01-05-2022, 11:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2022, 11:29 AM by Duckbubbles.)
(01-05-2022, 10:05 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: BTW - how do you find tendency to cupping with the Road 5s?
I have not seen cupping on any of the Road 5's, although I did have that happen on Road 4's. The Dunlop RSIII did cup also. I keep my tire pressures up around 38 psi in the front. The front R5's are lasting around 6500 miles when I get very near or into the wear bars. Once I tried running the rear to it's wear bars and I think it was around 8000+ miles. Didn't like splitting tire changes like that so I changed both at that time. Ultimate mileage is not very high on my list, just reasonable mileage. I value grip much more highly.
I am curious as to how the Dunlop RSIV reacts to tar snakes. The RSIII was a fine tire but I definitely did not care for the twitches in feedback when crossing them while leaned over. Get on wet/damp tar snakes and I felt a crash was imminent. Same kind of experience on Metzelers. The Michelins don't seem to notice them. I say all this because the favored pavement "fix" in my area is to slather on the tar.
Frank
'23 R1250RS, 9000 mi. 1 yr., '03 R1100S BCR #6/200, '85 K100/1100RS- 38 yrs. 331,000 mi., '17R1200RS- 51,054 mi. (gone), '16 R1200RS- 28,322 mi. (gone), '11 R1200RT-30,000 mi. (gone), '05 R1200ST-58,000 mi. (gone), '96 Ducati 900SS/SP-89,000 mi. (gone), 560K+ BMW miles