Jeffrey
Hillsboro, OR
Exceptional, Here is why.
This tire goes above and beyond what your bike can do, at least within sanity. The price is steep, but for its track like performance and compared to other places can easily be 2x the price. My local shop was $330.00 (rear) + Install. I researched for 3 months before I bought my first pair, and I now have went through 3 sets (over 30k and two bikes) and as long as they are in existence, I will use these tires. I rate these 10/10. The competition is wide, but hardly comparable. These are warm in about 2 minutes at 50 degrees f. Super sticky, hardly skid, in fact these tires alone have prevented me from becoming a stain on a bumper. The Diablo's are good, but I don’t think they corner as well as the Pilot's. The Diablo’s seem to wear a lot faster as well. I had the qualifiers on for a bit on my other bike and rode for 3k miles and then switched to the Pilots and wow, the difference, ride was smoother and seem to grip right out of the box. I generally get about 8k miles, and I ride hard. I do recommend riding gently for first 100 miles or so to wear off the slick compound they have for pulling out of the mold. I know choosing tires seems like a hard decision, this tire will NOT disappoint in any area. I ride HARD around town and occasional track. Never laid over and been without these tires. Even if you are a weekend rider you can get 15k easy out of them. Do yourself a favor, invest in the best, and get pilots.
TJ
Tacoma, WA
Amazing Tires
I put a set of these on my Kawasaki Z1000 and it's a whole new bike. The lean these tires allow is incredible. I feel much more confident going into corners. I haven't had to ride with them in wet weather yet, but I imagine they will be much better than my old set. I also can't speak to how long the tread life is. I would highly recommend these to anyone.
JEFF
MILFORD, MI
CONFIDENCE!
GREAT IN CORNERS AND OUT. TOO EARLY FOR TREAD LIFE RATING
AND HAVE YET TO GET THE URGE TO RIDE IN THE RAIN... NEXT TO
NO WARM UP TIME GREAT TIRE.
Mike H. aka smoke
atlanta, GA
pilot powers
I ride an 06 GSXR 1000, and I am very. Pleased with the tires. I'm on my 4th set. They stick well in curves and handles well on wet roads. I recommend these tires to anyone who rides a sportbike.
Mike H. aka smoke
atlanta, GA
pilot powers
I ride an 06 GSXR 1000, and I am very. Pleased with the tires. I'm on my 4th set. They stick well in curves and handles well on wet roads. I recommend these tires to anyone who rides a sportbike.
Tri
Santa Clara, CA
Great Tires!!!
Had these on for about a month now and I must say these tires are great. They warm up fast and stick like glue on the twisties. Highly recommend them.
Carl Southall
Irvine, CA
Michelin - Pilot Power Rear Tire
Very strong tire. I love the way it handles. Thanks again!
Christian
Las Vegas, NV
Pilot Power Rear Tire
The best price found!
John-Mark
Canton, MI
Awesome set of wheels
I've used Michelin Pilot Powers for my 04' Hayabusa and have had nothing but outstanding performance from them. Cornering is excellent considering the heaviness of the Busa and the tires heat up right away. I've had the same set of tires for the last two years and still have good tread on both front and rear. I recommend the Pilot Powers to any rider who pushes his/her motorcycle to the limit.
Steve
Sacramento, CA
A great tire...
I have a 06 Gixxer 750 and finished the stock set of tires off pretty quick. I then switch to the P.P. because I had heard and read good things about and them, and I love them. They have outstanding tread life, I ride in NorCal where the roads are crap, and so far I have gotten about 5,200 miles out of them and that’s with commuting everyday as well. I take them through the hills up here and while the traction isn’t the best, it’s better than the 014's. They also hold pretty well in the rain, I never worried too much about painted lines and oil too much, they hold a good wet line, overall an awesome tire!
FO5FO
Southfield, MI
the BEST....
Great turning corners, and you can feel it griping the road.
Greg armstrong
Hamilton, ON
Pilot Powers
Great sport oriented tire. Put them on for a trip in the Smokies and loved them. Very stable, great traction and turn in. Life span not the greatest but it’s a SPORT tire.
Grier Johnson
Houston, TX
Pilot Power Tires
I will say this is a great tire compared with my previous Dunlops. A great tire if you like straight line speed. It provides great traction but overall handling and feedback I would say stick with the Pirelli Diablo Corsa. It’s a much better tire for handling and will provide you with confident fun in the turns. I do like this tire for the looks and hard launches but when I go out to carve turns I would say Pirelli hands down.
randy meliota
rancho palos verdes, CA
michelin pilot power
I use these tires on 3 of my street bikes. Very predictable, take corners great, and wear very good for being a high performance tire.
eric
knoxville, TN
awesome tire
These are the best tires in the world. I’ve got an ’05 Gixxer 1000, the big dog of the liter class and with those pilots on I can really rail on the twisties.
john h
Milwaukee, WI
The Best
Lasts longer than dun-flops and hold better heat up better and stay sticky. This is what I use on my 04 RC51, I can get the front tire up before i'm out of the turn and i can drag my knee with this tire without any loss of confidence. I even drag raced at the end of it's life and it stuck to the track getting me a 11.66 1/4 mile @ 121.01 mph. I used to use dunlops and now i will never go back!
chris wilmot
union springs, NC
pilot powers
I have pilot powers on the front and back of my 04 r6 and they are the best tire I have ridden with. I have 10+ friends that have them too and they will not get any other tire... very goood buy......
Brett Seals
Foley, AL
pilot rear tire
Love this tire. The Dunlop I have always used in the past can not handle the low end torque of my Buell X1 but it made for some cool power slides out of turns. I tried to power slide the other day on the pilot and came out of the corner on one wheel. I thought that was cool because I have tried to do that before on the Dunlop and could not at that angle. This is the perfect tire for those who like to do wheel stands front and rear.
Leo
Miami, NY
Good grip
I use this tire for a SuperMoto where traction is a must. The tire heats up quick, maintains that heat and has great grip. The tire is the softest rubber out there, perfect for the track & anyone who is constantly leaning to the edge. I totally Recommend it... just buy two since they wont last too long if you ride like me!!!
CBR Racer
Milwaukee, CA
Pilot Power
Tires look awesome and grip very well. The stock Bridgestones on my CBR were very ugly looking and slipped quite often under hard acceleration. I think my new Power Pilots even saved me from crashing a few times because of their improved grip.
Aspire SVT
Homewood, NY
Pilot Powers on Ninja ZX-500R
Tires look great on the Ninja 500R. Way better than the Excedrins (excedras) that came stock. I just put them on myself, front tire balanced perfect with no weight and the rear took minimal, always recommend Michelins for everything, have yet to ride cause the bikes in its bubble but I’m sure they will be multiple times better in every respect.
phillip
sherwood, TN
tire review
I purchased Pilot power set for my bandit1200. Great grip and feel. I have less rear wheel spin because the tires really hook up.
Joel Clark
cocoa , ME
pilot powers
This tire really makes the R1 handle like it should!! One of the best tires that I have used on the R1. Far surpass the stock tires. Before it was hard to keep the back tire from breaki