New Michelin Pilot Activ tires...reviews?

[stefan]

Anybody that are using the new Michelin Pilot Activ tires for the K1200LT? According to my dealer they are the replacement for the "old" Macadam 50 tires.

I am about to put on new tires next week and would appreciate reviews, if available.

Best regards,

Stefan

[Dick]

Anybody that are using the new Michelin Pilot Activ tires for the K1200LT? According to my dealer they are the replacement for the "old" Macadam 50 tires.

I am about to put on new tires next week and would appreciate reviews, if available.

Best regards,

Stefan
Stefan - I looked at the Michelin website and they don't list the BMW K1200LT under any tire model. At least, under the USA section. I didn't look at worldwide pages, tho. You might check those pages. HTH.

[dshealey]

Anybody that are using the new Michelin Pilot Activ tires for the K1200LT? According to my dealer they are the replacement for the "old" Macadam 50 tires.

I am about to put on new tires next week and would appreciate reviews, if available.

Best regards,

Stefan

Nice to know Michelin has something else to try. Their previous offerings for the LT have not been very good, or at least not well reviewed by the very few LT riders who have ever tried them.

Well Stefan, everyone is waiting for your report! You get to be first. :D

[dshealey]

Anybody that are using the new Michelin Pilot Activ tires for the K1200LT? According to my dealer they are the replacement for the "old" Macadam 50 tires.

I am about to put on new tires next week and would appreciate reviews, if available.

Best regards,

Stefan

I just checked 5 websites, including the Michelin one, and only the front rated for the LT is available: 120/70-17 58V.

No rear!

They are not radials either, Michelin says they are "Cross ply", which I take to mean "bias".

[Dick]

I just checked 5 websites, including the Michelin one, and only the front rated for the LT is available: 120/70-17 58V.

No rear!

They are not radials either, Michelin says they are "Cross ply", which I take to mean "bias".
David - I checked their Sweden pages and they still list the Macadam 50s for the front and rear tires of the LT. They do have a Michelin pair for the Goldwing 1500s, butt I guess those were rated for a lesser weight, and different tire construction than required on LTs.

[stefan]

For some reason "their" website does not have the information the dealer gave me. And, it is not a radial, neither was the Macadam 50.

I did send an e-mail to Michelin tonight, just to have them confirm to me directly that this tire is a capable replacement and able to "hold the Weight".

There should be a rear tire available, but I am only replacing the front for now anyway, so it is fine with me. According to Michelin, the major difference in this new tire vs. the Macadam is the contained grip as the tire wears.

The price for the front tire out the door, mounted and balance, here in Sweden is $150.00.

It'll be on next Wednesday and if the darn snow and ice could hurry up and melt, I'll post a report if nobody beats me to it. I really miss San Diego, Dave!! We had -9°C this morning.

Stefan

[Malki]

My personal experience with Michelin Macadam 50's and 90's is that they are extremely hard wearing but suffer very poor wet weather performance.
They ruined a 6 country tour I was doing of Europe due to their poor grip in less than ideal conditions - scary in fact - I binned them for BT 020's as soon as I got home. Not on my LT but a CBR1000F I had at the time.

[bassj]

I just put one on the front of my Trike as they come well reccomended for that with long wear potential and a bias is the best for a trike. I loved the Avons prior to Triking.

[stefan]

Just a short update on the Michelin front tire I put on earlier this year; so far.....it is the best tire I have mounted on the front.

Previous tires are BT020 and ME880's.

Really smooth, good grip and seems to wear fine.

Stefan

[dshealey]

David - I checked their Sweden pages and they still list the Macadam 50s for the front and rear tires of the LT. They do have a Michelin pair for the Goldwing 1500s, butt I guess those were rated for a lesser weight, and different tire construction than required on LTs.

Yeah Dick, I knew about the Macadams, but the question was specifically about the Pilot Activs. We have never heard anything good about the Macadams.

I think the Pilot Sport front size is also load rated for the LT. That is what we run into all the time on tires from different manufacturers. Fronts that will fit and be correctly load rated, but no matching rears.