Very good grip, especially on the dry and good handling, but the back tyre wears quickly. 5000 miles and your almost on the mark..

180/55 zr17 power 5 on a Triumph Speed Tripple 1050. Great all around tire. Wet or dry. Tips in to the corners with confidence. change line mid corner no problem. Starting to square of at 6,500-ish miles. They warm up fast. One of the best tires (in my opinion) for mileage to grip ratio. Sudden downpour ,standing water is no problem. Not a track day tire and thats ok. If you are a typical Sport bike rider with average or better than average riding skill these tires wont let you down. I am replacing my rear tire next week. Frontm still looks great. Expecting a 2 to 1 tire ratio.

Error in the first review. The handling is excelent

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I've only use it in the summer (all dry and hot), rear tire only . Sub 4000km till it reach the twi on the side. 10/10 tire till it reach 80% wear, then the tire feel a bit indecisive, with decent lost of performance coming out of corners.
Tracer 9 2016 (33psi front cold, 36 psi rear cold)

Brilliant tyres.i ride 2018 fireblade. Dry n wet riding no problems, bike goes n stays were you want it to. Ride it hard at times. Just starting to flatten of after 8k miles so still mileage left in them. Will definitely use them again. K Hodgson.

I’ve installed this tyre on two of my bikes with strong engine braking, the front tyre feels sketchy and most of my mate at least on one occasion said that they almost lost the front tyre, the rear tyre squares off after 2.5k kms and has almost no grip on the middle strip. I’ll never buy this tyre again and give Michelin thumb down on this failure. I have the Power GP on one of my bikes and I take my hat for it, I hope Michelin have improved the Power 6 tyre otherwise I’ll be only using Power GP for now.

Tyre felt really good with plenty grip even before full scrub in. Warms up really quickly and feels good even with low road temperatures. In comparison my super corsa's always felt like they lost temperature and grip very easy in colder weather. Had no nervous moments in the dry and only one in the wet being a little too enthusiastic will the throttle. Managed to get 6500miles out of the back before squaring off, whilst the front looks good for another 6k. Have purchased again for the new season.

Tyre felt really good with plenty grip even before full scrub in. Warms up really quickly and feels good even with low road temperatures. In comparison my super corsa's always felt like they lost temperature and grip very easy in colder weather. Had no nervous moments in the dry and only one in the wet being a little too enthusiastic will the throttle. Managed to get 6500miles out of the back before squaring off, whilst the front looks good for another 6k. Have purchased again for the new season.

On normal roads, pretty good all rounder. Dry grip is good. Impressive in the wet grip. Couldn’t break traction no matter how hard I accelerate or braked. On track, was rather dissatisfied with the dry performance at max lean angle. It doesn’t hold the line well when at max lean angle hence, it didn’t instill confidence in me to hit the corner hard. Will probably try Rosso 4 next or I’ll go back to S22. Tyre wear is rather dissapponying as well. The rear tyre middle section is worn down to the markers with 50% left on the sides. And I’m a guy who hit the twisties a lot. Front tyre is left with 50% as well.

Used these on my ktm duke 790 and instantly knew these were my new favourite tyres. Quick warm up and brilliant feel. Compound felt spot on and even road hard in the rain still in sports mode and the traction light never lit up. Real world excellence

Power 5 is an Ok tire, At 2500 miles it is starting to show some squaring off, tread depth is 2mm rear, 3mm front. I think the S22 out performs this tire, the S22 is also less expensive. If I was going to spend this level of money again it would probably buy the M9RR.

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I think that it is a very good option in the street sport tyres range. In comparison with Bridgestone s22, Michelin Power 5 is more agile in all inclinations, and that, in the limit, I think that suposes less confidence. But only in terms of feeling, because, at the moment, i haven't had any bad surprise. The braking phase is very good, with a lot of feeling, also entering at the corner braking hard. Is great with typical surprising mounts of sand or gravel on the road, the tyre can eat this gravel with any problem thanks to this deep furrows, that was a great surprise for me, because with s22, a dirty road = small sleep. At the moment I only have the objection that at maximum inclination, is less stable than Bridgestone s22. I hope more duration of Michelin (1000 km more than s22 and I will be happy). If not, I Will come back to s22