New Michelin Road 5 trial

[KildareMan]

Originally Posted by Pusser

I am confused.  I have recently bought a 2013 Tiger 800 and the front tyre is not far from requiring replacement.  Having heard and read such good things about the Michelin Pilot Road 4 and 5 I was contemplating fitting a pair.  However, it appears that I would be able to obtain the rear (150/70-17) but there is no tyre of the right size (100/90-19) for the front.  Am I missing something?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Yes.  Fit the 110 section - Triumph approved. Although Michelin don't show the approval in their listings

[Pusser]

Ah.  That explains it.  Thank you very much for your swift response.

[Hobbes-II]

Michelin have made this confusing. When I wanted new tyres for my XRx the dealer suggested "Pilot Trail", which he said were actually a road tyre in trail bike sizes. I wasn't sure whether to believe him so ended up with Bridgestone T31s, which are excellent.

He was right though -- the Michelin Pilot Trail is actually a road tyre, same as the Road Pilot 5.

[JonesTheBass]

There’s some debate on that. I saw an Australian bike website with info that the compounds are different, eg road version rear is med/hard but trail rear is soft/med and % are different eg soft area on front is larger on trail than road version.

[JonesTheBass]

https://www.motorcycletyrewarehouse.com.au/michelin-pilot-road-4-trail
 This link talks about the new role for being different from the road and GT versions, Why wouldn’t the same be true on the 5?

[JonesTheBass]

 *This link talks about the front  being different   

[Rtwo]

[JonesTheBass]

Perfect, I knew I’d seen it somewhere 

[Hobbes-II]

Thanks for that, I hadn't seen it. But it is confusing when they call something a Trail when it's intended for 100% road use.

[Rtwo]

AFAIK, you can only get the Trail version for the front on the Tiger