Hello everyone. Not sure if this was discussed many times before. I was wondering if anyone provide me with some guidance regarding tire pressures as I will be embarking on a lengthy ride in the near future Bike - 1260 GT Tires - Michelin Road 5 Raider height/weight - 1.85 cm/95 kg Location Spain - warm climate as a default No baggage weight nor a pillion. Of course there is a manufacturers default stated on the chassis and in the owners manual but I doubt that is the "go to for all shapes and sizes". I'm wondering if there is a chart or something similar (maybe a "home made calculator) or something that would help me determine the "optimal" tire pressure for my preset conditions. I understand that the best way would be to take the bike out on different pressure settings but as I dont want to re-invent the wheel, I'm reaching out maybe someone has already done it. Thanks in advance! Andrei
36/42 when riding without any luggage or pillion. Its my second set of Road 5, the first one I've changed after around 9.000 km. At the moment the I am starting to feel the back slip a bit. I can probably keep this set for 3-4.000 km and change it after. Spanish asphalt is really abrasive and since i moved from ireland i saw a degradation in the life span of my tires.
I have no experience of the Michelin but you seem to be getting high mileage the way you are running now. In my experience of Spanish tarmac, it tends to have a higher ambient day time temperature and if I were planning high mileage touring days, I’d drop 1 or 2 psi front and 2 or 3 psi rear. From a personal perspective, I buy tyres that have high grip at the expense of mileage so rarely see more than about 4000 miles (5000km) but that is my choice. Andy
Watch out for your valves hitting your callipers with those on your wheels. I have one on my Scrambler (the Michelin TPMS) and it's pretty good. I tried to add one on my Multistrada and the valve on the front wheel (angled) hit the calliper and the valve on the rear wheel was an issue too. Gave up.
Had the same to the point that the dealer broke the TPMS system and had to replace it. Thanks for the heads up.
I think that the winning combo would be a straight valve on the front and an angled valve pointing toward the open (RH) side of the wheel...
Can't recall precisely where I got the following: OEM tyre pressure: 36psiF, 42psiR Michelin recommend 34F, 38R solo 36F, 40R solo + luggage 36F, 42R two up + luggage I run Road5s and these Michelin recommend pressures are generally what I use.
How does that happen, surely the tyre has no effect on the distance between the valves and the calipers which is fixed by the size of the wheel?
Likely a caution when changing tyres as some places fit new valves at the same time. However, the std MTS valves aren't the all rubber stem type, not in my 1260 anyway. Metal bodied, angled valve on front and short normal style on rear. Wouldn't want those changed, maybe the cores occasionally. Recall from my VFR days that the rear had a short valve fitted and several tales of woe where long car valves had been fitted. A few miles down the road the rear caliper would finally shear of the battered top and rapid deflation would occur...
I have a 1260 Multi, of the top of my head the tyre pressures recommended in the User Manual are 2.5bar (36psi) front and rear, when Solo and no luggage.
