Michelin Road Pilot 3

[100milesaway]

Drop in quality at source or are you just getting quicker ? Sounds strange they should change so much .... The RP 3's are brill  :)

Have you been on the beer my old son ?  !!!!!!!!RP3s !!!!! :o

[Kevin]

  I am truly amazed  :o by the mileage some of you are getting from the pr3s.

Me too!

Kevin

[Hans]

Just made agreement with BT to test the new BT23GT on my spring-trip to Italy... about 5000km.
Then I have a really good feeling about the difference of BT23GT and PR3... for now... I do think
that PR3 will be "The one".....

8)

[O.C.]

there will be a few on here who will be interested to hear your feedback mosegaard...me included

[Rusty]

Well this is my RP rear after 4,600 miles and it's almost as it was when fitted .... you can just about feel the start of the middle flattening out and it's had some abuse but generally commuting and A roads .. there is no doubt that this has many miles left in it ... remarkable !  ;D

[100milesaway]

Are you sure that tyre has actually touched the road surface? ???

[Rusty]

Come on now, you know I like to keep a clean bike !!  ;D

[Lonewolf]

These are my PR3's with over 7000 miles on them now.  :o

Stacks of life left in them yet.  ;D

[mecki]

have a look at that chicken line! ;D

[Kwikasfuki]

You should have seen the chicken strip on his last tyres. it was right down to edge. I had to start leaning my bike more out of embarrassment!

[mecki]

You should have seen the chicken strip on his last tyres. it was right down to edge. I had to start leaning my bike more out of embarrassment!

Isn't that how a rear tyre should look like?
Evenly worn from one edge to the other? 8)

[Boomer]

Depends on what you use the bike for.
My last PR3 had 1" wide chicken strips, but then I used it for commuting on motorways and there's not much opportunity to get to the edge of the tyres on motorways. Not that I'm a cornering nutter. I go round the corner at the appropriate speed and if that leaves me with chicken strips, then so be it. Have always worn out the centre of the rear tyre before the sides.

As for tyres, someone may be interested in my tyre usage chart.

Front
BT021 - 0 to 7k miles
PR2 - 7 to 20k miles
PR2 - 20 to 33k miles
PR3 - 33 to 46k miles
PR3 - 46 to ????

Rear
BT021 - 0 to 7k miles
PR2 - 7 to 16k miles (puncture)
PR2 - 16 to 25k miles
PR2 - 25 to 33k miles
PR3 - 33 to 41k miles
PR3 - 41 to 48.5k miles
PR3 - 48.5 to ???

So, fronts are lasting between 12 and 13k and rears between 7 and 9k.
Seems pretty good as my GTR1000 would do 6k on a rear tyre and about 10k on a front.

[Ubertours]

So the mileage is roughly the same between pr2 and pr3. are the pr3's worth the considerably higher price?

[Martin#30]

So the mileage is roughly the same between pr2 and pr3. are the pr3's worth the considerably higher price?

I have not used PR2s, only PR3s, but I cannot being to imagine any tyre being worth overlooking the PR3s for. They are simply stunning. Dry grip, wet grip, whole life consistency, mileage, rider confidence. Simply stunning. A truly miraculous tyre.

Martin.

[O.C.]

I have not used PR2s, only PR3s, but I cannot being to imagine any tyre being worth overlooking the PR3s for. They are simply stunning. Dry grip, wet grip, whole life consistency, mileage, rider confidence. Simply stunning. A truly miraculous tyre.

Martin.

that is surely the main point ~ as not only does the Pr3 last as well as its predecessor, it appears that it is also a much better performing tyre...seems like a no brainer to me....PR3s all the way

All I 've got to do know is wear these crap OEM BTs out   ;D