Another tire thread

[bradrcfii]

Anybody running the MICHELIN PILOT ROAD 4 GT on the rear with the stock front tire?

Thanks,

Brad

[hubcapsc]

Anybody running the MICHELIN PILOT ROAD 4 GT on the rear with the stock front tire?

Thanks,

Brad

Yes. Well... PR4... I'm going to have to pictures of the sidewall all
the way around next time I check the air so I'll know precisely what I
have... I keep the air right, all the grooves are still deep and I can
just feel the beginning of a flat-wear spot in the middle with my
palm. 3,000 miles. I was forced to change tires at 2,000 miles,
so my PR4 is a 190 - it was what they had in Murfreesboro on
a rainy Friday afternoon at 4:30...

-Mike "I like it  "

[goldstar903]

Mike, from the pic you had, it indicated 2CT on the sidewall. That would indicate a Pilot 2CT:
http://www.revzilla.com/product/michelin-pilot-power-2ct-rear-tires

A Pilot Road 4GT looks like this:
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/michelin-pilot-road-4-gt-tires
SWITCH to Rear View

[hubcapsc]

Mike, from the pic you had, it indicated 2CT on the sidewall. That would indicate a Pilot 2CT:
http://www.revzilla.com/product/michelin-pilot-power-2ct-rear-tires

A Pilot Road 4GT looks like this:
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/michelin-pilot-road-4-gt-tires
SWITCH to Rear View

Here's a Pilot Power 3 with what looks like that 2ct thing embossed on it:



My buddy here at work told me that 2ct thing stood for... well, I forgot what
he said... but my receipt says "Pilot Road 4" on it, so I'm holding out hope
the sidewall will agree when I get to see it all the way around. Without
taking a picture, I can't read a tire's sidewall unless I position the bike so
that the sun is shining directly on it, and the sun don't shine under
my bags  ... I'll have pictures from all the way around in a day or
so, maybe I can take them tonight. I've had so many wrong
tires on this bike I sure hope that I have a Pilot Road 4 on the back...
it must not be a GT since I'm sure I don't have the tread pattern
in your pictures...

-Mike

[Robert]

Yes there is one person if you look at the tire threads you will find him. He said no problems and liked it.

[ledany]

16 000 km with the front tire (could have last more) and I changed for a Dunlop 408 F (HD guys have this one). I was fed up with the so slippery rear tire and I changed it (24 000 km, could have done 27 000 km but I didn't trust it at all) for a PR4 GT. Everything is fine now and my bike rides more like the balanced bmw I used to ride, almost. 
Last winter, it was easy to see that I was driving 30 km/h slower than the beemers on wet highways 

[bradrcfii]

I want to get rid of the stock rear tire and was hoping to hear the bike handles OK with the PR4GT and stock up front.  I thought the GT model was for heavier bikes?

Thanks,

Brad

[hubcapsc]

The mystery is solved. I officially really like my Pilot Road 4 GT 



-Mike

[goldstar903]

Mike, pic of the tread, please!

[hubcapsc]

Mike, pic of the tread, please!

-Mike

[AdrianR]

The mystery is solved. I officially really like my Pilot Road 4 GT 



-Mike

Oh yeah...me too!   It's really a far better handling bike with those tires...

[goldstar903]

Mike, obviously you did have the tread pattern of the GT.

[hubcapsc]

Mike, obviously you did have the tread pattern of the GT.

Sorry to be so mysterious about it... with the bags on there, I
have to roll the bike around until I see the valve stem at
the very bottom, and then lie down on the ground on the
low side (kick stand side - because of the rotor) to even
put air in it. If "the interesting thing" isn't printed on
the sidewall right where the valve stem is, I don't
see it...

-Mike