Tyres, Brakes and Suspension » Michelin Road 5

I've got to say I absolutely love these tyres.

Just got mine delivered today, looks like it'll be better on gravel than I'd feared.

I do like them as well but I had some problems when driving on wet streets at an angle and accelerating.

It was a long thread on the old forum, but now I can post my experiences here: swapped my worn PR4 for Road 5 last week and did a long weekend trip to eastern Germany (1500+ km in 4 days). Dry roads, wet roads, tar stripes, slow corners, fast corners and even faster Autobahn episodes, the Road 5's liked them all and gave me great confidence. Definitely a good tire for me and the RS!

Ive just come back from Spanish MOTO GP in Jerez and had fitted a pair of PR5s before I went.
We had a bit of rain in the Picos which was interesting on the minor roads and plenty of incredibly fast corners in Andalusia together with every other sort of road condition you could think of. IMO the PR5 is a brilliant tyre and a marked improvement over the PR4 even if the front does generate a fair bit of road noise (without ear plugs)

I love em

I have them as well. I’ve had 5 sets of PR4 and the R5 is definatly an improvement. The front has more feedback which inspires more confidence. The rear is a big fat sticky thing. Initial impression was that the rear is slightly larger, which was confirmed by Mitchelin. This jacks the rear up a little which makes the steering a little quicker (and makes it easier to put the bike on the centre stand.) First time in some serious wet stuff last week. Very impressive.
Now done 1500 miles. Be interesting to see how they wear. I don’t do much straight line stuff however the PR4s squared off a bit at 6000 miles but I ‘persevered’ with them and they ‘came back’ and I thought the handling was still ok at 7500 when I changed them for the R5. I then realised that the handling had not been ok and I had been making some significant adjustments which I had to unlearn.
I’m a fan.

Zitat von Oscarguitar im Beitrag #6

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I have them as well. I’ve had 5 sets of PR4 and the R5 is definatly an improvement. The front has more feedback which inspires more confidence. The rear is a big fat sticky thing. Initial impression was that the rear is slightly larger, which was confirmed by Mitchelin. This jacks the rear up a little which makes the steering a little quicker (and makes it easier to put the bike on the centre stand.) First time in some serious wet stuff last week. Very impressive.
Now done 1500 miles. Be interesting to see how they wear. I don’t do much straight line stuff however the PR4s squared off a bit at 6000 miles but I ‘persevered’ with them and they ‘came back’ and I thought the handling was still ok at 7500 when I changed them for the R5. I then realised that the handling had not been ok and I had been making some significant adjustments which I had to unlearn.
I’m a fan.

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Yes, they are that sticky! . Couldn’t be bothered to edit the Avatar. Might do when I have some time in my hands.

I'll need to replace my PR4's by 6.5k miles - I'll give the 5's a go.

I have never liked the noise the Pilot Road 3 and 4 generates especially when a hugger is fitted as it amplifies it, of course if you want a good wet weather tyre then you need rain clearing grooves which generate noise. Don't get me wrong they are a great tyre but the noise is not for me.

Pirelli Angel or Bridgestone S21 seem to generate less noise.

Zitat von Billywhizzz im Beitrag #10

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I have never liked the noise the Pilot Road 3 and 4 generates especially when a hugger is fitted as it amplifies it, of course if you want a good wet weather tyre then you need rain clearing grooves which generate noise. Don't get me wrong they are a great tyre but the noise is not for me.

Pirelli Angel or Bridgestone S21 seem to generate less noise.

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I notice there is quite a bit of dirt under the L/H pillion foot peg mount. I can only assume the R/ H side will be as bad. Also why couldn't you be arsed to wash the tyres when you cleaned the bike 😬

Zitat von Duds im Beitrag #13

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I notice there is quite a bit of dirt under the L/H pillion foot peg mount. I can only assume the R/ H side will be as bad. Also why couldn't you be arsed to wash the tyres when you cleaned the bike 😬

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If the tire is noticeably larger (enough to affect putting on stand, wonder what the effect, if any, is on the already over-reading speedo. Where does the speedo get its input?