Michelin Pilot Road 3 tire pressures

[limax2]

Anyone know what tire pressures Michelin actually recommend for the PR3's on a FZS600 ?
It used to be shown on the Michelin web site for the older tires but I can't find anything now.

[mobile mouse]

i use to put 36 in the front and 42 in the rear. When i had my PR3 fitted i was told to set the pressures to 36 front and rear.


Been doing it for a year now and the grip whether wet or dry is great.

[mickvp]

I had PR3's  on mine and still used 36 and 42 with no problems

[sinto607276]

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=10788.0

[limax2]

Thanks for the replies. They PR3 feel good using the same as I used for the previous Metzelers, 36 front 40 rear, so it looks like I'm the right area. Good to know others focu's are using similar pressures.

[unfazed]

According to Michelin, Standard pressure should be used in the PR3s which are 2.25 bar front and 2.5 bar rear which is 32 psi front and 36 psi rear solo

That is really a start point and many vary them slightly.

[Dave48]

According to Michelin, Standard pressure should be used in the PR3s which are 2.25 bar front and 2.5 bar rear which is 32 psi front and 36 psi rear solo

That is really a start point and many vary them slightly.

I am a lightweight & run 33F & 36R solo on PR3s

[AndyL]

I'm another lightweight and go to 33/37 ish, purely so that if it looses a bit I haven't gone below spec. anything above 2psi above spec and it felt nasty for me.

[Bretty]

I'd always suggest running at the manufacturer's spec regardless of feel. Especially with dual compound tyres.
With pressures too low, you'll wear the soft sides quickly during general riding, too hard and the soft sides won't engage with the tarmac, especially on the front during straight line braking. It's how they're designed to work. No?!

If you want to consider your weight, if your 80 or 100kg on a 200kg bike the total weight variation is 290kg +/- 10kg, (about 3.4%) If you consider that significant, you would also change your tyre pressures every time you add 15kg of fuel to the tank. Perhaps If you put on 40kg of luggage or a 80kg pillion, then it might be worth thinking about.

Just my 2 cents. I recently put one of those dodgey little compressors under my seat and bought a digital pressure gauge, so have been giving it a bit of thought. I'm 105kg and running at the pressures recommended on the sidewall. :-)