Michelin Pilot Road Motorcycle Tire Reviews and Ratings

The Michelin Pilot Road is a single compoud tire. It does not have the same sport capabilities of the Michelin Pilot Road 2. Probably the best independent review was provided by Canyon Chasers.

Overall Tire Rating

Overall Performance = 7.8
Dry Traction	7.8	Avg. # of Twisty Miles	3,583
Wet Traction	7.5	Avg. # of Straight Miles	8,650
Cornering Stability	7.5	Avg. # of Total Miles	11,175
Steering Response	7.5	Riding Style	6
Ride Comfort	6.8	Tire Pressure	40
Noise	8.5	Total Weight in Pounds	767
Tread Life	7.3

Rider Reviews

Not Bad By ArizonaRocket riding a CBF1000

April 14, 2012

Pros:

Cons:

Overall Performance = 7
Dry Traction	8	# of Twisty Miles	1,000
Wet Traction	7	# of Straight Miles	9,000
Cornering Stability	7	# of Total Miles	10,000
Steering Response	7	Riding Style	4
Ride Comfort	7	Tire Pressure	42
Noise	7	Total Weight in Pounds	770
Tread Life	6

By Rob DiLuca riding a 2006 V Strom 650

January 10, 2009

Pros:

Decent mileage, great wet. I do not ride too aggressively. Front tire looks new, rear tire needs a replacement.

Cons:

None.

Overall Performance = 10
Dry Traction	10	# of Twisty Miles	2,000
Wet Traction	10	# of Straight Miles	6,200
Cornering Stability	10	# of Total Miles	8,200
Steering Response	10	Riding Style	5
Ride Comfort	9	Tire Pressure	43
Noise	10	Total Weight in Pounds
Tread Life	8

Michelins Rock on a Gold Wing By Bruce Dimon riding a 1989 Honda GL 1500 Gold Wing

January 6, 2009

Pros:

Great long tread life. Great wet grip. Great handling even when worn down near the wear bars.

Cons:

Hard to find.

Some tires (Dunflop) wobble and weave after they are half worn. Michelins handle great for their whole like. There was a little instability when I was near the wear bar but not bad. I got 21,000 miles out of them to the wear bar. I bought another set.

Overall Performance = 9
Dry Traction	9	# of Twisty Miles	5,000
Wet Traction	9	# of Straight Miles	16,000
Cornering Stability	9	# of Total Miles	21,000
Steering Response	9	Riding Style	3
Ride Comfort	7	Tire Pressure	41
Noise	7	Total Weight in Pounds	1,100
Tread Life	9

Horrible match for this bike By Phenix_Rider riding a Ninja 650R

January 5, 2009

Pros:

good name, good hype

Cons:

bad grip, poor life, not a good match for my bike's geometry

I hated these tires. I know a lot of people have had good luck with them, but they contributed to my only crash. Compared to the other tires I've run, they wore to the edges on the front far too fast. I had to run them 3psi lower then anything else to get any grip, which lowered the life. I've heard of big bike owners running them higher pressure- for TOURING. My bike does everything: high speed commuting, day/weekend trips, around town errands, canyon carving wih supersports.

Overall Performance = 3
Dry Traction	3	# of Twisty Miles	3,750
Wet Traction	3	# of Straight Miles	3,750
Cornering Stability	2	# of Total Miles	7,500
Steering Response	2	Riding Style	8
Ride Comfort	2	Tire Pressure
Noise	8	Total Weight in Pounds	600
Tread Life	3

By Karl Fittinger riding a Suzuki RF 900

January 5, 2009

Pros:

Great tires

Cons:

None yet

OK, I have not worn out a set of these yet. This tire was on my bike when I sold it. But it already had as many miles on it as the last set I wore out (Dunlops) and still had many miles to go.

Overall Performance = 9
Dry Traction	9	# of Twisty Miles
Wet Traction	8	# of Straight Miles
Cornering Stability	9	# of Total Miles
Steering Response	9	Riding Style	8
Ride Comfort	9	Tire Pressure	32
Noise	9	Total Weight in Pounds	600
Tread Life	9

By Anonymous

December 28, 2008

Ive had the oems prs and pr2s. So far i'm liking the PR2s the best. About 10000 miles and they're just starting to square off. PRs went about 8000 in the same conditions and looked worse. Mostly commuting one up rider weight 165 5% two up pillion weight 116. Depressing lack of twisties. 42psi and I would say they are superior to both in dry and wet conditions. Next set will likely be PR2s.

Overall Performance = Unknown
Dry Traction	# of Twisty Miles
Wet Traction	# of Straight Miles
Cornering Stability	# of Total Miles	8,000
Steering Response	Riding Style
Ride Comfort	Tire Pressure	42
Noise	Total Weight in Pounds
Tread Life

Tire Reviews - Michelin Pilot Road (Front)

The Michelin Pilot Road is a single compoud tire. It does not have the same sport capabilities of the Michelin Pilot Road 2. Probably the best independent review was provided by Canyon Chasers.

Overall Tire Rating

Overall Performance = unknown
Dry Traction	Avg. # of Twisty Miles
Wet Traction	Avg. # of Straight Miles
Cornering Stability	Avg. # of Total Miles	8,000
Steering Response	Riding Style	6
Ride Comfort	Tire Pressure	38
Noise	Total Weight in Pounds	740
Tread Life

Rider Reviews

Not Bad By ArizonaRocket riding a CBF1000

April 14, 2012

Pros:

Cons:

Overall Performance = 7
Dry Traction	8	# of Twisty Miles	1,000
Wet Traction	7	# of Straight Miles	9,000
Cornering Stability	7	# of Total Miles	10,000
Steering Response	7	Riding Style	4
Ride Comfort	7	Tire Pressure	42
Noise	7	Total Weight in Pounds	770
Tread Life	6

By Michael Crawford riding a BMW R1200RT

January 9, 2009

Pros:

Noslipping yet. Hold the road well. Pressures seem to stay up a long time. Still have 3K left on them.

Cons:

Noisy front - real noisy.

Overall Performance = 8
Dry Traction	7	# of Twisty Miles
Wet Traction	7	# of Straight Miles
Cornering Stability	8	# of Total Miles
Steering Response	8	Riding Style	6
Ride Comfort	7	Tire Pressure	34
Noise	3	Total Weight in Pounds	740
Tread Life	8

By Anonymous

December 29, 2008

Overall Performance = Unknown
Dry Traction	# of Twisty Miles
Wet Traction	# of Straight Miles
Cornering Stability	# of Total Miles	8,000
Steering Response	Riding Style
Ride Comfort	Tire Pressure	42
Noise	Total Weight in Pounds
Tread Life