RW,
Good to know, thank you for the update. Too late however, not you are too late, rather, I already bought and mounted them. Been on the bike for a week now. It would be nice if Team Michelin were more openly specific on their website vs. having to speak with someone. Are you hearing me Michelin? At any rate, I like them and will keep them on unless Michelin announces that they cause inadvertent contact with the ground, like the 737 MAX is reputed to do.
At any rate their specs are identical in as many ways as a consumer is able to determine to the Road4 GTs
They are working well to date, again I am light 150 lbs., and don't do any two up touring or even two up riding. Have not tried to see what the limits of their leaning stickiness are and doubt that I will anyway and they are good enough for me and my capabilities. I can say that they are stable at 140+. They feel the same as the Road4 GTs I just pulled off which by the way lasted for 12K miles. I count this as excellent mileage wear. I had maybe another 1-2K tread left but picked up a sliver of metal on the front. I plugged it temporarily until I could mount the new Road 5s. I ended up putting in three plugs because they kept weakening and losing air...
This AM I noted that that the Road 5s traction is outstanding. I pulled over to see about a Harley rider on the roadside; turns out he was having a nicotine break. What is it with HOG Riders and smoking? When I pulled back on to the roadway at about 2/3 thirds throttle in 1st, the front wheel departed the pavement, not much, about 4 inches, and when I eased off it returned to pavement with no concerns at all, like it was normal. I love my Connie!
Finally, I live in the Seattle area which, according to the rumors that everyone NOT from here says, "it always rains"...lol
Safe Travels!
Gilbysan