Well, after 6 years and just over 8000km I have finally worn out the Michelin Pilot Power Pure tyres that I had fitted waaay back here. The funny thing is that my prediction was pretty accurate in that one of my kids IS finishing high school this year!! :-0
Scary!!
Scary!!
Luckily for me, my brother suffered a puncture while out on a ride with the lads back in December 2016. That Michelin Pilot Road 4 was only on the bike a relatively short time he tells me (which may or may not be true as it looks like it might have around 4000km on it between those blog posts), so quite new-ish, miles wise. Or, new to me.....
After finishing off my Pilot Power Pures during his recent visit, Steve mailed the rear tyre up to me. That meant a quick trip to Tyres For Bikes out at Eagle Farm to have it fitted, plus a brand new Michelin Pilot Road 5 for the front.
New/second hand Michelin Pilot Road 4 rear
New/new!! Michelin Pilot Road 5 front.
It will be interesting to see how many miles/years I get out of these tyres as they are supposed to be pretty hard wearing and get in the vicinity of 11 000km (6840mi). That would be about 10 years of usage at my current rate and see me at almost 60 years of age!! They are also pretty good in the wet with rave reviews from such hard men as Geoff J. If they are good enough for him in the land of the Long White (Rain) Cloud then they are good enough for me!
On another note, while I was at Tyres For Bikes, I spoke to the owner of this little toy.
He was getting a puncture repaired and looking around it I was actually reasonably impressed with how the Zero looked. It was weird to hear it ride off as it made almost no noise and the owner mentioned that was hard to get used to, plus the lack of vibration - with no reciprocating combustion engine throbbing away. Interesting but I am not sure a 200km range would cut it in the real world. Maybe for a commuter bike where you can plug it in at work - but I can see that being an issue with cheap arse Aussie employers if more and more employees start using electric vehicles in time and plugging into the work outlet......
Anywho, cheers and thanks for checkin' in!
It's more like 3,300kms from my calculations. Who's whinging about a free tyre. Electric bike. Yep stick that up where the sun doesn't shine. Have your actually heard a Crossplane R1? When motogp goes E-bike I'm giving up and taking up some other hobby.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't you get a PR4 to match the rear?
The PR4 front was $50 more expensive and old technology compared to the 5 (according to the tyre fitter) so I went with it. They look good in the wet...not that I ride in the wet much but when it does rain up here, as you saw, it literally tips down.
DeleteCan't go wrong with Pilot Roads...
ReplyDelete'leccy bike would be fine for me for work but my little WR probably uses even less fuel...
Is your WR the model that has the sensible service intervals? I like to look of it very much. :)
DeleteYup. Valve clearances at 40,000km...
DeleteApparently love to rev and bullet proof. Mate reckons they're 1/4 of an R1 ;)
Nice new shoes. You are set now.
ReplyDeleteThe Zeros are cool bikes. Our old Triumph dealer is a Zero seller now. I've heard good things, but for that kind of money you can buy a lot of petrol and go a lot further.
Yes they are expensive! I can see one second hand Zero for sale here in Oz and it is $30K! I was thinking maybe $3-4K but you are right, you can buy a lot of fuel for that.
DeleteI personally think electrical motorcycles are still years away from becoming the standard, not enough stations to recharge batteries for cross country rides here in the states. Nice motorcycle shop.
ReplyDeleteThey might be ok in a city setting but certainly not much beyond that in countries the size of Australia or the US.
DeleteHahaha - thanks for the mention Dave but hard??? "Pushover" is the word most used by my better half. "Immature" is another, sigh.....
ReplyDeleteGood choice of tyres mate, especially for winter running. I'll be back on a full set of Road 5's as soon as I can knacker the OEM pure sport tyres that came with the bike.
Don’t listen to her Geoff...she is just trying to bring you down! ;) I will have to get them out as there is a lot of rain streaming our way (yay!) from these two cyclones (Trevor and Veronica) I may get my chance later this week.
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