Staggered! Tyre life

[TT Tim]

Had to share, as I've never got this kind of mileage out of a set of tyres.

Just ordered a pair of:

Michelin, Pilot Road 4 GT

to replace those currently on the bike.

They've lasted me 5.5 months and 12,000 miles.

Really impressed.

The bike's an FJR1300 used for daily commute of 120 miles.

T

[BigHeartedTone]

Very impressive - thanks for the info.

[kiethton]

Got 11k miles out of the conti on the rear of my CBR125R, despite ~5 puncture repairs, its finally gone and was swapped over last month

The front is still original though with plenty of life left - 2 year old bike, used for a 30 mile a day in and out of the City

[hornetrider]

TT Tim said:

Had to share, as I've never got this kind of mileage out of a set of tyres.

Just ordered a pair of:

Michelin, Pilot Road 4 GT

to replace those currently on the bike.

They've lasted me 5.5 months and 12,000 miles.

Really impressed.

The bike's an FJR1300 used for daily commute of 120 miles.

T

Eh? So you've just ordered PR4s - check.

But what's on the bike now that's lasted 12k?

[jhoneyball]

An existing set of PR4GTs?

I have PR4GTs on my K1300S. Excellent tyre.

[TT Tim]

Apologies, I can see how my original post could be confusing.

I'm replacing like-for-like. So Michelin, Pilot Road 4 GT Currently on, and have covered 12,000 miles.

I had Continental Conti Road Attack 2 on prior to that and they lasted only half the mileage.

Tim

hornetrider said:

TT Tim said:

Had to share, as I've never got this kind of mileage out of a set of tyres.

Just ordered a pair of:

Michelin, Pilot Road 4 GT

to replace those currently on the bike.

They've lasted me 5.5 months and 12,000 miles.

Really impressed.

The bike's an FJR1300 used for daily commute of 120 miles.

T

Eh? So you've just ordered PR4s - check.

But what's on the bike now that's lasted 12k?

[Prof Prolapse]

I'm not getting close to this with the PR4s on my CBR 600F.

[hornetrider]

TT Tim said:

Apologies, I can see how my original post could be confusing.

I'm replacing like-for-like. So Michelin, Pilot Road 4 GT Currently on, and have covered 12,000 miles.

I had Continental Conti Road Attack 2 on prior to that and they lasted only half the mileage.

Tim

gotcha

Interesting as I run CRA2 and get similar mileage. May splash out on the Michelins next time.

[moanthebairns]

Prof Prolapse said:

I'm not getting close to this with the PR4s on my CBR 600F.

you might if it wasn't constantly lying in bits.

[Gusto]

A blade would surely eat them?

[Benbay001]

Gusto said:

A blade would surely eat them?

Cant say I wasn't expecting that.

[sjtscott]

Prof Prolapse said:

I'm not getting close to this with the PR4s on my CBR 600F.

But you're probably not running the GT version right? Its specifically designed for larger heavier GTs
My understanding is that there are 3 different versions of the PR4, confirmed by the website
http://motorcycle.michelinman.com/tires/michelin-p...

I've currently yet to have a Sport touring rear tyre on my blackbird that lasts more than 6k miles, and the majority of all my miles now are commuting in London! But again Michelin are recommending the standard PR4s for my current bike as expected.

[Prof Prolapse]

moanthebairns said:

Prof Prolapse said:

I'm not getting close to this with the PR4s on my CBR 600F.

you might if it wasn't constantly lying in bits.

Yeah, flogged that dead horse for too long, learned a bit though.

New bike for next summer. It's going to be mega.

[Prof Prolapse]

sjtscott said:

But you're probably not running the GT version right? Its specifically designed for larger heavier GTs
My understanding is that there are 3 different versions of the PR4, confirmed by the website
http://motorcycle.michelinman.com/tires/michelin-p...

I've currently yet to have a Sport touring rear tyre on my blackbird that lasts more than 6k miles, and the majority of all my miles now are commuting in London! But again Michelin are recommending the standard PR4s for my current bike as expected.

Yup, not the GT just the normal PR4. But it's the same compound, my understanding is I just don't have the reinforced cross ply.

I appreciate it's not exactly the same structure but it still seems valid to point out I'm getting no where near these miles on a much lighter, lower powered bike with the same compound.

So riding style is likely a big factor here.

[TT Tim]

Agreed about the riding style. But I would say I do enjoy chucking the FJR around, so have minimal CS on the rear, and I do have a fair degree of cupping on the front.

I guess what I'm saying is that I don't ride like a granny, but not wringing it's neck like you may be on a 600.

T :-)

Prof Prolapse said:

Yup, not the GT just the normal PR4. But it's the same compound, my understanding is I just don't have the reinforced cross ply.

I appreciate it's not exactly the same structure but it still seems valid to point out I'm getting no where near these miles on a much lighter, lower powered bike with the same compound.

So riding style is likely a big factor here.

[Hooli]

Prof Prolapse said:

sjtscott said:

But you're probably not running the GT version right? Its specifically designed for larger heavier GTs
My understanding is that there are 3 different versions of the PR4, confirmed by the website
http://motorcycle.michelinman.com/tires/michelin-p...

I've currently yet to have a Sport touring rear tyre on my blackbird that lasts more than 6k miles, and the majority of all my miles now are commuting in London! But again Michelin are recommending the standard PR4s for my current bike as expected.

Yup, not the GT just the normal PR4. But it's the same compound, my understanding is I just don't have the reinforced cross ply.

I appreciate it's not exactly the same structure but it still seems valid to point out I'm getting no where near these miles on a much lighter, lower powered bike with the same compound.

So riding style is likely a big factor here.

I take it from the comments that your 600 is a bag'o'ste? the rougher a bike runs the quicker it eats tyres. Hence you never get long life out of V-twin bikes, the power delivery is rougher to chews the tyre more.

I'll be amazed if I get that sort of miles out of PR4GTs, got 5.25k out of the last PR3 rear.

[black-k1]

Good to know. I've not tried the GT. What's it like whien riding enthusiastically?

sjtscott said:

I've currently yet to have a Sport touring rear tyre on my blackbird that lasts more than 6k miles, and the majority of all my miles now are commuting in London! But again Michelin are recommending the standard PR4s for my current bike as expected.

I get around 8000 out of my PR4 rear (non GT version) on my K1300S with most of those miles being commuting into London although it also includes some sprited touring in Spain and France.

[Prof Prolapse]

TT Tim said:

Agreed about the riding style. But I would say I do enjoy chucking the FJR around, so have minimal CS on the rear, and I do have a fair degree of cupping on the front.

I guess what I'm saying is that I don't ride like a granny, but not wringing it's neck like you may be on a 600.

T :-)

I meant it in the most literal sense to be honest buddy. We could clear ground at the same rate, but I still could be very inefficient with tyres. It's the spinning the rear obviously.

Hooli said:

I take it from the comments that your 600 is a bag'o'ste? the rougher a bike runs the quicker it eats tyres. Hence you never get long life out of V-twin bikes, the power delivery is rougher to chews the tyre more.

I'll be amazed if I get that sort of miles out of PR4GTs, got 5.25k out of the last PR3 rear.

It is now but it ran fine but it was an ordeal to keep it there. The engine was sweet as until I killed it.

My tyre use is about in line with yours.

[jjones]

Bought my vfr with a pr4 on front and a pr3 on rear. They were about 50% worn when I bought the bike 5.5k miles ago and there is still another 1k left in them. I have a new set of pr4 to go on it when required, very impressed with grip in all conditions.

[Iang84]

Just changed to a set of PR4 from PR3 I'm not liking them at the moment as they feel a little soft but that could be because the standard apparently have slightly softer sidewalls than the GT which is on par to PR3 strength I'm going to try a slightly higher pressure in the rear to see if this combats it if not guess I'll have to live with it as they don't do a GT version in a 160 even though my bikes a lardy 230kg wet