Rich Wackett - Adventure Traveler Enjoying Life! said:According to Michelin tire personnel, do not purchase Michelin Road 5 GT currently for our C14s. They told me that Michelin Pilot Road 4 GTs is better right now for C14 owners. The Road 5 GT has been tested/built for wet weather, not for touring. Eventually they hope to improve the Road 5 GT to touring, not just for riding in the rain.
Richard
Bob_C_CT said:Ok had to settle for a PR4GT front tire yesterday. Guess I'm going to wait a couple more thousand miles to see what you guys think of the PR5GT before I need a new rear tire.
Smg323 said:I just bought a set of Road 5s this month online. http://forum.cog-online.org/tires-suspension-c14/michelin-r5-review/
Shizzle said:I ordered the Road 5's and then promptly returned them and got the PR4 GT's after talking to a Michelin rep. I assume they know more about tires than I do. Basically he said the Road 5's wouldn't handle the weight. The PR4 GT's are fantastic.
Cliff is right and is pretty much exactly what the Michelin Rep presenting at the PA National was saying. I interpreted it as stiff frame/stiff suspension on sports bikes and soft frame/suspension on a sport touring bike. He said specifically it was not about the load rating of the tire. It was more about you want the tire to counteract the frame/suspension. Stiff and stiff makes for a hard non compliant ride, soft soft makes for a mushy ride. You want the tire to be the opposite of the frame/suspension. He also said wait for the PR 5GT for our c-14’s because he doesn’t want to sell a tire that doesn’t work properly.Just Cliff said:Shizzle said:I ordered the Road 5's and then promptly returned them and got the PR4 GT's after talking to a Michelin rep. I assume they know more about tires than I do. Basically he said the Road 5's wouldn't handle the weight. The PR4 GT's are fantastic.
The load rating is the same on most C14 size tires. If I'm not mistaken it's 840 lbs across the board, but I'd have to look. Something about some tires being more flexible & some stiff. Some bikes have stiff frames & some have flexible frames so that determines the tire type.