Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 21, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 21, 2017 Has anyone tried these tires out on their VFR1200? If so, thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimd Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 They're my next choice of tyre as recommended by k5dave on the bikers oracle forum. I had roadsmart V1 on my blackbird and I loved them.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC36Rider Posted February 21, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mine's a 800 but I'm quite happy with them. Excellent sport touring tyre IMO. Good feeling in all weather conditions and pleasantly light steering without any twitchiness. No idea how durable they are, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 22, 2017 I went ahead and ordered these. I'll report back in 10k miles on how they worked out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lshark Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 On 2/22/2017 at 0:15 AM, swimmer said: I went ahead and ordered these. I'll report back in 10k miles on how they worked out for me. what tires do you have on it now ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 24, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 24, 2017 17 hours ago, lshark said: what tires do you have on it now ?? PR4. Second set. The RS3 are arriving today. May have them mounted tomorrow or I might milk the current tires a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artpongs Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, swimmer said: PR4. Second set. The RS3 are arriving today. May have them mounted tomorrow or I might milk the current tires a little longer. I'm also on a 800 with PR4 first set how do you like the PR4? I just scrubbed mine in few hundred miles now. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 24, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 24, 2017 11 minutes ago, artpongs said: I'm also on a 800 with PR4 first set how do you like the PR4? I just scrubbed mine in few hundred miles now. Art I'm on a 1200. The PR4 is a really good tire. Just hoping for better front wear characteristics from a newer tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I have PR4s on my 1200 that I think are great, but looking to your impressions of the RS3. How many miles do you have on the PR4s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenk Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 7 hours ago, swimmer said: I'm on a 1200. The PR4 is a really good tire. Just hoping for better front wear characteristics from a newer tire. I ride the 1200 almost exclusively 2 up so I put PR4 GTs on. Same great performance characteristics with a stiffer sidewall. I've got about 7K on the pair and the front is less than half worn where the PR4 I originally had was showing cords on the front at 4K... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 25, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 25, 2017 The RS3 tires showed up today. They look super tasty. Just looking at the tires compared to the PR4 its hard not to assume they have better cornering grip. The rear tire has what seems to be a very deep center section tread depth also. Front tire looks similar to what I remember as the tread depth on the PR4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimVFR Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I've had RS3's on my 800 and really pleased with them, went through Alps last year, over several passes, and they were fine, and also through some torrential rain, they were excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 007 Posted March 12, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 12, 2017 Per this review, the wear characteristics are spot on: http://www.motorcycle.com/products/dunlop-roadsmart-iii-performance-touring-tire-review If Dunlop throws out a rebate, I might give them a shot. I usually like running the same tires so I don't have to change them at the same time or have to mix and match. Overall, new tires in recent years are considerably better in all areas, so it is hard to pick a tire and stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted March 13, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 13, 2017 FWIW, I put my RS3 on yesterday. Not really worth comparing a set of tires with 15k miles on them to a new set but the bike is a lot smoother on the highway. I always thought the balance job on the last front tire was not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 At 15K are your PR4s worn out? Plz keep up updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted March 17, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/13/2017 at 1:21 PM, andy said: At 15K are your PR4s worn out? Plz keep up updated. If I really want to wear them to the minimum I probably could have gotten another 1k miles out of them but wanted to get the new tires put on in case I needed/decided to head out for a trip before the weather turns bad for the rest of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 6 hours ago, swimmer said: If I really want to wear them to the minimum I probably could have gotten another 1k miles out of them but wanted to get the new tires put on in case I needed/decided to head out for a trip before the weather turns bad for the rest of the summer. Thanks. My PR4s have been on for 5K miles and look new. Judging by your mileage, I may be able to get 20Kmiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lshark Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 i've never gotten more than 8000 miles out of a set of PR3/4s and i've run 6 or 7 sets of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lshark Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 my OEM Bridgestones lasted 5000 miles and were slicks at that point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider43 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Swimmer how's the RS3's now? Looking at them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted March 26, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 3/22/2017 at 8:26 PM, slider43 said: Swimmer how's the RS3's now? Looking at them as well. So far I am liking them better than the PR4 but it's admittedly hard to remember what the PR4 felt like new and comparing a new tire to one that had 15k miles on it is not fair. The rear tire feels pretty similar but the front feels a little bit more confidence inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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