Michelin Power RS

I've done over 800 miles on my set of Power RS tires. I fitted them in the cold and wet winter, the first surprise was that despite their look, the tires worked well on damp roads, even when still scrubbing them in. I try not to ride in heavy rain, so can't comment on that, but I road on damp roads a lot and the compound finds grip somehow. Warm-up is very quick, they never feel wooden, where you have to just trust the tire and hope. They give a comfortable ride, they're very stable and make the bike feel nimble. Enough about cold and wet behavior, in the dry/warm conditions of spring these tires are wonderful - you will not run out of grip on the road. On my bike they do need 35/36 psi in the front and upper 30s in the rear, else they don't feel as good - I always experiment with pressures and set my suspension to suit, once done I absolutely loved these tires - nothing around, charge through some corners seemingly too fast, absolutely no drama, settled, tons of feedback, excellent. So is there a down side to such a great tire ? well I was hoping for 3000 miles from the rear, but at 800 miles I'm a good 1/3 through I would say. My bike's lost a lot of weight, but the engine puts out 1290 super duke type torque now, so it does work them hard - I just sit on the bike ! Will I buy again ? bloody right I will, although they have brought out the Power 5 now, but I don't think it's any more sporty... maybe a few more miles out of them ?

Before I tried this tire, I had Pirelli Diablo rosso 3 set. So i go to my mechanic guy, he changed the tires and as always said be careful for first couple of kilometers as the rubber is scrubbed in. I'm all prepared to give this tire a go, so I went to the local twisty road, that i am very fond of. Its about 3-4 kilometers of twisty roads. It has all the corners from twisty 180 deegre turns, to long fast ones.So as the tire is getting scrubbed and warmed up I can feel the grip coming in. It was scrubbed in so fast that after a few miles, i was giving it all i got on this excellent road. The grip on the front tire is fenomenal and confidence expiring. So I immediately knew that this is the best tire I rode to this date. The feedback is great, when you are leaned over and the tire is communicating with you on the handle bars. I was so excited, i was literally going as fast as i could. So lets check the bad stuff. I ride on a KTM smcr 690. That is a light road bike. A fun supermoto. I got 4000kms(2500miles) out of the rear tire. the front is still as new. I had a nasty highsider when the tires aswell as road were cold at the end of the season. So this is really a summer hypersport tire. Be careful when its cold outside and give this tire a little bit of time so it can get to operating temperature. I would recommend this tire to all fast guys on the road, aswell as intermediate fast guys on track. Wet grip is really not that bad, but i would not get this tire if i lived somewhere in rainy conditions. So let the tire warm up and then have a blast. One last thing. I figured that this tire is at its best when there is 25*C(77*F) or more deegres celsius/fahrenheit outside.

Had these on my Street Triple 675 during early Spring through until May.

Covered 4K miles in that time, majority fast road riding but also a bunch of motorway/dual carriageway and a touch of touring.

Dry grip is phenomenal, they really give you great feedback and just don't let you down in the corners. I can lean the thing so far over with these and just have total confidence that the tires will make it. My cornering speeds have increased 50% compared to my Pirellis. They feel like a stiff compound when you're riding normally, right up until you get the thing leaned over and you just get so much feedback - it feels as if the bike is better supported.

Never had either tire slip apart from some diesel on the road which I cannot fault the tires for. Literally never had a slip in either wet or dry, quite incredible compared to my Pirelli Diablo 3's.

They warm up fast and stay very warm, I find that as they warm the feedback gets better and better to the point where you feel like the road surface is transmitting to your handlebars/legs. Comfortable and very quiet for such sticky rubber, I've been impressed by how long I can ride on these without fatigue.

Wear - not great, but 4K miles out of a supersport tire is really no bad thing. I think the issue is that the wear is so uneven, despite not spending too much time on the motorway I've found that the harder compound in the middle of the tire has hit wear bars much earlier than anticipated. Again, compared to my last Pirellie Diablos, they are performing much better though.