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Well seeming it was a sunny day yesterday i took the opportunity to take them out for a spin on dry roads for the first time. They were scrubbed in on damp roads so never really pushed them.All i can say is the nine has never seemed so settled and they are very confidence inspiring.After doing my normal run through the twisties i played chasey with a few different bikes on different roads and none of them got away in fact they were seriously holding me up.This could also be the benifets of track days every month for the last 12 months,or 2 weeks of the bike whilst away and itching at the bit or tyres,plus local road knowledge or combination of all 4.
Goota lurve the 9 with M5s on her I reckon these tyres are dangerous too much confidence inspireing

Any thoughts on durability Mal? Looking to replace the PilotRoads soon. Assuming yours are a little less touring than mine

Time will tell but they are supposed to be as long or longer lasting than the M3s,there are a few guys on here already useing them not sure for how long.Google the tyres in the meantime. Phil reckons he got 7500 and that on a zrx1200 i have heard he likes to fang a little as well

I have the M5's on my ZRX. Had the M3's before but they were retired due to cuts from raod debreis. Had about 5000k's on them at the time.

About 6000k's on the M5's so far + 1 track day. About 50% worn on the sides, 75% on the centre due to commuting. They are a great tyre and seem to be wearing very well.

I had a run through the park on the Zed this morning with new M5's in the wet - wow. Not one single moment at all, felt very sure footed and that is with the sharper steering from the 190/55 rear tyre instead on the standard 190/50. I am very happy.

And yes, Mal is correct, I did get 7500 out of the first set of M5's on the ZRX, that's 2000 more than I got with M3's and better wet grip.

How much did you pay for them?

z900/zx9 wrote:All i can say is the nine has never seemed so settled and they are very confidence inspiring.

same with my ZRX & i've only got the front one on...but it's like a scalpel!... viewtopic.php?f=32&t=35498

Nelso wrote:How much did you pay for them?

M5s $311 usd plus freight with a set of 003s for the track bike it was about 600 delivered ,less a 50 credit from the last order so $550 for both.Rockymouintain atv

RockymountainATV wont send them over here any more.

$450 a set M5, $470 K2 delivered Australia wide from Qld last time I asked.

Nelso wrote:RockymountainATV wont send them over here any more.

I was going to order 2 sets of tyres from them in the next couple of weeks, I better contact them first

Nelso wrote:RockymountainATV wont send them over here any more.

I have ordered 4 sets over the past 9 months and still have some credit in my account,so i have sent them an e-mail to confirm if this is the case.I hope this is not the case and if it is and i can get one more order i will be stocking up.

$290 a set...no idea if they ship to OZ...http://www.petes-superbike.com/english/

I recieved and answer from rockymouintain and they can ship all tyres to australia except metzler and perielli

Shine off this abit atm with the Au $ about parity.