Tyres, Brakes and Suspension » Michelin Road 6 review

Hi all,

I remembered the previous R6 or R6 GT thread and since I'm up for a tire change I can show the state of my R6's (regular) after 9000 miles and wholeheartedly recommend them - plus you can see what they look like compared to the new.
In 2023 I paid ~370 EUR for them, this time around it was ~350 EUR with R5 being some ~20 EUR less. I find them very similar to R5 with comparable (excellent) wet and dry performance, don't really see the need for the GT version.

Most of my mileage is 2-up with full pannier set so hard on the rear and there was a fair bit of highway taking us to and from various destinations with daily commuting for work weather permitting (not snowing). The tires took us all over the Croatian island, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Germany with all the curves one could wish.

Rear is down to the wear bars in the very middle, middle sides following suit. I will likely put some ~1000 miles more on them without worry before swapping due to the "spring" riders hogging all the local tire shop schedules but for this type of riding I'll confidently call them a "10k tyre" at least, likely more with lighter bikes.

Front is about 25% less worn than the rear but I'm always switching full sets.

Well, I do like my road 6s. They have more miles that the metzler z8s that were on it new. The only wear that I've been able to see is standing up at speed looking down at the front tire which had some wear on the chicken strips. They also seem to be pretty good in the dirt and I have seen them on GS's locally and they might be even better than some of the other 90/10 tires for the GS.
And mine are of course the GT, late braker here ..... I got to give the road six a 100 percent so far, very impressive ....

I have 3K miles on mine and love them.