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Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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herm
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 01, 2009, 05:08:36 PM »
no confusion on my bike.
says "pilot road 2ct" on both tires
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 02, 2009, 05:39:45 AM »
Quote from: greenmonster on December 01, 2009, 02:35:36 PM
2ct:
http://www.michelinmotorcycle.com/index.cfm?event=pilotpower2ct
Correct: it's "Pilot Power 2CT."
The same website, when referring to the Pilot
Road
2 leaves off the "CT" all 7 times that the tire's name is given.
http://www.michelinmotorcycle.com/index.cfm?event=pilotroad2.
The "2CT" shown on that page is a reference to "dual-compound technology," not part of the tire name. It's particularly silly and confusing that it's "Road 2" but "Power 2CT."
Quote from: herm (not herb) on December 01, 2009, 05:08:36 PM
no confusion on my bike.
says "pilot road 2ct" on both tires
Interesting. I sold the bike that had Pilot Road 2's on it, so I can't go have a look. The Michelin website even shows a logo for Pilot Road 2 that omits "CT." Odd that they would go to the trouble and expense of developing one logo to use on websites and brochures and a different one to use on the actual product.
There's a photo of someone else's Pilot Road 2 that does NOT have the "CT" at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macktruckturner/2656175611/#
(Apparently, Flickr doesn't like having images hotlinked.)
I guess it shouldn't be a surprise if they use different naming on the website and the actual product since consistency and logic are so obviously not of much concern to them.
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 02, 2009, 06:06:33 AM »
Quote from: herm (not herb) on December 01, 2009, 05:08:36 PM
no confusion on my bike.
says "pilot road 2ct" on both tires
mine 2
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greenmonster
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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Reply #18 on:
December 02, 2009, 02:52:59 PM »
It
is
a bit confusing...
Checked my tires today, it says Pilot Road 2, then on 2
other
places it says 2ct.
Maybe it is like this:
If you order Pilot Road 2, you`ll get dualcompound ones cause
all
PR2 are now dualcompound.
To get Pilot Power dualcompound, you specifically have to order PP2ct.
If you order just PP, you get the soft rubber in the whole tire.
PP comes in 2 versions, new generation PR only in 1, dual compound that is.
Just my guess..
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 06, 2009, 08:58:07 PM »
Seems to be lots of positive feedback here for the Pilot Road 2CT, but after about 3,500 miles on mine I wish I'd gotten the Pilot Power 2CT. Maybe it's just me, but these tires have always felt a bit unsteady at lean, whether hot or cold. Wear is good so far and they're okay otherwise; I just wish they felt more planted in fast sweepers. Haven't ridden with them in the rain much, so no comment there.
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 07, 2009, 07:24:01 PM »
The PR2 tires on my Aprilia have over 8k miles on them, and they look like they will go at least 2k or 3k more. That bike is also a lot heavier than a Monster. I've been very happy with them, but I don't ride that bike as aggressively as the others (which have PP).
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 16, 2009, 09:39:15 AM »
Looked at my Pilot Roads this moring, looks like the rear is down to maybe half tread depth in the middle. Not squared off but not perfectly round either. This seemed lame until I checked my maint log: just under 8000 miles since the were installed. I'll be getting the Road 2s for sure when I need new ones.
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Re: Mileage on the Michelin Pilot Road2's?
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December 16, 2009, 12:35:49 PM »
Quote from: mstevens on December 01, 2009, 10:30:25 AM
It's their company and they can make whatever dumb naming decisions they want, but this seems certain to ensure few people ever quite know exactly what their products are really called.
It worked out swell for me. I ordered a set of PR2's for my Triumph and they shipped me a set of Pilot Power2ct's by mistake!
When I alerted them to their mistake, they said "Keep 'em. It would cost us to much to ship them back and re-ship the right tire."
I have then, and now a set of PR2's on the Monster. Both are good, but the PP2ct's are fantastic. I wish it had worked the other way round so I had the PR2s on the Triumph, but oh well.
The PR2s on the Monster are too new to tell, I'll proabably get my ususal 10-12k out of them. The PP2ct's have about 4k on them and I can't even see wear, yet. But that's normal. It seems on previous Michelins wear becomes more apparent at 8k-10k.
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