Ducati Monster Forum

I bought a set of PR3's for the s4 back in march and have just put 5000 mls up on them the rear is looking a wee bit the worse for wear but I might get another 500 mls out of it. Have to say I'm well impressed with the wet weather handling of these tyres and will be replacing it with another PR3. I've also managed to cover over 7500 mls in the first year owning a Ducati and have to say the experience has been a pleasure. Hears to many more happy miles and more modding.

Wow, I got 11K out of my PR2's of course my 620 has a lot less horse power.  I thought about going to the PR3's but hard to pass on that kind of mileage.

tires are the sh*t. Sorry. Felt the need to finish your heading. I love my 2ct's

ran Q2s on my monster forever [bang], until my neighbor, who is a avid ducati guy told me to buy 2ct's, and well im never going back.

sorry for my lack of tire savy, but what are 2ct's?

A model of the Michelin Pilot Power tire.

This is an accessory/mod thread.

Off it goes.

are you sure you dont mean pilot powers? pilot roads on 5,000 miles doenst sound right at alll unless your doing burn outs all day.

Definitly pilot road 3 I don't know what bike your riding but my s4 is putting out 99 hp at the wheel and no I don't do burn outs but I do ride it hard and there are no motorways in my neck of the woods all twisty b roads.

99hp at the wheel isn't even that much. There are sport bike riders who also run pr3's getting 10-12k miles out of them. I don't see how you wore them out so fast. What PSI's are you running? 5000 miles should be the pilot power 2ct range as opposed to the roads.

I run 2.1 bar in the front and 2.2 bar in the rear as per what the book says or is the book wrong?

2.2 is low for the rear on a Michelin.

It should be more like 2.35 bar or 34 psi

Cheers man I'll stick a few more psi in it in the morning.

If you ride 2 up 36 psi is good

well the 2ct is a variant of the michelin tires, 2ct or 2 compound tire usually has a harder center rib for commuting/slabbing and a softer edge compound for grippy cornering, so far the pilot power and the pilot power pure and the pilot road 2 and 3 come with the 2ct tech, but other companies like pirelli are copying this idea, so far as i know the only pirelli running a dual compound is the diablo rosso 2, that being said, the pilot power comes in both regular tire and 2ct, and they are softer than the pilot roads all around

Didn't the PR3 have a delamination problem (chunks falling off) about a year ago?

I'm at 8K miles on my second set of Pilot Roads; got 10K out of the first set. (no burnouts.... [laugh])
Will probably go to the PR2 when these are done.

The Pirelli Angel ST run the dual compound IIRC.
Another new tech out there I've had a Pirelli guy tell me about is the Metzler (Pirelli owns them) Z08 dual thread/single compound sport touring tire.

I run the Michelin Pilot Road 2CT on the Monster and ST2 (just installed and haven't ridden much as bike needs a stator).

I rode the Monster to Italy, on Misano track, and back to Germany. I had a year on the tires before that and they still have tread and curvature.

I had Pirelli Angel's on my 696 from the factory, got over 10,000 miles before replacing them with Pilot Road 3's. The PR3's are definitely more grippy in the wet, but they don't feel as "planted" as the Angels in the dry. When I first got the PR3s and leaned hard into a turn, it felt like the bike was going to fall over. (Not saying that there was any indication of slipping.) This could be because of round profile of the PR3s, but with the Angels, it feels like I can hang off the the edge of the bike and just yank myself back up after the apex.

Also, with the Angels, I ran 36/32 psi.

I run 36 PSI front and 34 rear on my M796. seems to be running okay.