my bike, but my friends do usually about 6,000 - 7,000 km! on a MPR3.
