A tire matching question

basketcase said:
Roger that, thanks. I'll go ahead and order a set to install while I have the tires off for the tire replacement.
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Just curious. Not trying to be mean...But you look like the rest of us....getting up there in years. If you have only one bike, then how long will the tires last. Do you have 3 bikes like the rest of us? LOL!
AI Overview



The Michelin Road 6 is a major upgrade over the older Michelin Pilot Road 4, offering significantly better wet-weather grip, increased tread life, and improved cornering stability. [1, 2]

Key Differences
    • Michelin Pilot Road 4: Released years ago as a reliable sport-touring tire, it offers good wet grip and longevity for older bikes, but its rubber compounds and tread design are dated compared to modern tech. [1, 2]
    • Michelin Road 6: Features 15% more wet grip and a 10% longer tread life than earlier generations (building past the Road 5) due to 100% silica technology and Water Evergrip Technology. [1]
    • Stability: The Road 6 brings Michelin's 2CT+ (Two Compound Technology Plus) to both the front and rear tires, increasing rigidity at lean angles and stability during hard braking or acceleration
 
WVRider said:
I just order some tires and Revzilla and Chapmoto both have sets of Michelin Road 5, Road 6, and Pirelli Angel GT II in stock. These are usually where I purchase all my tires.
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Me too. And Revzilla has good descriptions and money back in rev bucks. I run the
6 GTs cause of the wear on my heavy soon to be X FJR. But they also work on my light VFR. If I were 20 years younger, I would buy a tire replacemeent machine, but my arthritic hands have issues even opening plastic bottles and twist tops. I have to carry a knife for rip open plastic bags.
 
junglejim said:
I’ve seen bias front/radial rear combo but not the other way around. I have no idea if it would work well.

If it were me I’d buy a radial front and if it doesn’t ride well then buy t radial rear.

I’m currently searching for new tires (front and rear) and can’t find a set of ANY brand/model radials in the correct sizes. So I may be back to riding bias tires again. About the only choice in stock are Metzler Torrance Next which were original on my bike. They weren’t great.
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I am amazed, actually. With a bike like that, I would think there would be tons of radial tires for it.
Best Uses
    • Bias-Ply: Ideal for heavy touring bikes, traditional cruisers (like many Harley-Davidson models), off-road dirt bikes, and spoked-wheel setups requiring tubes. [1, 2, 3]
    • Radial: Essential for modern sport bikes, naked bikes, and sport-touring machines that demand high-speed stability, rapid warm-up, and aggressive cornering grip. [1, 2, 3]
Note: You should never mix bias-ply and radial tires on the same motorcycle, as their conflicting flex characteristics can cause dangerous and unpredictable handling. [1, 2]

Watch this video to see a visual breakdown of the structural differences and ideal use cases for bias-ply and radial motorcycle tires:

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Coyote Chris said:
Mellow made me a believer about tires. He found steel showing on mine after Frosty and I determined the tread was good enough for Spearfish. New stems ever other tire change.
YOUR LIFE IS RIDING ON YOUR TIRES. I buy new radial battle axes for my Vstrom and it wears like iron...and both my FJR and VFR take Road 6 GTs. I have no idea about rough rides. No calibrated butt. Some bikes do cup. My FJR which needs a good home is a tank slapper at 44-46 mph hands off the bars and cruise control set. If my hands are on the bars, no issuess. My Vstrom never cups. The NT cupped.
Best tire? The Kawasaki C10 was a POS...squirrley as heck..afraid to pass semis in a wind....till the Concours owners group told me to go buy Gold Wing sized Dunlops....after that, the bike became steady as a rock and the tires lasted ages....
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Do you have your FJR up for sale. If so what are you asking and what do you expect you will get for it.
 
Chucksklrst said:
Do you have your FJR up for sale. If so what are you asking and what do you expect you will get for it.
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One of my adopted sons is a state trooper (well, they both are) and he is a motorcyclist who takes trips with other LEOs so he knows quite a few LEOs wiht bikes. I figured I would let him try and sell it and give him $1000. We decided to try for a starting price of $3500 and negotiate down from there. No one was interested to even learn about it. As I said, the triump dealer wouldnt even give me $1000 for it in trade for another used bike, and I had my title and checkbook IN MY HAND. Her show room is stuffed with bikes including over 20 ChiCom bikes and nothing is moving. This is the same place that took in a high milage NT in on trade. Other power sports dealers are in the same shape. I took the bike off the market and am looking at uninsureing it (doing a fiddle) after I took this last trip to the volcanos of 960 miles in five days. Then re-insuring it with someone cheep if I ride it next year.
If it blows up, I just call good will and they take it away. Or just give it to my son to get rid of it.

I am paranoid and dont want to advertise it and have someone wreck it on a test ride and get hurt. Or worse yet, hit a child. The local dealers have stories about test rides. They actually stopped them a few decades ago because of incidents. I suspect that if I did I could get rid of it for $1,000 -2,000. The accessories alone are worth that. I about gave away my connie C10 to a friend of an LEO I know when I needed it to disappear and he was pleased as punch. $1500
Local dealers here are now giving thousands off on new bikes to get ride of them. Dont know when the 2027s arrive.

The way I look at it, its a 2014 with 40k on it and I have had my fun with it but with all my camping crap...errr....gear...its just too heavy for me to horse around. Still undecided about a Triump 900 desert edition but the 900 is a sweet ride and handles great at slow speeds...but at 77, I have two very nice bikes I can ride. But I aint paying no retail for a bike with no dealer network. This dealer folds its Seattle or Boise.

We are dinasaurs. Take away all the Harleys and what you have is older peoople on adventure bikes and some kids on crotch rockets with way too much testosterone.
 
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