Michelin Road 6

i dont think i mentioned this earlier unless it was in an old thread long forgotten but right now i have a set of Michelin power GP tires on it and I have to say I really like them for the grippy nature and although i am sure they have better grip than the angles i had on before it i honestly could not tell. probably could on the track but not on the street for me. Of course i was lucky in that i never had to ride then in heavy rain. They are not good for that i would say. Nevertheless Im impressed by the fact that i will end up with about 5k miles on this set before the rear needs to actually be replaced. The front isnt far behind. The race profile is nice as well. But if I have to be honest I think the road 6 is going to be the best tire choice for me. I do think its a do all tire for my purposes anyway. I mean the nastiest i get with it is on the dragon and if my angle GT tires didnt slip with all the knee dragging then I dont imagine this will either. Anyways. DRAGON TRIP SEPT 8th if anyone is in the area come say hi!!! I will be the one on the green GOBLN with an insta360 hanging on for dear life on the back that you suddenly passed and giggled at!!!!!:p
 
jch364 said:
i dont think i mentioned this earlier unless it was in an old thread long forgotten but right now i have a set of Michelin power GP tires on it and I have to say I really like them for the grippy nature and although i am sure they have better grip than the angles i had on before it i honestly could not tell. probably could on the track but not on the street for me. Of course i was lucky in that i never had to ride then in heavy rain. They are not good for that i would say. Nevertheless Im impressed by the fact that i will end up with about 5k miles on this set before the rear needs to actually be replaced. The front isnt far behind. The race profile is nice as well. But if I have to be honest I think the road 6 is going to be the best tire choice for me. I do think its a do all tire for my purposes anyway. I mean the nastiest i get with it is on the dragon and if my angle GT tires didnt slip with all the knee dragging then I dont imagine this will either. Anyways. DRAGON TRIP SEPT 8th if anyone is in the area come say hi!!! I will be the one on the green GOBLN with an insta360 hanging on for dear life on the back that you suddenly passed and giggled at!!!!!:p
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You do realize that this thread is about people getting Defective Road 6's right?
 
I'm finally getting my tires looked at but the dealer is having to jump through all these hoops from the distributor before they will replace them. IF they will replace them. I've been without my bike for almost two weeks now and I've reached the I'm pissed at everyone and everything stage of withdrawal.
 
Wow cruising I'm sorry to here you having this problem!I just got done using a set of p6 tires the regular size for my busa and I loved them.i got 11k out of them before i realized the front tread was gone. I replaced them with the gt version and they handle incredible. I'm my area most of us use a local tuner who knows thier poop. Please post how this turns out. I'm thinking it's the tech and not the tires, I could be wrong through
 
toncrell said:
Wow cruising I'm sorry to here you having this problem!I just got done using a set of p6 tires the regular size for my busa and I loved them.i got 11k out of them before i realized the front tread was gone. I replaced them with the gt version and they handle incredible. I'm my area most of us use a local tuner who knows thier poop. Please post how this turns out. I'm thinking it's the tech and not the tires, I could be wrong through
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The only thing that you can really do incorrectly when mounting tires is to damage them, to tear the rubber at the bead, and then they will leak.
Mount them backwards, which is usually only ever an issue in the rain/how well the tire sheds water out of the tread for wet traction.
Or balance them wrong, which will cause vibration at certain speeds, and usually high speeds/triple digits.
Any other issue will be from a problem in the manufacturing process.
 
jch364 said:
i dont think i mentioned this earlier unless it was in an old thread long forgotten but right now i have a set of Michelin power GP tires on it and I have to say I really like them for the grippy nature
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Very fast, I prefer the Sport tires to the roads, you just can't get under the road tires like you can with the sports. metzeler sportec is my favorite. I know guys that run roads but they take the "Sport" out of "Sports-Tourer" and cripple the Hayabusa imo.
 
Oz22 said:
Very fast, I prefer the Sport tires to the roads, you just can't get under the road tires like you can with the sports. metzeler sportec is my favorite. I know guys that run roads but they take the "Sport" out of "Sports-Tourer" and cripple the Hayabusa imo.
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BS. Pilot Road tires are dual compound and do NOT cripple the Hayabusa. What does ‘just can’t get under the road tires’ mean?
 
Oz22 said:
Very fast, I prefer the Sport tires to the roads, you just can't get under the road tires like you can with the sports. metzeler sportec is my favorite. I know guys that run roads but they take the "Sport" out of "Sports-Tourer" and cripple the Hayabusa imo.
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Metzeler Sportec is a road tire, dry roads wet roads.
 
I prefer sport tires to sport touring, and on my Gen2 I ran sport front tires, and sport touring rear tires, that way they wore out at about the same mileage, about 2100-2300 miles on average.
On a heavy bike, like a Busa, sport touring tires will stick just fine.
I ran them both at 34-36psi cold.
These old pictures show that they'll stick too.

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sixpack577 said:
The only thing that you can really do incorrectly when mounting tires is to damage them, to tear the rubber at the bead, and then they will leak.
Mount them backwards, which is usually only ever an issue in the rain/how well the tire sheds water out of the tread for wet traction.
Or balance them wrong, which will cause vibration at certain speeds, and usually high speeds/triple digits.
Any other issue will be from a problem in the manufacturing process.
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Yeah this is a widespread problem. You can just google "michelin road 6 pulls left" and you'll get a lot of hits from various bike forums.
 
Cruising180 said:
Yeah this is a widespread problem. You can just google "michelin road 6 pulls left" and you'll get a lot of hits from various bike forums.
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I have both, pull left and leaking back tire.

And, I am maxed out with time, just don’t have the time to address it. Just ride when free time pops up, which is not often.

Will buy a Rabaconda and a new set of tires when time allows.

And, offer a set of Road 6 tires with less than 500 miles on them free, to anyone interested.
 
jellyrug said:
I have both, pull left and leaking back tire.

And, I am maxed out with time, just don’t have the time to address it. Just ride when free time pops up, which is not often.

Will buy a Rabaconda and a new set of tires when time allows.

And, offer a set of Road 6 tires with less than 500 miles on them free, to anyone interested.
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My last tires were PR5s and they wore oddly...I played with tire pressures to try and get them to wear better to no avail....

The front tire was scalloping and when I showed it to my older brother he said they did the same thing on his BMW so he went to Metzler and I went back to Bridgestone (S22R) which are wearing much better.
 
Thanks for checking six
sixpack577 said:
The only thing that you can really do incorrectly when mounting tires is to damage them, to tear the rubber at the bead, and then they will leak.
Mount them backwards, which is usually only ever an issue in the rain/how well the tire sheds water out of the tread for wet traction.
Or balance them wrong, which will cause vibration at certain speeds, and usually high speeds/triple digits.
Any other issue will be from a problem in the manufacturing process.
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jellyrug said:
Metzeler Sportec is a road tire, dry roads wet roads.
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That's a superficial explanation, all motorcycle tires are road tires because all can be ridden on road. Even a racetrack is just a road.
The designation "Road tire" means a tire with harder compound and moderate curvature
Sport tires have softer compounds and more curvature
Race tires are very soft, sticky, and are very round in cross section. It translates to how fast you can corner.

I shouldn't have to explain this, any rider should know it, I guess you've never ventured beyond the road tires, that would explain it.
 
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