What experience have folks had with more touring street oriented tires on the Stelvio? I see some PR3 and PR4's out there in 150/70/17. I've used 3's on my wifes R1200R and they are sweet. But what for a front in the 110/90 19? Any higher mileage stories with Tourances or Anakees? I kind of wanted to smooth the whole machine out as much as possible for some long distance stuff, and I know the 90/10 or 90/20 dual sport tires are a bit noisy and rougher.
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Touring tires for Stelvio NTX
- Thread starter Ed Baker
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Ed,
You can use the PR4 Trail for the 19" front. I'm going to match that with a regular PR4 rear (the Trail is a softer compound) sometime in the next month or so. Check the Michelin site, there is a .pdf with all the details on the three varieties or PR4.
Tom
You can use the PR4 Trail for the 19" front. I'm going to match that with a regular PR4 rear (the Trail is a softer compound) sometime in the next month or so. Check the Michelin site, there is a .pdf with all the details on the three varieties or PR4.
Tom
I currently have about 9,000 on a set of PR4 Trails and they have been good tires, starting to get some scalloping along the sidewalls but I may have some responsibility for that with lo tire pressure and reasonably aggressive riding. I can see 12,000 miles on the hind tire when properly maintained.......
Jay
Jay
I was pretty happy with the mileage I got from a set of noisy Anakee3s on the '12 NTX, and then went for a set of RP4s. The RP4s are very good - quiet and grippy. I put the 'Trail' on the front and Standard on the rear, expecting it would wear better than the softer trail. I've been very happy with the RP4s all round.
A few weeks ago I'd have thought there was plenty of wear left in the tyres, but the rear seems to have worn particularly quickly in the last week or so - noticeably after an "enthusiastic™" ride on Sunday. The way it's worn on the right more than the left you'd be forgiven to think I'd done a track day on a clockwise track. I now have almost exactly 12 months and 10,000kms (6,000 miles) on the set and will need to replace the rear. I am a little disappointed I didn't get better mileage as most of this has been urban commuting. I now wish the harder compound "GT" version of the tyre was available in 150/70/17 [anyone know if the 170/60/17 can be fitted on the '12 NTX 4.5" rim?]. The Trail front tyre still has some meat on it, for now.
A few weeks ago I'd have thought there was plenty of wear left in the tyres, but the rear seems to have worn particularly quickly in the last week or so - noticeably after an "enthusiastic™" ride on Sunday. The way it's worn on the right more than the left you'd be forgiven to think I'd done a track day on a clockwise track. I now have almost exactly 12 months and 10,000kms (6,000 miles) on the set and will need to replace the rear. I am a little disappointed I didn't get better mileage as most of this has been urban commuting. I now wish the harder compound "GT" version of the tyre was available in 150/70/17 [anyone know if the 170/60/17 can be fitted on the '12 NTX 4.5" rim?]. The Trail front tyre still has some meat on it, for now.
I have thought about the PR3 110/80 19 front as well but it is .85" (22mm) shorter heigth than the 110/90 if I do the math correctly. That is a lot, but PR3's get the best mileage of any tire I have ever used in a sport touring capacity. The set on my R1200R still looks to have 2K left in them at 8K so far and most of those miles were freeway speed touring with gear loaded for camping. I may try the pr4 trails but they are also the most expensive tires I've seen. How about a bias type tire on a radial equipped bike? I wonder if it would handle horribly? Anyone tried that? Ther seem to be a number of 110/90/19 and 150/70/17 offerings in bias out there for cruisers. I ran Michelin Marathon 88's I think they were called on a R1200C cruiser years ago and they stuck to the ground just fine and could get 10-12K mileage. So if I were just going touring on the bike it might work...