R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:21 am
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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19 Looks same as mine. Anyway, Dry day today so I thought I would give the tyres a good workout, solid as a rock, even with power on in corners, well planted. I decided to go back and have a look at the road where my slide occurred now that the road is dry, its near where construction is going on (isn't everywhere), light brown mark down lane centre, not much but enough with a layer of water on top, CLAY.  Having to re access my view on the road 5, ps they hate steel grids though Ged 2017 RS grey/white/red. |
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Interesting to see this report of “breakaways”. I have had the same thing happen twice now on Road 5 tires I installed earlier this year. Both times in wet conditions, and both times in circumstances I would not have thought to be anywhere near traction limits. Not sure the cause, whether sipe design or compound, but sufficiently disconcerting that I doubt my next set of tires will be Road 5s. |
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Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #20Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19 That's good news Ged,regards the steel grids. I had a little slide in heavy rain when I hit a personhole (gender neutral to keep everyone happy) cover but let's face it what tyre don't do that?. I have a ridge where the two compounds meet,if you run your fingers from one side of the tyre to the other you can feel it. Coincidentally my mate rang me tonight..... he took his gtr 1400 in for a service today and was told by the shop that they believed that he'd been running his bike(fitted with ROAD 5'S) with a flat rear tyre. He explained that my tyre was exactly the same as his He's done 5000 miles on the ROAD 5'S around Norway and Finland. The shop had fitted ROAD 5'S to other bikes but had never seen them with that sort of mileage on them. I'm just a yob who just happens to ride a BMW |
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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #22Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #20Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19 I think if the mileage is low on the 5's then I might be tempted back to the PR4, but I do like the feel of these as you go into corners, much better than the 4, but ! Ged
2017 RS grey/white/red.
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Just had my 12000m service. R5 fitted at c7000 miles. After 5500 miles tread depths are around 3mm front and 4mm rear so probably get another 3000 miles + out of them. Wearing slightly better than the PR4 so far and haven’t squared off as much either under the same conditions. Handling far better than the RP4 at the same miles and grip excellent. |
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I'm still really impressed with the R5s. The only time I've had the back end slip is on these wonderful temporary steel plates that they put in the road when doing repairs. They're big, unavoidable and when they get wet, there is no traction, period. |
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Zitat von bill the cat im Beitrag #25 Cattle grids are entertaining too BTC Ged
2017 RS grey/white/red.
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I'm just a yob who just happens to ride a BMW
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This is what my 2nd set of R5 look like today after 10.000 km. The softer compound is still clearly visible and more scrubbed than the middle section, and also the "cupping" is clearly visible... |
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Just returned from a 1500 mile/4 day trip. My R5's now have 4500 miles on them and they appear to have almost that much left in them. One thing I noticed- my previous set was Dunlop RSIII. Grip between the two is comparable, the biggest difference between the two is when cornering. The Dunlops seemed to take a set when leaned over and hold it without much input from the handlebars. The Michelins want you to hold constant pressure on the bars to continue turning. I noticed the same thing with Michelin PR4's. I took the Dunlops off after 6500 miles but they had 1000 or more miles left in them. Overall, these are great tires for our RS's.
2017 R1200RS- 17,000 mi. 1 yr.
2003 R1100S Boxer Cup Replika #6/200 1985 K100/1100RS- 326,000 mi. 33 yrs. 2016 R1200RS- 28,322 mi. 18 mo. (gone) 2011 R1200RT- 30,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone) 2005 R1200ST- 58,000 mi. 8 yr. 3rd deer killed it. 1999 R1100S- 15,000 mi. 2 yr. (gone) 1996 Ducati 900SS/SP- 89,000 mi. 12 yr. (gone) |
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