Michelin Pilot Road 2 mini-review

They feel exactly like the Diablo Corsa IIIs didn't.

Which is pretty much exactly what I was after. Result!

 

Did you get the road front, or sport front?

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Nige,

BMW K1200S (for sale)
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike (for sale)
Honda ST1100 Pan European

 

Road 2 front and rear.

 

Which is what I have on my 08 Sprint and am well happy, never let go
once so far in all types of shit weather i have been in and after 2k miles
still look like new, mind you i dont GMKD anytime.

Alan

 

I'm amazed about how much difference in confidence a set of tyres can
make. I've had some metal bits[1] of the Bandit scraping the road,
without crashing[2], since I put the Maxxis on.

[1]Footrest I think
[2]Famous last words.

 

I hated those Corsa III things. After 90 miles on them, I binned the fuckers
and put Bridgestone 014's back on.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Did you get the Supermaxx sport/touring radials, or the newer full on
sport variant?

I'm asking cos the Versys is due a new set of tyres very shortly and
I'm looking at options to try. The sport/touring Maxxis are very keenly
priced, so they are a contender as long as I can find someone who's
done a fair few wet and dry miles to give a decent review. Some of my
local mates have them, but none has done enough miles at my kind of
pace[1] to be able to give me an answer.

My mate Martin has donated an Avon Viper Sport front with less than 150
miles on it, so I may buy a rear to match and try those for the rest of
the summer.

[1] My housemate's ZX7R, another mate's ZX6R J1, his missus' CBR600
F-W, and another mate's ZX6R C1H. The 7R has only done about 1000 dry
miles and he's been taking it steady after a ground up rebuild, the
ZX6R J1 has done one slow trip to the NW200 and a couple of local rides
with the CBR600 owner, who's a new rider so going slowly. The ZX6R C1H
has only just had them fitted.

 

The former.

Very good price, just over £100 for the pair + fitting.

I've only had them on a week-anna-bit, so that's <counts on fingers and
toes> only around 1000 miles too.

Somehow they just feel incredibly sticky and I've had no problems losing
the chicken strips in that time. cf the Daytona 675 and ST1100 both of
which have huuuuuge ones.

The bandit still feels at bit skittish at three figure speeds on private
roads but it's nothing like it was before - near on tank slappers on
bumpy bends.

In the wet I'm not really the best person to review I'm afraid - I'm
absolutely useless on the twisties, especially where I live as the roads
tend to be covered in mud and gravel when it rains.

In town (London) the other difference I have noticed so far is it is
*much* more stable at low speeds which really helps the low speed filtering.

 

Simon Wilson wrote:

Thanks for that, a good summary. I may well buy some then. I take it
you're on a 600 Bandit.

Where did you find them at that price? I'm willing to go for a decent
rideout with paddock stands strapped to the back of my bike if I can
get them that cheap.

 

dkmotorcycles.co.uk

£109.99, postage was £6.95

 

http://www.dkmotorcycles.com/?section=shop&product=supermaxx_touring_sets

 

I just checked them out on ebay, the prices have gone up to 114-99 for
a 120/60 and a 160/60. I need a 120/70 front and they aren't listing
any pairs with the combination I require. My local shop, who are
usually quite good, are quoting Maxxis at 180 a pair fitted, which is a
bit too steep for me. At those prices I may as well get a set of Pilot
Road2s. Even though I know that the Road2s are well up to the job, I'd
like to try something different just to see.

My other option is to buy a Dunlop Roadsmart rear at 120 quid and leave
the matching Dunlop D221 front I have as is, cos there's stacks of
tread left on it. I haven't got any issues with the Dunlops that are on
it, aside from the fact the rear has wasted away in less than 4K miles.
At least it hasn't squared off significantly, despite the many motorway
miles I've done with the bike loaded up.