Michelin Road Six GT

[flatfour]

I've just had a pair of Road Six GT tyres fitted to the K1300GT. Previously I was using Road Five's however the rear needed to be replaced as it was squared off (probably from the long motorway miles to visit Mother in Ross - On - Wye from Norfolk frequently) and as the Road five's seem to be out of stock everywhere, rather than fit odd tyres I replaced both.

The ride to and from the dealer was in the heaviest rain that I have seen for a long while, all in all 146 miles of misery, with the journey back being on fresh tyres too and with roads running with water.

I've just returned from a few miles on the bike in the dry and the tyres seem to be superb and so am more than pleased, despite the significant cost.

As a matter of interest, the old rear still had plenty of tread after 9000 miles, whilst the front (which was changed 3000 miles ago) was as new to look at.

[Phmode]

Wonder why the Road 5 is so hard to come by.

[flatfour]

Well, I'm not at all sure why Road Five's seem not to be available, especially as the Pilot Road Four GT is still, in comparison easy to find.

[chriscanning]

All you guys are talking about is old stock,I bought a job lot some time back,a combo of Road 6’s and Power RS’s.

[Phmode]

I do so few miles, I'm always riding on old stock 

[Belco100]

Just a point, you don't need GTs on the 1300. That is more for the 1600 with another 100kg.

I don't think you get any more miles out of them, from what I remember from my 1600 days is they are the same compound but just have an additional ply to support he weight, so might give a harsher ride on lighter bikes.

[flatfour]

I wasn't aware of that. When I bought the bike it had PR4 GT's fitted, I asked for them to be replaced at a service and Road 5 GT's went on and this time when I asked the dealer to fit new tyres ready for summer (hopefully on the way now?) and Road 6 GT's were fitted.

[richtea]

Agreed with Belco - at some point Wheelhouse Tyres went from advising GTs to plain, maybe about 2-3 years ago, for a K1300S.
Whereas Pirelli Angels should still be GT, the last I heard.

The tyre supplier should really be looking it up, rather than just fitting random variants. 

[flatfour]

All of the tyres fitted to the bike (by both the previous owner and myself) have been dealer fitted. They also specified the tyre requirements and obtained them.

I used a tyre supplier and local fit only once, this on my previous K1200RS. After four years of ownership without fault, a vibration/shimmy was introduced when the tyres were fitted, together with not only scratches to the rims but gouges too. I had the tyres checked and wheels rebalanced by the original fitter and a Motorrad dealer, however nothing fixed matters so I sold it and moved on.

Never again the route of saving a few pounds for me!

[Phmode]

I have found that some bike tyre fitter/retailers really don't give a stuff about your precious rims. They are just car tyre fitters with side hustle.

Folks like Wheelhouse (in Burmingum) and the original Micheldever (at Micheldever, as opposed to Pro Tyre which are all over the place) are true bike tyre fitters who a) know about bikes, b) know about bike tyres and c) know about fitting b) to a)...Simples!

[8ace]

I see that Michelin are still recommending GTs for the 1300GT but standard ones for the year equivalent 1300s.

[Capt Howdy]

Road 6.😲How many more before Michelin get it right😬

[black-k1]

Road 6.😲How many more before Michelin get it right😬

If it's the Michelin man's wife that's judging then never!

[NIBS]

I see that Michelin are still recommending GTs for the 1300GT but standard ones for the year equivalent 1300s.

K1300s   Wet Weight 254Kgs
k1300GT Wet weight 255kgs

Data sourced from MCS.

[black-k1]

I see that Michelin are still recommending GTs for the 1300GT but standard ones for the year equivalent 1300s.

K1300s   Wet Weight 254Kgs
k1300GT Wet weight 255kgs

Data sourced from MCS.

At a guess it probably relates to the likelihood and regularity of pillion and luggage