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Daboo Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 271 Age : 72 Location : Seattle, WA Points : 5714 Registration date : 2009-12-08
| Subject: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu May 17, 2012 12:11 pm | |
| I'm planning ahead for late summer when I need new tires for my bike. I usually buy my tires a couple months early, just to make sure they are available when I need them. Michelin has a new tire out that looks interesting. It is the Pilot Power Pure SC. (I'm sure someone got paid a lot of money to come up with that mouthful. ) Here's what they say about it on Motorcycle Superstore's website. - Quote :
- Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Rear Tire
- World’s first dual compound technology scooter tire (2CT)
- Increased safety, grip, sportiness and longevity
- Delivers feedback and grip in all driving conditions
- Slick central portion puts more rubber on the ground to increase longevity
- Shoulders are made with softer rubber to enhance grip and safety
- Holds the road in wet, damp or slippery surfaces
- Fountain tread design found in Michelin’s racing tires
It appears like it'll do everything but help you lose 20 lbs and regain all your hair! Bike Bandit has the picture below. The price is excellent. Motorcycle Superstore has it for $52.99. Bike Bandit was even cheaper at $48.82! I'm surprised the tire is so inexpensive. From Motorcycle Superstore, the Pirelli Diablo is $57.99 and the Metzler Feelfree is $69.99 as a comparison. I'm curious as to how this tire will work in rain. Almost any tire will work well on dry pavement, but when the water hits the road, it is a different story. And all the tire manufacturers make wonderful claims... Chris |
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DLynch Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 14 Age : 70 Location : Pana, Ill. Points : 4744 Registration date : 2011-10-30
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu May 17, 2012 9:32 pm | |
| I had rear installed 1000 miles ago. Previously had hoops. Rear had half tread life left but had a slow leak, so had it changed. I love the ride with the new tire. On grooved surfaces bike would wander with the grooves and with new tire the control is much improved. I still have the hoop on the front. |
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Old Limey Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 921 Age : 80 Location : BOLTON LANCASHIRE ENGLAND Points : 6248 Registration date : 2010-06-09
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Fri May 18, 2012 11:46 am | |
| On the previous front(Bridgestone Hoop) i got nearly 11,ooomls, before it was down to our legal limit in UK of 1mm. Even then it was holding as it should in the wet.The rear hoop was down to 1mm at 6,300mls. I now have a Metzeler Feelfree on the rear that has done 8,000ml and has 3mm tread left on it. I put another Hoop on the front and that has done 9,000ml again with 3mm of tread still on it. I think, in my case, i have the right combination of tyres, I think i will try a Metzeler on the front next time just to see what wear i can get from it. |
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AldusFran Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 209 Age : 77 Location : Tucson,AZ Points : 3639 Registration date : 2015-06-13
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 11:26 am | |
| I was wondering if anyone has put a Michelin City Grip (120/70-14) on the front of their Swing since I can't find a 120/80-14 City Grip. I now have a new City Grip on back and after 200 miles they look good and feel good . I like the nice deep treads on this tire. Thanks |
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john grinsel Curmudgeon
Number of posts : 3309 Age : 85 Points : 9411 Registration date : 2009-08-18
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 11:42 am | |
| City Grips are not made in matched pair for SilverWing. 70 aspect ratio might work on SilverWing front....but why screw up a well handling scooter?
Michelin Power Pure SC have been around for awhile. I used them on both Silverwings as well as Burgman 400's.
Feature for me=they wear round so handling stays same for life of tire, most mileage I got from them, 11,000 miles on Burgman 400.
My experience with 2 new SilverWing and over 90,000miles is the SilverWing is tire sensitive. |
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AldusFran Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 209 Age : 77 Location : Tucson,AZ Points : 3639 Registration date : 2015-06-13
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 1:02 pm | |
| Thanks John, you're reasoning seems to make sense. I guess I'll try another tire with same profile (120/80-14) |
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spanishfudge Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 25 Age : 62 Location : Antas, Almeria, Spain Points : 2160 Registration date : 2018-12-21
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 1:24 pm | |
| hi aldusfran,i have just put perrili corsa on my wing and looks good and rides well 2000km now all is well |
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DLK Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 75 Location : Cincinnati Ohio Points : 2112 Registration date : 2019-04-01
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 7:42 pm | |
| Maybe Im looking at it wrong but they want $84.71 for the ft and $58.39 for the rear? $143.10 a set... Why is the ft tire so much more than the rear?
Bike bandit Free Shipping Orders over $99 Ship FREE! Regular: $130.95 Save 35%! Sale: $84.71 (Front) Tire Size - Bias / Radial - Load Index - Speed Rating - Note: 120/80-14 IMPORTANT! Shipping Restriction: This item ships via Ground Services to addresses within the 48 Contiguous US States only, no PO Boxes. Ships within 1 business day Add Road Hazard Tire Protection for $25.41? More Info Quantity
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Mech 1 twa Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1384 Location : Allentown PA. Points : 4681 Registration date : 2016-01-02
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Wed May 01, 2019 8:08 pm | |
| Pirelli also makes a dual compound rear. Diablo Rosso III. I just installed this as a rear and an older Diablo on the front. Much improved tracking and doesn't follow every groove in the road. BUT new tires always improve the handling.
Previous tires were Mich. Power Pure not a fan of those. Followed road groves and pulled on uneven surfaces. Rear only lasted 5k front 8k and liked to head shake if hands off bars for 2 seconds.
Worth a look Pirelli. Only have 400 miles on them so far. |
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Mighty Mouse Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 117 Location : South Africa Points : 2857 Registration date : 2017-05-03
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu May 02, 2019 2:09 am | |
| I currently have the Mitchelin Power Pure on both wheels and am waiting to change them out as I am having the same troubles as Mech 1 above. Bike wanders with the road grooves and front has head shake if you lift a hand. I put them on as they are OK in the wet and last longer than Pirelli's. However it will be Pirelli for me in front for me, in future! |
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cello33 Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 150 Location : uk Points : 2484 Registration date : 2018-07-09
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu May 02, 2019 1:24 pm | |
| Have a metzler feelfree on the rear which i guess makes little difference to the pirelli diablo riding wise......certainly not going to stress the tire out as the bike touches down to early on the twisties. Got about 8K from the diablo and hope to get the same at least from the metz....only one rear slide in the winter and it was a cold icy day with offcamber road surface so to be expected really , other then that could not fault it.
The front i have a Avon summit is on the other hand a dangerous tire in the wet imo, this has lasted about 14 K and is due a change now so will probbaly get another Metz. Price wise the rear appears to be the same price as the front but i guess its a bigger hoop but narrower width so balances out price per gram. |
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Pastor Ron Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 400 Age : 72 Location : Asheville,NC Points : 4724 Registration date : 2013-02-24
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Fri May 03, 2019 1:53 pm | |
| Was this not a 2012 post? |
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DLK Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 75 Location : Cincinnati Ohio Points : 2112 Registration date : 2019-04-01
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Fri May 03, 2019 5:39 pm | |
| you are very wise Paster Ron.... I never even notaced.... |
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Cosmic_Jumper Site Admin
Number of posts : 4416 Age : 81 Location : damn near Philadelphia, PA Points : 10700 Registration date : 2009-06-12
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat May 04, 2019 8:52 am | |
| Silverwing tire discussions have been going on here since 2003 on the original Yahoo Silverwing forum. That'd be concurrent with tire wear on the first generation of FSC models in the US. And probably before that on forums in Asia, Europe and the UK where the FJS and JDM models were first released. Odds are pretty good that those discussions and opinions will continue long after we've taken our last ride as well.
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Pastor Ron Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 400 Age : 72 Location : Asheville,NC Points : 4724 Registration date : 2013-02-24
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat May 04, 2019 9:44 am | |
| - Cosmic_Jumper wrote:
- Silverwing tire discussions have been going on here since 2003 on the original Yahoo Silverwing forum. That'd be concurrent with tire wear on the first generation of FSC models in the US. And probably before that on forums in Asia, Europe and the UK where the FJS and JDM models were first released. Odds are pretty good that those discussions and opinions will continue long after we've taken our last ride as well.
Tim With that being said: I use the Power Pure on my front tire and get an average of 8,000 miles. |
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Modernman1953 Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 379 Location : Yuma, AZ Points : 3474 Registration date : 2016-06-01
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat May 04, 2019 2:29 pm | |
| less than 4,000 on the pure power rear for me. |
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gustav Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 192 Age : 72 Location : Davenport, Iowa Points : 2217 Registration date : 2019-04-13
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat May 04, 2019 8:18 pm | |
| Hey Daboo, it's amazing the people from the f 800 gt site one runs into on other sites! Ran into Ian on a cx/gl Honda website! He helped me get re-logged into the f 800 site. Never knew you where a scooter rider. I am gtPaul in Iowa. I had a 2013 c600 sport bmw scooter, love the Silverwing much, much more.Paul |
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oldwingguy Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1936 Location : Hocking Hills U.S.A. Points : 5314 Registration date : 2016-01-29
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:38 pm | |
| I'll keep the thread alive for a while, just came home with a new set of Michelin Power Pure SC, I'll compare them to the Dunlop Scootlines that just came off, at 6,500 the rear left a 2" x 2" center section somewhere I figured they had about another 800 to a 1000 miles left on them, the front even more. |
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john grinsel Curmudgeon
Number of posts : 3309 Age : 85 Points : 9411 Registration date : 2009-08-18
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:23 pm | |
| I had very good luck with Michelin Power Pure SC on both SilverWing and Burgman 400. They wear round---over 10,000 miles rear Burgman 400. |
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sonuvabug Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 930 Location : Mid-Western Ontario Canada Points : 6148 Registration date : 2010-09-15
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:07 am | |
| - john grinsel wrote:
- I had very good luck with Michelin Power Pure SC on both SilverWing and Burgman 400. They wear round---over 10,000 miles rear Burgman 400.
I absolutely have to jump on this as I AGREE with Mr. Grinsel on both the SWing and Burgman 400. The Power Pure SC, which is designed after Michelin's great Pilot line of MC tires are very, very good in my opinion. FWIW -- I've never had luck with any Dunlop tires on a MC ... always found them to be very slippery ... and downright dangerous in the rain. |
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minimac Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 23 Location : Central FL, C.N.Y. Points : 1694 Registration date : 2020-03-11
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:50 am | |
| ^ Geez, that's great. I just put on a set of Dunlops, to replace the original tires on my new to me 2012 S'wing w/5K miles. I guess I'll be replacing them sooner than I planned. |
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oldwingguy Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1936 Location : Hocking Hills U.S.A. Points : 5314 Registration date : 2016-01-29
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:16 am | |
| The Dunlops I had on did well, only got caught out in the rain once with them so I applied the RYOR thinking, slow down especially at the start of a rain, oil on the surface with water, hmm. |
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sonuvabug Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 930 Location : Mid-Western Ontario Canada Points : 6148 Registration date : 2010-09-15
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:12 pm | |
| - minimac wrote:
- ^ Geez, that's great. I just put on a set of Dunlops, to replace the original tires on my new to me 2012 S'wing w/5K miles. I guess I'll be replacing them sooner than I planned.
Not necessarily. It was about 10-12 years ago when I had the Dunlops removed and I suspect the design and compounds have changed quite a bit since then. Plus, road composition, riding style and weather all enter into the equation. You'll be able to judge for yourself soon enough. |
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Murf Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 172 Location : Helen GA Points : 2906 Registration date : 2017-04-19
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:30 pm | |
| I put the Michelin on both of the SW's I have owned. Love the tires, great wet weather traction and stopping. On my BMW's Ive had (Dunlops) not a big fan, went to Diablos an they were better. After riding for 54 years Michelin's by far are the overall winner, a little more $$$ but no sliding thru a stop light either. |
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Easyrider Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1013 Age : 74 Location : HI Points : 4303 Registration date : 2015-12-18
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:37 pm | |
| I put new Michelin Power Pure SC on my 2004 Swing and instantly regretted it. The rear was ok, but the front tire would follow tar snakes, and groves in the road. Sold the bike with the Michelin tires. My new 2013 Swing came with IRC tires for which I like a lot. Rear had about 16k miles when changed, but the front is still going with 18k miles. Need to replace the front soon only because of age. Some one on this forum mentioned that Honda dealer cost less than online bike stores, and he was correct. |
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sonuvabug Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 930 Location : Mid-Western Ontario Canada Points : 6148 Registration date : 2010-09-15
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:46 pm | |
| - Easyrider wrote:
- ... snipped ... I put new Michelin Power Pure SC on my 2004 Swing and instantly regretted it ... the front tire would follow tar snakes, and groves in the road
I recall you posting this comment before. I've paid special attention when traversing tar snakes and grooved road surfaces but have not felt the Michelin Pilot tires follow these channels any more than other tires I've had. Maybe our snakes are baby sized compared to yours in HI ... lol |
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Easyrider Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1013 Age : 74 Location : HI Points : 4303 Registration date : 2015-12-18
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:53 pm | |
| My original IRC were great for the roads here. I get 16K+ miles so I am very happy. Maybe it's the Hawaiian weather that is good on my tires.
BTW - HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all you fathers!!!
Aloha!!! I'm sitting in the lobby of the Spokane airport heading back to Oahu!!!!
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Michel Vachon Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 142 Age : 67 Location : Granby, Québec, Canada Points : 2171 Registration date : 2019-03-26
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:27 am | |
| Hi,
No body have talked about "Contiscoot" ............
I have a set on my SW and love them . It is the best one so far for me.... They look like they will last long , having over 7000 kilometers on them and alot of tread left...
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Murf Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 172 Location : Helen GA Points : 2906 Registration date : 2017-04-19
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:01 pm | |
| While the mileage out of a tire matters. Safety is everything on a two wheeled bike. Stopping power and wet weather handling are what's important. |
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john grinsel Curmudgeon
Number of posts : 3309 Age : 85 Points : 9411 Registration date : 2009-08-18
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:58 pm | |
| Properly developed tire can/should have stopping power/wet performance....and reasonable tread life. You have to ride a lot to get to know your tires. |
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Meldrew Visiting Curmudgeon
Number of posts : 4210 Location : York, North Yorkshire, England UK Points : 9390 Registration date : 2010-11-16
| Subject: Re: New Tire Choice - Michelin Pilot Power Pure SC Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:19 pm | |
| Oh, I don't know about that, within a few miles of riding out of the dealers showroom on my new Forza I was impressed with grip from the Pirelli Scorpion tyres on it. Usually new tyres are a bit skittish until you've clocked up a load of miles to scuff off the releasing agent from the manufacturing process, But these Pirelli’s were good from the get go and are up to the job in all weather conditions. Even when riding in torrential rain when I kept forgetting I now have the option of Traction Control. |
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