Thanks Santa

[Tdinova]

I ordered this in July and finally came today Dec 8/23... Maybe to late for this year..... we'll see

 

[OldMcClelland]

I have these on my ST. I really like them; good transition onto sides in a turn. I can’t yet comment on longevity.

 

[the Ferret]

ordered in July came in in December? Horrible customer service.

Good tires though

 

[Gus1300]

are those MTC tires or did you go over to the darkside?

Edit: Sorry, didn't notice the bike on the label!

 

[Tdinova]

are those MTC tires or did you go over to the darkside?

Motorcyle

 

[Firstpeke]

Michelin Road 6 is a motorcycle tyre (tire) and they don't make a Road 6 car version.... and there's the bike graphic of course!

Some years ago when I worked for them we did a launch of the Michelin Pilot car tyre range, of course they are long since replaced by many different flavours!

I run a mix of Michelin Primacy 4 and Cross Climate on my Volvo S90.....

 

[Tdinova]

Michelin Road 6 is a motorcycle tyre (tire) and they don't make a Road 6 car version.... and there's the bike graphic of course!

Some years ago when I worked for them we did a launch of the Michelin Pilot car tyre range, of course they are long since replaced by many different flavours!

I run a mix of Michelin Primacy 4 and Cross Climate on my Volvo S90.....

I worked for Michelin Bridgewater Nova Scotia (CA2) for 39y3mnths. On the wire side. My last 15 was Tringle responsible

 

[Tdinova]

Did you work at Stoke? I trained a bunch for the 556s back in the 80s

 

[Firstpeke]

I was commercial road staff, only worked with them for six years before the feast of the passover in the UK, otherwise known as redundancy just before Christmas '94......

We lived not far from Stoke though, in South Cheshire.... I still get funny looks when I mention words like "tringle".....

 

[dduelin]

Great tires. The Road 6 rear goes 15,000 miles on my RT. Front somewhat less around 12-13,000. I used to dislike Michelins in the Pilot Road series but the Roads changed the game. All weather grip and long life. Three sets in 50,000 miles on the 4th set now. I run Michelins on the NC700X too (Road 5s not Road 6s on the 700). These 5s are at about 10,000 miles with maybe 20% left in the rear.

I mounted non-GT specs as my RT weighs about 570 lbs as configured. Are those going on an ST1300?

 

[CDNolddude]

Really like mine but went with GT rear 180/55ZR17 (73W)
I find them noisier than PR4GT but better handling.

 

[Sadlsor]

Five months' wait for a tire?
Who did you order from ...BMW?!

 

[St-Gerard]

Yeah ,who did you get them from and how much did it cost? Not expecting allot of mileage from the Dunlops roadsmarts 3s I just put on this fall. They were on sale for 300 canadain for a pair, and available.

 

[Tdinova]

Five months' wait for a tire?
Who did you order from ...BMW?!

Kimpex, Montreal. Ordered there before and took 2 weeks. This time they said they had a big back order

 

[dduelin]

Five months' wait for a tire?
Who did you order from ...BMW?!

The odd size of the ST rear tire may have something to do with it.

My experience with ordering BMW parts is very positive going back more than 10 years. If it's not in the States it might take a little longer but it's almost always in stock in the NJ warehouse now that pandemic era plant shutdowns are behind us. I like to use Max Stratton BMW (now Max BMW) and they host a parts fiche with search by VIN. BTW in contrast to Honda they support legacy bikes just like current models, none of the "you are SOL it's over 10 years old."

 

[Sadlsor]

I have heard good things about Max BMW since my f650 days.
Heckuva ride from Alabama, though...
Seriously, though... no matter the dealer, they will need the bike for software updates and final drive testing. My local dealer said the parts are coming from Germany, little info beyond that.
Even Max and NJ's parts come from Germany, so that in itself is not very revealing.

 

[St-Gerard]

Thanks will see if I can find kimpex, thanks

 

[dduelin]

I have heard good things about Max BMW since my f650 days.
Heckuva ride from Alabama, though...
Seriously, though... no matter the dealer, they will need the bike for software updates and final drive testing. My local dealer said the parts are coming from Germany, little info beyond that.
Even Max and NJ's parts come from Germany, so that in itself is not very revealing.

I guess I misunderstood the point of your post. Most parts are available from Max or any dealer quickly. Free driveshafts and service campaign parts are currently in great demand and short supply. You will wait a while for those but in context BMW probably did not expect to have to make available a parts kit for every affected bike in the world. Normal spare parts demand would have been much less and planned inventory would be in place to support dealers.

 

[motornut]

I ran Metzeler tires for many years until I had a rear tire fail and replaced it with a Michelin. Made me a believer.
I like that they have a neutral tip in without falling like the original Bridgestone's, I am not as aggressive as I thought I used to be. I get about 12000 to 13000 on mine, frequently the sides of the front wear out before the rears. That concerns me not at all, I like to know the front is sticking better.
I gave up trying different tires to see how they work, they keep changing the design and compound before I wear out a set. I also have a Kawasaki Concours and it just loves the GTs, even more than the ST does.

 

[Larry Fine]

I like that they have a neutral tip in without falling like the original Bridgestone's,

You can tune for that by adjusting the rear suspension height.