Michelin Tyre Problem ?

[Bear]

Hi all,
Rang a local tyre supplier today as my Pilot Roads need replacing & was told that they refuse to fit Michelins anymore as they are manufactured in Thailand and have been found to be de-laminating/unsafe. Anyone heard similar reports ?
Thanks,
Mick.

[ttc]

if your local tyre supplier is named Mick and he lives out west, I'd not be believing it.

[shinnynoggon]

don't know about that ,,,,,just bought a set for the 12r made in cannada,,,,,,but the R2's and pilots aren't made any more,,,,being taken over by the new pilot pure

[Bear]

No it wasn't Mick - on the gold coast & i'm talking Road 2's. Are you saying they dont make the road 2's anymore ? must be old stock then.

[oldmate]

Sounds to me like a load of shite they just want to sell the tyres that return the most profit so fuck em

[sunshine]

thats sounds about right ...
not enough margin beter start pushing the pirellies or whatever

mick

[tim]

Sounds like rubbish

[Kev]

Yeah I've seen it happen to a rear pilot race just a couple of months back at the BSFOS and fortunately the guy realised before it was too late. Not sure on the date or place of manufacture though.

[GPZ_Jim]

There's prolly more stuff made in thailand than what ppl might think Surely if there was a quality issue Michelin would be on top of it to avoid any bad rep??

[Bear]

There's prolly more stuff made in thailand than what ppl might think Surely if there was a quality issue Michelin would be on top of it to avoid any bad rep??

Makes sense to me - thanks for the replies all - went with the michelin.

[hoffy]

why'd you do that? they are shite!

[z900/zx9]

Dunlop roadsmarts made in france

[Gosling1]

......There's prolly more stuff made in thailand than what ppl might think ....

YSS shock absorbers for starters - and they are very high quality. My rearsets were also made in Thailand, and are fine....exactly the same as Wet4U or Kaneg rearsets......

.....Dunlop roadsmarts made in france .....

brrrrrrr....once I made the mistake of using a Dunlop Qualifier that was made in France............never ever again. It was *beyond* shithouse !!!

[Smitty]

Hi all,
Rang a local tyre supplier today as my Pilot Roads need replacing & was told that they refuse to fit Michelins anymore as they are manufactured in Thailand and have been found to be de-laminating/unsafe. Anyone heard similar reports ?
Thanks,
Mick.

there was a recall on these about a year ago..big story in Europe but AFAIK none of these tyres got to Oz
plus
why refuse to fit them...if you have them