![]() ![]() These are all very good tires that plenty of people will argue are the best, so my gut tells me they’re not mistaken and it will come down to each individual’s personal preference in choosing one tire over another. ![]() The Continental Contiroad Attack 3, Pirelli Angel GT and Metzeler RoadTec 01 were distant seconds behind the Road 5 tires. It creamed the others in this video from YouTube. Michelin produced this test video at their track on wet pavement to showcase just how good the new tires are compared to other big competitor ones. That’s saying a lot and the kind of bragging that demands a WBW hands-on review. Michelin claims even after 3000 miles a new Road 5 tire will perform just like a brand new PR4. It all comes down to the tapered sipes coming off the large openings wearing away more quickly on narrow openings compared to these larger ones. The extra large gaps allow these tires to retain good traction in wet conditions longer as it wears down while the smaller treads won’t. Michelin PR4 on the left and Road 5 on the right. They’re also about twice as large across giving the tire almost a dual sport tread like on an 80/20 adventure offering. You can see from the photos above the tread grooves in the center are fewer in number, shorter in length and project outward in straight lines. Then I heard about the newest improvement on the PR4 tires and decided that was the way to go instead because these tires are supposed to be longer lasting AND get better traction than the PR4 especially on wet roads. He regularly gets over 6000 miles out of a rear even on that behemoth bike of his so I was leaning that way for sure. He’s been running Michelin Pilot Road 4 tires on his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 for years and highly recommended them. My friend Steve has forgotten more about motorcycles than I know and is the first person I talk to when looking for good advice. ![]()
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