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11-14-2007, 10:17 AM

f3racer

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michelin pilot powers

have any of you used the michelin pilot power tires? my father went to jennings monday with just scrubbing in new pilot powers. while he was there he was told by several people that after a day of hard riding that they would get greasy. dad took that into concideration. he went about 3 decent paced laps, then bam the front just slid out from under him in a fairly slow corner. no warning no nothing. hes in good shape. his rc51 is beat up a little but all in all not too bad. the first pic was taken literally a half second before he washed out.

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11-14-2007, 10:28 AM

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RE: michelin pilot powers

I've used up a bunch of them and have a relatively new set on the CBR. I wil change them to BT002s before the CMP trackday next weekend.

I have used them on the track all day and never lost either end.

The BT 002's are gaining a lot of respect.

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11-14-2007, 10:59 AM

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i think there was either something on the road or the weren't scrubbed in well...
Diablo Corsas FTW!

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11-14-2007, 11:15 AM

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well it is possible, but if i know my dad he put 75-100 miles on the tires before he put the bike on the track. i wasnt there though. the first pic of the tires before th crash, and then theres a pic of the tires after the crash.

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11-14-2007, 11:54 AM

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RE: michelin pilot powers

I haven't gone to the track (yet), but I love mine for regular canyon carving and so forth. Glad your Dad is okay!

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11-14-2007, 12:06 PM

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I haven't gone to the track (yet), but I love mine for regular canyon carving and so forth. Glad your Dad is okay!

+1
Im running the powers now and absolutely love them, I've never once felt like the tires wanted to slide and ive scraped the pegs more times then i care to have

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11-14-2007, 12:33 PM

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i think there was either something on the road or the weren't scrubbed in well...
Diablo Corsas FTW!

+1 ino P.P. go bad with lil to no warning, but thats after a lot of riding on it... but im talkin about a lot of laps on it.

+1 about the corsas, i will never put another tire on there other than the corsa series. i have 3's on there now, the front i got for free and the rear for only 130!!! i was doing 8 lap stinits, i could feel them getting a lil greasy so i didnt go more than 8 ( it was 103 degrees outside too, so im sure that had something to do with it).

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