First Look: Michelin StarCross 6 Tires

Michelin Motorcycle invited us out to Perris Raceway today to have our first ride on their all-new line of StarCross 6 tires. We speak with Randy Richardson to dig into the details behind Michelin's latest tire. Check it out!
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[@Boyesen]

Knowing about the modulus of elasticity and overall reactivity characteristics of Carbon Black versus Silica, this new line of tires should produce a ride characteristic that offers exceptional feel of the terrain. We are excited to test them. Starcross 6 - New is Good!

[@santaclaracycle]

Looks great! We look forward to having them soon!

[@brentyancich]

Nice updates to Perris 👏 and cool to see ML enjoying a bike again

[@lukefish7562]

Nice! I love my Starcross 5s. I will be getting some. Thanks

[@Yz376]

I love the starcross 5 soft/inter front tire!

[@roosthrower]

Thanks for review , heard Andy on pulp mx talking about the starcross 6, if it's anything like a Mitas CO2 stone king I will buy one they are the best tyre in the world from my 35 yrs riding for hard dirt rock.

[@sludge86]

Lot if excitement over a tire. Yay, a new tire

[@OGLD]

Sweet! Huge fan of the Starcross line. The intermediate tire is fantastic. I’d take them over Dunlop anyway because they last so much longer

[@rifalagus817]

Damn, nice bike.. 👍🏼💪🔥

[@JonDoe-cj6by]

I'm confused. I live in so cal do I need to have two sets of tires for practice day...mid soft morning then mid hard late morning?

[@eaglemx45]

Uncle Randy can ride!!! 🤟

[@ljm8673]

I tried the Starcross 5 soft front and at first I liked it but as the broke in I found the sidewalls too flexy, even thought the tire was flat on occasion, and would have to increase the pressure 1-2psi. If not for ultra HD tubes I'm sure I would have had plenty of pinch flats. I like the mx33 a lot better. Do you know if they stiffened the sidewalls at all?

[@tcmx712]

try the starcross medium instead of the soft as that's the direct competitor to the mx33. I run the soft offroad and it's the best performing tyre I've ever used but gets destroyed on hardpack or rock

[@mxfreaks]

will they still make the 5? wonder what the weight difference is?

[@NinoScale]

Hey Michael, any weights available? The Starcross 5 tires were extremely lightweight...i'm curious if this transferred over to the new Starcross 6 as well!

[@vitalmx]

They didn’t have weights available on hand. Sounds like Ike they may have gone up ever so slightly on weight from the 5s.

[@christianquintero6176]

@@vitalmx do you have a scale? unsprung weight and rotational mass

[@savvassavva5459]

Heloo whatbis the right psi for soft tires 6 ??

[@SreidMX]

It would be nice to know their take on using tubliss for us guys who ride off-road and track.

[@MXJEFF94]

💯

[@vitalmx]

They didn’t test this tire with tubliss.

[@SreidMX]

@@vitalmx sounds like it’s up to you guys to test it then right?

[@MXJEFF94]

@@vitalmx that’s the point of his post. Maybe you guys can test it or follow up With Michelin for off-road testing. That’s all. I’m sure it’ll be fine like any other tire.

[@tcmx712]

Of course this pops up a day after I put on brand new starcross 5's haha

[@keithwilson8235]

Sold!

[@Runk3lsmcdougal]

Man I hope they mount the same as SC5s because if the carcass is just as hard as a Dunlop, Ill just use a Dunlop

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

Don't sleep on the TUSK tires I put some of them through absolute hell for about 10 hours with moose inserts to bash through everything and theyre still looking new! $100 bucks for front and rear!

[@cyrilletamayo8459]

✊

[@jimmysmyth7510]

weight please? unsprung weight and rotational mass. It matters

[@christianquintero6176]

this

[@christianquintero6176]

battle cross, stracross and hoosiers, please do a tire shootout and weigh all the tires

[@jimmysmyth7510]

yes

[@jonathondavis170]

Hoosier is the lightest.

[@gilvietor1918]

O.O chunking might not happen? Shwing!

[@suppercrossboy]

I had a starcross 5 and i hated it it chunked so quick

[@commiekiller6974]

What conditions did you ride in? I had starcross 5 and it gave me amazing traction in wet slick conditions even when it was pretty nald

[@suppercrossboy]

@@commiekiller6974 mid soft usually in deep/loam condition

[@tcmx712]

what kind??? soft, medium or hard. Won't lie the soft chunks out quick on anything hard but it's the best performing tyre I've ever used for soft conditions

[@commiekiller6974]

@@suppercrossboy i really dont get why yours chunked mine didnt

[@suppercrossboy]

I wish i could post a photo the side knobbies where half missing on the rear, front tire was fine

[@tylersvensson4468]

They seem a lot better then starcross 5, personally I hated the starcross 5 because it felt like the rear was constantly loosing grip and sliding out and the front didn’t bite at all, I tried all different tyre pressures on different tracks and nothing worked especially in winter where it’s knee deep in ruts in the uk. But Michelin I would say is the biggest in the uk. For me Dunlop mx33f and a mx33 or mx12 was the ticket in any condition at any pressure and I felt so much faster because I wasn’t worrying about grip, which for me personally is very important as I’m super comfortable. Maybe I’ll give the star cross 6 a try this year mid/soft but I’m pretty sure I’m going to stick with the Dunlop unless they impress me.

[@sekacity3425]

Loosing grip lol

[@stevemccurley1707]

The 5's were over rated..Not Impressed-Sting me again and Never Again