After putting Road 6s on my Tiger 900 I was so impressed with the improved handling I put them on my Thruxton R, BMW R9T and Moto Guzzi 1200 Breva with same results. I'll be doing the same on my Kawasaki Z900RS SE in another 5000 miles.
As you know Jerry, we are fans of the Road 6s. The wet weather grip really impressed on our very wet Pyrenees trip. This gent is still correct. Tyres are all about giving confidence. Glad a bit of suspension adjustment adjustment helped. I suspect riding on them for longer periods builds up confidence in them.
Could you really notice the preload difference? I calculated that the differnce in frontfork angle is maximum 0,1 degree. Is it not the different feel of the stifness of the frontfork you feel? Maybe I am a but numb, but even after 40 years of biking, I can not feel a difference of preload in middle or maximum on the steering. Only in the stifness, but not in the steering. The Road 6 gt tyres on my Tracer 7 make steering very light, but precise. I wonder if there would be a difference between the road 6 and the road6gt's.
I can, some people may be less attuned to the changes of course? It is different for all bikes, there are many varying factors. It is especially noticeable on my CB1100EX. Two rings of front preload on that completely change the nature of the bike and how much countersteer you need around bends. In any normal situation, ie. forks not fully extended or compressed, the spring length is always going to be the same wherever your preload is set. Both ends of the fork assembly can move. Your spring is no "stiffer" than when you started. You physically cannot changed the properties of that spring. If the spring was a progressive one you might find yourself at a higher spring rate by backing off preload so much you blow through the lower spring rate partially or altogether. That extra preload might feel like a stiffer spring when you get on the bike but that is because it is only changing the starting point of where it is in your stroke. I understand what you mean by stiffness feel. This is a good article I think. lifeatlean.com/teach-me-suspension-everything-preload/ Many thanks for your detailed comment and experience.
@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I understand. Ofcourse you are right, the stiffnes of the spring does not change, only if you put more waight on it. The only change is in springlength. Mmm, I will do it again and try to feel the difference. My tracer 7 with road 6's steers very quick, maybe a bit to quick. Maybe a bit more preload will bring a bit more rest in the steeringresponse. The bike is not nervous in higher speeds.
I have multiple mates with gs1200 and 1250’s. They all have Road 6’s and the bike loves them. They make a very good bike even better in the corners, it upsets a lot of sports bike riders.
@@online_twins_5814 Yes, they seem to be a very popular choice on the GS’s and seem to give them an extra layer of dynamism. Some are reporting a pull to one side though and I’m not sure why, a small number I’m sure given their popularity. Cheers!
@ Probably not now - they were getting scarce when I got mine a few years ago. Heard a lot of good things about 4 and 5 which you’ll probably still find now. Be worth having a hunt around.👍
More than happy with them on my Multistrada, can’t fault them, I guess we all find something we’re happy with depending on how, when and where we ride.
Had Bt023 on my Multistrada as they were cheap at the time, absolutely ruined the turn in on bike went from Angel GT decent turn in to a heavy weight barge very wooden feel from the Bridgestones, went to Switzerland got 6k out of them now on Dunlop TTs god it's nice to have a bike that turns in again, I've had Road 5 and 6 can't fault them apart from multiple punctures, you got sorted and that's what's important 👍.
Cheers Alan, when very new I thought the BT023's were not that bad but they didn't go the distance and went off on the bike quite quickly. Wet riding scared me!
I’ve fitted them to my ‘97 1200 Bandit. They are lasting really well. I also like Michelin pilot power which are reasonably priced and also seem to bite into the road in the wet. The Trophy looks really nice😊
Aussie hear. You seem to be a genuine real motorcycle person so your opinion is valuable to me. But i need to know were you sponsored by road 6 in any way. I have road 5s that i really like and think are good but not being a expert like yourself im not sure if it's the placebo effect because they just look really good. Hi from Brisbane Australia 🦘🌏👍 ps i have subscribed.
Many thanks for the kind words and the sub. I am definitely not sponsored by Michelin and paid full price for these tyres. I have never owned the previous Road 5 so can't say about any comparison there. I do have another bike with Michelin Power 6's on and I do like those but I do think these Road 6's trump them for wet weather feel and feedback. That is two different bikes though so even that may be an unfair comment. I was out with a group of 11 riders the other day, I counted seven bikes with Road 6's, I think that is saying something.
@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff thanks very much. Road 5s are excellent but like I said I can tell you are a expert so I feel now very comfortable buying the road 6 next. Cheers from Brisbane Australia 🦘🌏
For some reason I can't remeber, I ended up with a Michelin Road 5 on the rear and a Pilot Power on the front of my VFR800 and I have never had so much confidence in the twisties, I could really bury the bike into bends with the front brake with the Pilot Power flattening and gripping.
Definitely the front, when I changed it, the wear was uniform across the tread, which to me indicated the tyre was flattening under heavy braking with no sign of locking up. Road 5 on the front and I've had some scary front lock ups (no ABS).
I could not get Dunlop Road Smart tires for my 2016 Triumph Tiger 800, so I bought the Michelin Road 6. Aside from the price[$$$$] they work very well ! May be not so well for some bikes.
You hear a lot of GS owners complaining they pull to one side and then others say they are fine, quite strange? These working very well for me now and if others experiences are to go by I should get some decent life out of them. Cheers MCTeck.
I had 3 sets on my super duke GT and I pressed on in wet and dry. They are epic in the wet. In the dry off throttle mid corner. The rear will occasional move a little as you tip onto the dirty part of the tyre. Also in the dry the super duke could find their limits, so you had to bear this in mind. You had to be really pushing on. The rear end broke out from under me at 50mph when I was just pootling along. No warning and the road was dry/clear. Huge accident resulting in a hospital stay for a week. I don't trust them. I have moved onto the Metzler Roadtech 2's. same grip in the wet and they tip into the corner some much more easily.
I found my 1992 trophy worked wonderfully on Bridgestones top sport touring tyre (was it a BT96?). Since then I've had them on all my T300's and am still running BT023 and 021's on my 1200 trophy. They just seem to work on these chassis. The only thing is the poor mileage, but they are cheap....ish...
Yes, I had 021's and 023's on my Daytona but I wasn't getting great mileage I will say, handling started to go off early I thought. I think the Trophy power delivery is kinder to the tyre.
Some tyres seem to suit some bikes and not others. The bt023 on my cbf1000 and wife's Cbf600 were shite. The 1000 were change to pilot roads, the 600 now has T31's, they're great. That front tyre was the difference.
I would argue my stock chinese cst tyres are better than road 6's. Never had a wipeout or a slide on them even in heavy rain. Those thin lines on the road 6's makes them basically less able to channel the water thru the tyre.
You can argue Steve but I'm not so sure? There is a lot of tread pattern on these, way more than on my Michelin Power 6's on my Daytona 660 (which don't seem to bad in the rain, they warm up nicely on a cold day).
That's interesting, The Road 5 was thru 11 bikes and over 15 years (and many, many different tires) the most inspiring and subjectively best tire I ever had on a bike. After 20.000km on the CB600F Hornet they were still good, and I liked them more then my 2nd best which I now have on a Suzuki Bandit - the Pirelli Angel GT. It might be due to the Hornet being a SHITLOAD less weight, but I'll never know. If I keep the Bandit for another year, I'm going back to Road 5 (or 6 if they get cheaper but fat chance) after the Angel GT so we'll see. Interestingly I had the least luck with Bridgestones, absolutely worst I had was the BT020 on a ER6F (ninja 650), and I tried the BT023 on a friends NC700X and I had zero feedback/confidence in them, but they're probably fine. Honorable mention to the Metzeler M7 RR that came with the Bandit, but again, the Angel GT suits me better. Can't say the M7 had more grip, and it certainly should have.
When the 6 first came out I seem to remember a lot own 5 users say they preferred them. I wonder if that was a perception bias or a real feel for something different. I will never know, I never tried the 5. But yes, €€€/£££/$$$ for the 6, hoping I get 20,000km out of these, that would be nice.
I notice the Triumph has the eccentric rear swingarm axle mounting holes ( like old kawasakis) - so you could raise/lower the tail of bike ( equiv to raise/lower forks in some ways, but lose a bit of ground clearance) ?? :)
You could but the difference is quite extreme as it would be a complete 180 degree switch with no half way house as your chain slack will be the determining factor. I have seen owners scratching their heads on what happened to their handling after fitting these the wrong way up, nearly did it myself once!
I got the trophy gsa 1250 bmw and it’s got Michelin panicky on as standard from factory, got to be the worst tyre ever used , they hate white lines , cats eyes , absolutely no feed back whatsoever, especially in wet , I will be changing them to the road 6 which I had on my old 1200 gsa lc and those tyres I rate probably the best tyres I have ever used
@@johnsutherland8239 it’s a common complaint on those tyres and I’m surprised. I just put a new set of Michelin Anakee Adventures on as I liked the long term handling consistency. It is funny though, a buddy on his Road 6 clad GSA tried my bike and hated them 😮😂. Cheers John.
Also having issues with the 1250 handling , in road mode it’s way too soft and floaty and doesn’t hold a line into corners, in dynamic it’s just about ok . My old 1200 gsa lc was absolutely perfect in road mode , not too firm and not too soft , wish I had never upgraded tbh
@@johnsutherland8239 I made a whole separate video on the suspension on the 1250, it is not the best to my mind. I have it in Dynamic on the suspension bias (but road mode in rider mode) all the time for me now unless I an in town with lots of speed bumps. Get a bad road though and the high speed damping is pretty poor. Good to see they have added some more granular user input into the suspension on the 1300 though.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I did watch that before I got the 1250 and couldn’t appreciate what you were on about , but now I own one I know exactly what you were on about , if I had the money I would take rear shock off and have a Wilber’s put on
You have a top case on you GS but no luggage carriers on your other motorcycles. What do you use them for? Are you just joyriding up and down the road while the wife prepares dinner?
Do you mean he does have luggage carriers on the other bikes ? I have a GS and a top case. I also have luggage carriers but only because they came as part of the comfort pack. I usually put my helmet in the topcase along with gloves a compressor, a drink and a few snacks.
I have a small rack and pannier guards on the CB1100, tank bag and tail bag on the Daytona 660 so they can be called into light duty :-) I did go camping on the CB once too but it was some load. But yes, the GS does the heavy lifting if required and I'm quite capable of ordering from the local Chipper/Chines/Indian I'll have you know!
The profile is likely different but you’ve also clearly changed the bars and maybe added a riser? so not a standard setup. The fact everyone raves about them and you don’t points to something peculiar about your setup or the wrong size tyres for the rims or you just take time t9 adapt to a different brand of tyre. I’ve never run them personally.
The bars are raised, my current bones don't support the original clip-ons which were quite extreme, they were fine in my 30's when I initially owned this bike! I have also lowered my pegs. Tyre/wheel sizes correct and all rims in good order. I didn't rave at first but by the end of the video I loved them. Trimming the bike with front preload is not that unusual, I had to do the same to my CB1100EX when I changed out my quite conservative tyre for T31's. Thanks for watching.
You do understand that saying things like Michelin’s road six is, well just okay…….is the talk of a heretic lol. I need to replace the tyres on my 1200 Tiger GT Pro following a do not ride notice from Metzeler via Triumph , they’ve been blowing out suddenly on the rear and causing accidents. Obviously I have no intention of fitting replacement Metzlers even if they are free (they can’t supply for several weeks according to their email), so I’m going for Dunlop Road Smart 4’s (Michelin don’t make the road six in an 18 inch rim size unfortunately), and looking for compensation - which should be just like pissing in the wind 🤣
Yes, I heard about that recall, not just Triumph bikes either. Pirelli (who own the Metzeler brand) will pay for transportation of your bike to/from the dealer when those new tyres come in but compared to waiting 2-4 weeks you might just have the better option. I can tell you there will be no compensation! :-) My Tiger 1200 (2018MY) was off the road for 60 days with electronic faults and there was no offer of any goodwill. Which surprised me actually.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I think the motorbike industry in general is struggling at the moment, the knock effect is making them very hard nosed about offering anything above and beyond what they have to, goodwill has all but evaporated because survival seems to be the name of the game right now - difficult times.
@@andrewshore262 Yes, definitely. On a smaller scale my 2018Tiger 1200 came with a quality backpack and a folder with solid metal badges and zip draws. This years purchase of the Daytona garnered no backpack and the same folder but with a cheaper printed logo. It all adds up when cost saving goes into overdrive.
The Daytona is notionally a heavy lump but it is not in the GT category for this tyre really. I prefer that little extra flex in the non GT for a little extra comfort too.
The main reason your video caught my attention is that i thought it was strange that a youtuber knew how to spell "tyre" .... Good job, 😂
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Fantastic
I'm on my 3rd set of Road 6's on my GSX1400 and they are excellent in the pouring rain and quick riding in the sun. I get 13,000kms ( 8,000 miles )
I hope I get that mileage out of them, cheers for the info.
After putting Road 6s on my Tiger 900 I was so impressed with the improved handling I put them on my Thruxton R, BMW R9T and Moto Guzzi 1200 Breva with same results. I'll be doing the same on my Kawasaki Z900RS SE in another 5000 miles.
@@flatcapcaferacer brilliant. First time for me and I’m a convert.
As you know Jerry, we are fans of the Road 6s. The wet weather grip really impressed on our very wet Pyrenees trip.
This gent is still correct. Tyres are all about giving confidence. Glad a bit of suspension adjustment adjustment helped. I suspect riding on them for longer periods builds up confidence in them.
Could you really notice the preload difference? I calculated that the differnce in frontfork angle is maximum 0,1 degree. Is it not the different feel of the stifness of the frontfork you feel? Maybe I am a but numb, but even after 40 years of biking, I can not feel a difference of preload in middle or maximum on the steering. Only in the stifness, but not in the steering. The Road 6 gt tyres on my Tracer 7 make steering very light, but precise. I wonder if there would be a difference between the road 6 and the road6gt's.
I can, some people may be less attuned to the changes of course? It is different for all bikes, there are many varying factors. It is especially noticeable on my CB1100EX. Two rings of front preload on that completely change the nature of the bike and how much countersteer you need around bends. In any normal situation, ie. forks not fully extended or compressed, the spring length is always going to be the same wherever your preload is set. Both ends of the fork assembly can move. Your spring is no "stiffer" than when you started. You physically cannot changed the properties of that spring. If the spring was a progressive one you might find yourself at a higher spring rate by backing off preload so much you blow through the lower spring rate partially or altogether. That extra preload might feel like a stiffer spring when you get on the bike but that is because it is only changing the starting point of where it is in your stroke. I understand what you mean by stiffness feel. This is a good article I think. lifeatlean.com/teach-me-suspension-everything-preload/ Many thanks for your detailed comment and experience.
@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I understand. Ofcourse you are right, the stiffnes of the spring does not change, only if you put more waight on it. The only change is in springlength. Mmm, I will do it again and try to feel the difference. My tracer 7 with road 6's steers very quick, maybe a bit to quick. Maybe a bit more preload will bring a bit more rest in the steeringresponse. The bike is not nervous in higher speeds.
I have multiple mates with gs1200 and 1250’s. They all have Road 6’s and the bike loves them. They make a very good bike even better in the corners, it upsets a lot of sports bike riders.
@@online_twins_5814 Yes, they seem to be a very popular choice on the GS’s and seem to give them an extra layer of dynamism. Some are reporting a pull to one side though and I’m not sure why, a small number I’m sure given their popularity. Cheers!
My favourite were Road Pilot 3s - unbelievably fantastic tyre, rain or shine. Got them on both my bikes.
Can you still get them?
@ Probably not now - they were getting scarce when I got mine a few years ago. Heard a lot of good things about 4 and 5 which you’ll probably still find now. Be worth having a hunt around.👍
Road 6 GT is the best touring tyre I have used.
The GT variant seems to get good press. The Daytona not quite heavy enough to warranty a GT but it is working well I will say.
More than happy with them on my Multistrada, can’t fault them, I guess we all find something we’re happy with depending on how, when and where we ride.
Ah ha, you never watched till the end! :-)
Had Bt023 on my Multistrada as they were cheap at the time, absolutely ruined the turn in on bike went from Angel GT decent turn in to a heavy weight barge very wooden feel from the Bridgestones, went to Switzerland got 6k out of them now on Dunlop TTs god it's nice to have a bike that turns in again, I've had Road 5 and 6 can't fault them apart from multiple punctures, you got sorted and that's what's important 👍.
Cheers Alan, when very new I thought the BT023's were not that bad but they didn't go the distance and went off on the bike quite quickly. Wet riding scared me!
I’ve fitted them to my ‘97 1200 Bandit. They are lasting really well.
I also like Michelin pilot power which are reasonably priced and also seem to bite into the road in the wet.
The Trophy looks really nice😊
Cheers Ian, good to know they are running well for you on a similarly aged bike. Yes, I do like the Trophy colour I will say.
My Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello s came with the GT version fitted on delivery.
I absolutely love them.
@@KevinNicholson-m3t A fine tyre in the end on a superb bike!
Aussie hear. You seem to be a genuine real motorcycle person so your opinion is valuable to me. But i need to know were you sponsored by road 6 in any way. I have road 5s that i really like and think are good but not being a expert like yourself im not sure if it's the placebo effect because they just look really good. Hi from Brisbane Australia 🦘🌏👍 ps i have subscribed.
Many thanks for the kind words and the sub. I am definitely not sponsored by Michelin and paid full price for these tyres. I have never owned the previous Road 5 so can't say about any comparison there. I do have another bike with Michelin Power 6's on and I do like those but I do think these Road 6's trump them for wet weather feel and feedback. That is two different bikes though so even that may be an unfair comment. I was out with a group of 11 riders the other day, I counted seven bikes with Road 6's, I think that is saying something.
@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff thanks very much. Road 5s are excellent but like I said I can tell you are a expert so I feel now very comfortable buying the road 6 next. Cheers from Brisbane Australia 🦘🌏
Great video. Who would have thought wet grip was important in Ireland.
@@geoffreyshaw8856 🤣😂🤣😂
For some reason I can't remeber, I ended up with a Michelin Road 5 on the rear and a Pilot Power on the front of my VFR800 and I have never had so much confidence in the twisties, I could really bury the bike into bends with the front brake with the Pilot Power flattening and gripping.
I wonder which tyre is giving you the most confidence in that scenario, you would think the front maybe?
Definitely the front, when I changed it, the wear was uniform across the tread, which to me indicated the tyre was flattening under heavy braking with no sign of locking up. Road 5 on the front and I've had some scary front lock ups (no ABS).
@@VFR-Owl I know what you mean about no ABS, this Triumph has non either. Front lockup is scary!
I could not get Dunlop Road Smart tires for my 2016 Triumph Tiger 800, so I bought the Michelin Road 6. Aside from the price[$$$$] they work very well ! May be not so well for some bikes.
You hear a lot of GS owners complaining they pull to one side and then others say they are fine, quite strange? These working very well for me now and if others experiences are to go by I should get some decent life out of them. Cheers MCTeck.
Putting on new tyre has always speeded up the steering of my bikes; maybe it is due an increase of rear ride height as the rears do tend to square-off
Absolutely, this is what I have always found. As the rear wears faster (in most cases) I end up compensating the other way as time goes by.
I had 3 sets on my super duke GT and I pressed on in wet and dry. They are epic in the wet. In the dry off throttle mid corner. The rear will occasional move a little as you tip onto the dirty part of the tyre. Also in the dry the super duke could find their limits, so you had to bear this in mind. You had to be really pushing on.
The rear end broke out from under me at 50mph when I was just pootling along. No warning and the road was dry/clear. Huge accident resulting in a hospital stay for a week. I don't trust them. I have moved onto the Metzler Roadtech 2's. same grip in the wet and they tip into the corner some much more easily.
Thanks for sharing your experiences Gareth, great feedback.
Have them on my xsr 900. Love them.
@@onerugrat done a few hundred more now, yes, brilliant tyre.
Funny fing! I hate buying car tyres. I love buying bike tyres..sadly they are so expensive now. Cheers👍🏻
@@benkelly2190 They are! 😬
Good grippy tyre, bad for punctures.
ooh er! Fingers crossed, I have had a good few punctures the last 4 years :-(
I found my 1992 trophy worked wonderfully on Bridgestones top sport touring tyre (was it a BT96?). Since then I've had them on all my T300's and am still running BT023 and 021's on my 1200 trophy. They just seem to work on these chassis. The only thing is the poor mileage, but they are cheap....ish...
Yes, I had 021's and 023's on my Daytona but I wasn't getting great mileage I will say, handling started to go off early I thought. I think the Trophy power delivery is kinder to the tyre.
Some tyres seem to suit some bikes and not others. The bt023 on my cbf1000 and wife's Cbf600 were shite. The 1000 were change to pilot roads, the 600 now has T31's, they're great. That front tyre was the difference.
@@mickleblade Yes, I put T31’s on my CB1100EX and it was an incredible difference, superb tyre.
I would argue my stock chinese cst tyres are better than road 6's. Never had a wipeout or a slide on them even in heavy rain.
Those thin lines on the road 6's makes them basically less able to channel the water thru the tyre.
You can argue Steve but I'm not so sure? There is a lot of tread pattern on these, way more than on my Michelin Power 6's on my Daytona 660 (which don't seem to bad in the rain, they warm up nicely on a cold day).
Drop a bit in tyre pressure and they won't cut deep in the corners
Yes, I used to drop 2 PSI out of the front of my Tiger 1200, made a nice adjustment. My preload got this sorted in the end. Cheers.
That's interesting, The Road 5 was thru 11 bikes and over 15 years (and many, many different tires) the most inspiring and subjectively best tire I ever had on a bike. After 20.000km on the CB600F Hornet they were still good, and I liked them more then my 2nd best which I now have on a Suzuki Bandit - the Pirelli Angel GT. It might be due to the Hornet being a SHITLOAD less weight, but I'll never know. If I keep the Bandit for another year, I'm going back to Road 5 (or 6 if they get cheaper but fat chance) after the Angel GT so we'll see.
Interestingly I had the least luck with Bridgestones, absolutely worst I had was the BT020 on a ER6F (ninja 650), and I tried the BT023 on a friends NC700X and I had zero feedback/confidence in them, but they're probably fine.
Honorable mention to the Metzeler M7 RR that came with the Bandit, but again, the Angel GT suits me better. Can't say the M7 had more grip, and it certainly should have.
When the 6 first came out I seem to remember a lot own 5 users say they preferred them. I wonder if that was a perception bias or a real feel for something different. I will never know, I never tried the 5. But yes, €€€/£££/$$$ for the 6, hoping I get 20,000km out of these, that would be nice.
@Panos-xo9rc Thanks for the feedback Panos 👍.
I notice the Triumph has the eccentric rear swingarm axle mounting holes ( like old kawasakis) - so you could raise/lower the tail of bike ( equiv to raise/lower forks in some ways, but lose a bit of ground clearance) ?? :)
You could but the difference is quite extreme as it would be a complete 180 degree switch with no half way house as your chain slack will be the determining factor. I have seen owners scratching their heads on what happened to their handling after fitting these the wrong way up, nearly did it myself once!
I got the trophy gsa 1250 bmw and it’s got Michelin panicky on as standard from factory, got to be the worst tyre ever used , they hate white lines , cats eyes , absolutely no feed back whatsoever, especially in wet , I will be changing them to the road 6 which I had on my old 1200 gsa lc and those tyres I rate probably the best tyres I have ever used
@@johnsutherland8239 it’s a common complaint on those tyres and I’m surprised. I just put a new set of Michelin Anakee Adventures on as I liked the long term handling consistency. It is funny though, a buddy on his Road 6 clad GSA tried my bike and hated them 😮😂. Cheers John.
Also having issues with the 1250 handling , in road mode it’s way too soft and floaty and doesn’t hold a line into corners, in dynamic it’s just about ok . My old 1200 gsa lc was absolutely perfect in road mode , not too firm and not too soft , wish I had never upgraded tbh
@@johnsutherland8239 I made a whole separate video on the suspension on the 1250, it is not the best to my mind. I have it in Dynamic on the suspension bias (but road mode in rider mode) all the time for me now unless I an in town with lots of speed bumps. Get a bad road though and the high speed damping is pretty poor. Good to see they have added some more granular user input into the suspension on the 1300 though.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I did watch that before I got the 1250 and couldn’t appreciate what you were on about , but now I own one I know exactly what you were on about , if I had the money I would take rear shock off and have a Wilber’s put on
@@johnsutherland8239 Yes, have a Wilbers on my Daytona, its superb.
You have a top case on you GS but no luggage carriers on your other motorcycles. What do you use them for? Are you just joyriding up and down the road while the wife prepares dinner?
Do you mean he does have luggage carriers on the other bikes ? I have a GS and a top case. I also have luggage carriers but only because they came as part of the comfort pack. I usually put my helmet in the topcase along with gloves a compressor, a drink and a few snacks.
I have a small rack and pannier guards on the CB1100, tank bag and tail bag on the Daytona 660 so they can be called into light duty :-) I did go camping on the CB once too but it was some load. But yes, the GS does the heavy lifting if required and I'm quite capable of ordering from the local Chipper/Chines/Indian I'll have you know!
The profile is likely different but you’ve also clearly changed the bars and maybe added a riser? so not a standard setup. The fact everyone raves about them and you don’t points to something peculiar about your setup or the wrong size tyres for the rims or you just take time t9 adapt to a different brand of tyre. I’ve never run them personally.
The bars are raised, my current bones don't support the original clip-ons which were quite extreme, they were fine in my 30's when I initially owned this bike! I have also lowered my pegs. Tyre/wheel sizes correct and all rims in good order. I didn't rave at first but by the end of the video I loved them. Trimming the bike with front preload is not that unusual, I had to do the same to my CB1100EX when I changed out my quite conservative tyre for T31's. Thanks for watching.
The road5 was terrible for punctures, michelins are so light and flimsy. I have Angel GTs now and much prefer them.
Hoping the road 6 is better then!
Try Dunlop Roadsmart 4's. A very neutral tyre, beautiful through the twisties and great wet weather grip. I have them on my BMW RT .
You do understand that saying things like Michelin’s road six is, well just okay…….is the talk of a heretic lol. I need to replace the tyres on my 1200 Tiger GT Pro following a do not ride notice from Metzeler via Triumph , they’ve been blowing out suddenly on the rear and causing accidents.
Obviously I have no intention of fitting replacement Metzlers even if they are free (they can’t supply for several weeks according to their email), so I’m going for Dunlop Road Smart 4’s (Michelin don’t make the road six in an 18 inch rim size unfortunately), and looking for compensation - which should be just like pissing in the wind 🤣
Good to know as an alternative on replacement, cheers.
Yes, I heard about that recall, not just Triumph bikes either. Pirelli (who own the Metzeler brand) will pay for transportation of your bike to/from the dealer when those new tyres come in but compared to waiting 2-4 weeks you might just have the better option. I can tell you there will be no compensation! :-) My Tiger 1200 (2018MY) was off the road for 60 days with electronic faults and there was no offer of any goodwill. Which surprised me actually.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff I think the motorbike industry in general is struggling at the moment, the knock effect is making them very hard nosed about offering anything above and beyond what they have to, goodwill has all but evaporated because survival seems to be the name of the game right now - difficult times.
@@andrewshore262 Yes, definitely. On a smaller scale my 2018Tiger 1200 came with a quality backpack and a folder with solid metal badges and zip draws. This years purchase of the Daytona garnered no backpack and the same folder but with a cheaper printed logo. It all adds up when cost saving goes into overdrive.
Good stuf
thanks
Heavy bikes need the gt
The Daytona is notionally a heavy lump but it is not in the GT category for this tyre really. I prefer that little extra flex in the non GT for a little extra comfort too.