I did a trip from Toronto down to Key West Florida last summer (with the mandatory pass by Deal's Gap of course), and wanted rubber that would both last the trip and cover me if we hit the torrential rain they sometimes get in Florida, so I fitted some Michelin PR3s to my SV650s. Pete's had em for just a little over $300 for the pair when I ordered.
Man are these things good! They took the twisties, days of hot superslab at high speed, a couple runs of dragon slaying, heavy rain, and a loaded bike all in stride. I didn't quite get to dragging knee at the dragon but I did drag toe a few times because my monstrous tank bag kept me from getting over enough to do things right. I don't claim to be the most aggressive rider out there, but I haven't exactly been babying these tires either. They have never once lost traction on me in hot, cold, wet or dry (though the stock shoes on this bike did). They'll get a little squirrely over tar snakes or light gravel on a lean, but I've yet to hear of a tire that didn't.
So the trip was somewhere around 9,000km and I've put around another 3,000km before and after by roaming the GTA... These things are barely squared off in the back, and look pretty much new in the front.
I don't know if you can see properly in that closeup of the rear but the wear bars are 3/4 of the way down into that remaining tread. There is TONS of life left on these and I'd feel pretty safe counting on them for an entire second trip down to Florida and back.
I keep my tires well inflated and pay attention to being pretty smooth on the throttle, but still love to take off on WOT every so often. So if you don't get amazing life out of these things, I don't know what you're doing wrong. Am definitely adding another set of these once they're done (though probably not this year by the looks of it).
Would I recommend them for the track? They're probably not the best tool for the job unless you're in the wet. But if you're a commuter or sport tourer, I'd say hands down these are going to be your best bang for the buck.
Man are these things good! They took the twisties, days of hot superslab at high speed, a couple runs of dragon slaying, heavy rain, and a loaded bike all in stride. I didn't quite get to dragging knee at the dragon but I did drag toe a few times because my monstrous tank bag kept me from getting over enough to do things right. I don't claim to be the most aggressive rider out there, but I haven't exactly been babying these tires either. They have never once lost traction on me in hot, cold, wet or dry (though the stock shoes on this bike did). They'll get a little squirrely over tar snakes or light gravel on a lean, but I've yet to hear of a tire that didn't.
So the trip was somewhere around 9,000km and I've put around another 3,000km before and after by roaming the GTA... These things are barely squared off in the back, and look pretty much new in the front.
I don't know if you can see properly in that closeup of the rear but the wear bars are 3/4 of the way down into that remaining tread. There is TONS of life left on these and I'd feel pretty safe counting on them for an entire second trip down to Florida and back.
I keep my tires well inflated and pay attention to being pretty smooth on the throttle, but still love to take off on WOT every so often. So if you don't get amazing life out of these things, I don't know what you're doing wrong. Am definitely adding another set of these once they're done (though probably not this year by the looks of it).
Would I recommend them for the track? They're probably not the best tool for the job unless you're in the wet. But if you're a commuter or sport tourer, I'd say hands down these are going to be your best bang for the buck.
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