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Last year I decided to try a Pilot Road PR4 GT rear and PR3 front combo. Here's the followup report.
I'd had the PR4 GT rear and PR4 front and the PR4 front cupped quite badly and I tossed that set long before they were worn out. That's when I decided to try the PR3 front which I'd used a couple times already. You can read all about Pilot Roads in other posts. For me, they handle great (/55 rear), stick just fine and work great in the wet. That's important where I live and ride a lot. We also don't get the scorching temps that seem to wear these tires prematurely. I didn't notice the harshness some have reported with the GT tire only on the rear. I changed them out yesterday with 13.2k miles on them. See below for the wear patterns.
The PR3 front was done, actually past done. Not only were the wear bars gone but so was the tread they were cast into. Out of habit I kept an eye on the rear thinking it would be the first to go and finally had to admit the front was too far gone. I should have taken a picture of the tire inflated because the front tire profile was much rounder than you see it in the pic. Deflated, it really triangulated and shows the uneven wear between the harder center and softer edges. It still handled pretty well. As a matter of fact I like this combo. I've always run my tires to the bitter end and that last couple thousand miles the handling always sucks, I think mostly because of the flatted rear. With this pair the handling was still pretty good right up until the end of the front.
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As I went out to get new tires a couple months ago there wasn't a single PR4/PR4 GT to be found in the 190/55 configuration. Not sure why. Anyway, I did find a PR5 in the right size so I picked that up. It's totally redesigned from the PR4 as far as tread pattern goes. I've included a pic of that as well. Now I'm set for a while. I'll probably report in again in ~13k miles.
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I'd had the PR4 GT rear and PR4 front and the PR4 front cupped quite badly and I tossed that set long before they were worn out. That's when I decided to try the PR3 front which I'd used a couple times already. You can read all about Pilot Roads in other posts. For me, they handle great (/55 rear), stick just fine and work great in the wet. That's important where I live and ride a lot. We also don't get the scorching temps that seem to wear these tires prematurely. I didn't notice the harshness some have reported with the GT tire only on the rear. I changed them out yesterday with 13.2k miles on them. See below for the wear patterns.
The PR3 front was done, actually past done. Not only were the wear bars gone but so was the tread they were cast into. Out of habit I kept an eye on the rear thinking it would be the first to go and finally had to admit the front was too far gone. I should have taken a picture of the tire inflated because the front tire profile was much rounder than you see it in the pic. Deflated, it really triangulated and shows the uneven wear between the harder center and softer edges. It still handled pretty well. As a matter of fact I like this combo. I've always run my tires to the bitter end and that last couple thousand miles the handling always sucks, I think mostly because of the flatted rear. With this pair the handling was still pretty good right up until the end of the front.
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As I went out to get new tires a couple months ago there wasn't a single PR4/PR4 GT to be found in the 190/55 configuration. Not sure why. Anyway, I did find a PR5 in the right size so I picked that up. It's totally redesigned from the PR4 as far as tread pattern goes. I've included a pic of that as well. Now I'm set for a while. I'll probably report in again in ~13k miles.
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