Black hoop's decision.

[1ka]

I'm running PR5's and not noticed any problems. I also ran the PR4's NON GT version as I hated the wear profile on the GT ones. As I caveat, I ride with no pillion.

I did think initially that the PR5's seemed 'heavy' and needed a bit more effort to turn in compared to the PR4's , but I've got used to that now and don't notice any issues.

The side profile of the rear is very soft and chews up easily. Great feedback though and I'm back to grinding the pegs too much    It's a noticeably different tread colour so it looks like you've got massive 'chicken strips' 

It's a real chunky tread and looks to be wearing well, maybe better than the PR4's.

[ray1151]

I put PR5's on for our holiday, very thankful I did. The roads in northern Norway were really bad, they are also replacing the E6 with a much bigger straighter road so there was quite a lot of joins, bits missing and so on.
We did about 4400 miles in everything from 30 degree heat to riding for 9 hours (including 2 short ferries) in a storm. (Bloody tomtom let in water!)
2 up with a 55 litre givi top box and a tank bag the tyres were brilliant and never once gave us cause for concern.
The wear pattern looks really odd due as 1ka says to the soft sides, didn't notice turn in issues but we were fully loaded and the BT21's they replaced were very difficult to get over.