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JosepM:
Hello friends,

my PR4T have 9500 km,  and I have been thinking about my feelings about them and the various Anakee 2 I've been wearing these past few years.

I am not going to repeat here what's been said about how they handle in various situations, but focus on a couple of details about these two Michelins, rear kind. Details that I remember being more or less pointed out by others:

-I would say that they need higher pressures than other tyres, and certainly higher than recommended by Honda. Under 2.8 I feel them sort of deflated.
-I think they are very sensitive to being cold. After a few (not really many) km, they provide more confidence and seem to have achieved the right shape, and not let the rim "move sideways in corners".
-When new, they tend to "make the bike fall", that is, the bike leans very quickly as you think about it. When they are rather worn, you can get good grip and confidence in corners, but you have to "push the bike" (well, just like any other tyre, but to a higher extent).

I would like to read someone else's experiences with these. Specially if something of the above is just a figment of my imagination.  ;D

Greetings,

Josep

Blacksmith:
Hi Josep,

Although not on a Vara, I tried the new Anakee 3 on my Tenere before leaving for Maroc.
Result: a totally shaking bike at front and end!
Only solution: putting again the Continental trail attack 2 on the rims and problem solved.
I wanted to try the new TKC 70's but they are not available yet in the Netherlands
At my dealer this was already the second set of Michelin tyres which where not oke.
grtz,

Two Plugs:
I have been using Michelin's before making the swap to the Conti Trail Attack (currently my 2nd TA2 on the rear, managed to sqeeuze 16.000 km out of it!) and it is well known that Michelin's need quit a bit more airpressure than according to the book. I always used 2,4 front / 2,7 rear on both the T66X (looooong time ago!) and on the Anakee.

So... underlined your experiences.

But: I'm not going to return to Michelin since I fell deeply in love with the qualities of Continental!

varaquiero:
I have used Anakee3 on my Transalp and found them superb in all conditions.  At the moment have Metzeler Tourance on my Vara with little complaint but am thinking of PR4's next if anyone can offer an opinion i would be grateful.

SilverD:
I'll just repeat what others have said.. I really really like my PR4s. In all measurements I find them better than the previous Anakee IIIs.

I have always run with max air pressure front and rear.

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