I've got Pilot Road 1, PR2 are an upgrade so I'd assume they are pretty good. Compared to the supermaxx things that were on my bike the PR are great soon as they were on there the bike felt like it went through corners a lot easier. Wear is good too put them on around June or July and must have racked up a fair few thousand miles since then, they barely look used.
You may want to look in to the thing about bigger tyres on the rim. I read somewhere that in some cases this can actually reduce your contact patch due to the shape the tyre will get forced in to.
