Best Touring Motorcycle Tires

RyanF9's favourite sport touring motorcycle tires.

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[GraemeGosse]

I had a pilot road 4 on my FJR1300. Loved it so much I replaced it with a pilot road 5. That has now done 15, 000 kilometres and I'm about to fit a pilot road 5GT
Fantastic tyres

[walterwhite]

Damn, looking for tire reviews expecting some guy in his garage to tell me which tires he can drag his knees on in the rain. And I got some Casey Neistat level production value and very detailed info to boot. Kudos, subscribed!

[ibrahimdeniz]

I ride around 6000km a year, the Michelin tires cost me around 8€ a month. I can really recommend them, i ride from march to december and only slipped once when acceleration aggressively in the rain on a very cold day and after one year, 6000km, they still look like new. Bike nc 700x, heavy, no problem.

[beau]

Good call on the Michelin, having just recently changed from BT O23's I can say the difference is night and Day especially with our UK weather. Good job.

[robtbomba]

For touring on my RSTD ... I use the Michelin Commander II for the rear tire ... the current tire has 14.5k miles on it, isn't squared and has all water channels in play.

[marlenpadberg]

Enjoying the dose of honesty! Your videos are well put together, and providing really good info. Its great to hear from Fortnine giving some real world info for us Canadians that ride in Canadian conditions. Thanks!

[fknucklewit]

I've got Pilot Road 4's. They are superb in the wet and last a long time. I run them on my K9 Bandit 1250.

[brian]

I live in Australia with warm weather but we do get monsoon rains at times. I have a ZX14, no traction control or ABS. I have Bridgestone BT23 front and rear. The front has been rock solid from day 1 but the rear was shocking. 150Kw is a heap of power to hold but it spins up, slipped on down shift and I was really questioning my choice.
After about 700Km, suddenly stabilised and it has been brilliant.

[RotaryKnight]

I rode on both the bridgestone 023 and currently the michelin pilot road 4. Road both through heavy rain on 400+ mile trips and I can tell you that the pilot road 4 is so much better. In the dry the bridgestone 023 is better of course but if you ride over 8000miles a year like I do in any conditions, having the pilot road 4 is a nice peace of mind when it does start pouring. PR4 also handles the cold streets down to 20F better than the bridgestones 023.

[rodneyalan]

Excellent review. Full of good info. I use the Pilot Road 4 GT because I want the mileage and I don't want to trade off any grip in the wet. After running this tyre on the rear, I just put a Pilot road 4 GT also on the front this week....lets see. I've used pilot road 3 and 2 in the past and I've even tried the Avon Storm and the bridgestone BT020s. I feel more confident on the Michellins.

[IronicRebound]

pilot road 4s where my 1nd set on the cbr650f and have been loving them for 12, 000km so far although they are now showing some flattening along the centre. on rain, they are incredible

[alecrobson]

well ive got the pilot road 4 and are highly impressed. it has better ride comfort and feels like a magnet sticking to road in rain / heavy rain. i ride a aprilia shiver 750 and this is my second rear tyre being another pilot 4 as the 1st one easily gave me 9562kms. I was not gentle on 1st tyre speeding round everywhere. Now suitably impressed with the pilot ive gone and shod both front and rear in them, and traveled nearly 8500kms. cant fault the tyre, exept if centre was just a bit more harder could be the only room for improvement.

[a.r.t.]

My previous tires on my Honda Pan European were Road Pilot 3s. Very good and got about 27, 000ks from them. Recently replaced them with a pair of Road Pilot 4 GTs. The heavier side walls of the GT version make a big difference to the handling on such a heavy bike. I highly recommend them and cheaper than the Continental and Metzler equivalent.

Good video; not the usual US rubbish.

[kenpage]

I love the Heidenau Scouts. Ran the back for 12, 000 miles, and the front for 17, 000 miles (and still going). Great 80-20 tire with a continuous bead on the rear so you don get shaken to death on the pavement. They also have run flat capability, so much to the point that I barely noticed it when I picked up a puncture.. Ran them through North, Central and South America and was very happy with their versatility. Pretty much everyone I ran into that had a BMW 1200 GS were running these tires.

[SololaneMvlog]

I randomly tumbled upon one of your videos of a helmet review and now I can't stop watching all of them! your channel is awesome especialy the visiting videos! keep up, I'm enjoying watching this! got yourself a new sub ;)

[Nunokraai]

I have a Monster and changed to the Angel GT and i'm loving them, still a sport tire, with good milage and no problems in the rain. (Y)

[OffGridMadMan]

Hi Ryan. Just have to pull you on the Angel ST's that you said are "crap"! They are superb tyres that are good at everything & last forever, even when abused on a ZZR1200. In my humble opinion of course!.... ;)

[roberts]

I have the Pilot Road 4 on my Street Triple. A lot of folks on the Triumph forum swear by them, but just as many are fans of the Angel GT. I might try those next time.

[moto_jojo]

I'd have the Angel GT for a year now. Overall a great tire. I primary use my FZ6 for daily commuting rain or shine, but I do like to get somewhat aggressive in the corners on a dry day. The tire has performed great and I would buy it again. However, I did see a lot more center wear. Since 90% of my riding is on the center, fully upright, I did expect this a bit, just not so quickly.

[thor]

My Multistrada GT obviously came with the Pirelli Angel GT, agreed that it is a great super sticky tire but i did not like the wet handling. Bought the Pilot Road 4 GT after and am absolutely happy, rode through a couple of heavy down poor's (standing water on highway) and the bike felt planted AF. Mine last about 12500 km on the rear, would always buy them again.