12-06-13, 09:29 PM
If you ride the coners hard and come on the throttle early on the way out of the corner the PR3s will wear out the sides first you will end up changing the rear with plenty thread on the centre and nothing on the sides. Speaking from experience. Not a trait I particularly like in a road tyre.
The M5 wore all round better, but wore the centre out first with the sides close behind, had sharper handling and were less inclined to sit the bike up when braking hard turning into the corners and trailing the front through the corner. It was great fun outbraking a Gsxr 1000 and R1 into corners on a bike run with 2 up a few years ago with the confidence the M5s gave. :lol They were destroying me on the straights :'(
Would love to know how some foccers get more than 5000 miles out of any brand of rear tyre. :eek I have worn out Metezler M1 rears in 2000 miles . My best ever was 6000 miles on a PR3, but that included a trip to France and Spain which helped equalise the wear on the left and right sides. My tuppence worth
The M5 wore all round better, but wore the centre out first with the sides close behind, had sharper handling and were less inclined to sit the bike up when braking hard turning into the corners and trailing the front through the corner. It was great fun outbraking a Gsxr 1000 and R1 into corners on a bike run with 2 up a few years ago with the confidence the M5s gave. :lol They were destroying me on the straights :'(
Would love to know how some foccers get more than 5000 miles out of any brand of rear tyre. :eek I have worn out Metezler M1 rears in 2000 miles . My best ever was 6000 miles on a PR3, but that included a trip to France and Spain which helped equalise the wear on the left and right sides. My tuppence worth