How far did the old Michelin PR4 front travel?

[JQL]

7th May, 2016 A new Michelin PR4 front was fitted to my 2010 Deauville NT700VA. Total cost including fitting and interchanging the brake shoes was 138.35? (GBP ?109.34 or USD $157.80 at today's rate). All work was carried out by the Honda Dealer - Outsider, Montlhery, France.

The old PR4 stats:

Distance travelled: 33,507 km - 20,824 miles all commuting/city riding
Time on Bike: approx 18 months
Tread left: just off the wear bars

Full details can be found on my Fuelly page

 

[mikesim]

John, thats a good price for installation and everything. I just replaced the tires on Traveller and I got about 22K out of my front Dunlop RoadSmart 2. I get about 18K from the rear.

Mike

 

[Phil Tarman]

My last PR4s lasted a little over 10,000 miles for the front and only a little over 7,000 miles for the rear. The first two sets of PR4s I had lasted about 20,000 (F) and 18,000 (R). I wrote Michelin to ask what had changed and they told me that it was probably either me riding on different roads or at different speeds and levels of aggression. Wrong! I still ride the same roads and, if anything, I ride more conservatively than I did a few years ago.

Now I’ve got a set of Bridgestone T30s on that have over 10,000 miles and are still looking pretty good. I liked the Michelins, but not if they’re going to wear out as quickly as my last set did.

 

[banjoboy]

I'm at 16k on my PR4s. I can see the wear bars, but it is not yet level with the tread. Perhaps 2-3 k more I hope.

Terry

 

[JQL]

My last PR4s lasted a little over 10,000 miles for the front and only a little over 7,000 miles for the rear. The first two sets of PR4s I had lasted about 20,000 (F) and 18,000 (R). I wrote Michelin to ask what had changed and they told me that it was probably either me riding on different roads or at different speeds and levels of aggression. Wrong! I still ride the same roads and, if anything, I ride more conservatively than I did a few years ago.

Now I’ve got a set of Bridgestone T30s on that have over 10,000 miles and are still looking pretty good. I liked the Michelins, but not if they’re going to wear out as quickly as my last set did.

It's the "Stoppies" you keep dong Phil! You need to calm down a little .

As I said, mine was all city riding so lots of heavy braking. I go through two sets of brake pads to a set of tyres. I reckon that, if I was not city riding, I'd get another 2,000 - 3,000 miles out of mine at least. There are guys in Europe getting 25,000+ miles out of their's.

I keep mine slightly over inflated by 1-2 psi

 

[Warren]

Other than maybe Phil are you guys getting better mileage from the PR4's than you got from the PR3's or are they about the same?

 

[banjoboy]

So far, I'm getting better mileage from my 4s vs. the 3s.

terry

 

[RedNigel]

I have started purposely running at .5LB PSI under

As for tire wear, I have stopped monitoring how far they go, as it only pisses me off. I will say that I use two rears to every front

My original brake pads lasted 38K miles

 

[Phil Tarman]

I've got 42,000 miles on my current front brakes (EBC organics) after getting 71,000 out of the OEM front pads. I'm still using the original rear brakes. I guess it's all those stoppies that keep wearing out my tires, John.

 

[Comanche]

I'm glad this thread came up.

My OEM tires wore out quickly, and I had only about 10,000 miles on the front when I put on a new PR3.

I got 19,700 miles on that one - and I had lots of tread left.

My current PR4 (which replaced at PR3) has 18,600 on it now - and looks great.

But, the reason I'm glad this thread came up is that I will put about 6,000 miles on the bike with this summer's "Spearfish and Beyond" trip. At this point, I don't know if I really have another 6,000 on the front tire. I'll have a good look-see a few weeks before I leave.

 

[Phil Tarman]

I've got Spearfish (maybe 1,000-1,200 miles total) and then in August the "How The West Was Won" Rally in Grand Junction (probably another 3,000 miles). I'm hoping that I can get another 4-6,000 miles out of the Bridgestone T30s and then replace them before I got to the Southern California Motorcycle Association's Three Flags Rally. That starts in Tombstone and ends up in Kimberly, British Columbia, so it'll be another 3,600 or so miles. Then I'll have to decide whether or not to trust everyone else's good experiences with the PR4s and my good experience with the first two sets of them I had or stay away from them based on my last set.

 

[JQL]

I have started purposely running at .5LB PSI under

As for tire wear, I have stopped monitoring how far they go, as it only pisses me off. I will say that I use two rears to every front

My original brake pads lasted 38K miles

Stop doing wheelies!

Or maybe that should be continue doing wheelies....

 

[JQL]

I've got 42,000 miles on my current front brakes (EBC organics) after getting 71,000 out of the OEM front pads. I'm still using the original rear brakes. I guess it's all those stoppies that keep wearing out my tires, John.

I knew it :tongue: