Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: BJI Reviews By Joe Cerar Jr. 02/13/2007 00:00

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Core Design:
This symmetric design is an inverted Fe2 ionized core originally immortalized in the Thunder Road line. The RG is medium-high at 2.57 and has a .046 Diff rating on a 15# ball. We saw moderate lope through the front 30-35", and a thunderous move off friction. Track flare was 4" with 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 layouts.

Coverstock:The ocean blue cover material is called R2S pearl. It has a flex agent additive to increase surface contact, and react more aggressively in the heavier oils now being used. The surface is finished at 1500-grit polished. The scent is black currant.

Manufacturer's Intent:
Storm wanted to preserve similar motion characteristics of the original Thunder Road pearl. To achieve this, it needed to strengthen the coverstock to match up with today's higher viscosity oils. The match-up of the original core and new stronger cover is perfect.

Test Results:
Normally, I don't care for balls which exhibit too much skid/flip reaction (they can be hard to read and difficult to predict). That is not the case with the T-Road, which reads the breakpoint quickly and consistently. It performed extremely well on all test patterns from all angles. On the wet/dry, we could either move in and swing it and bring it, or play closer to the friction as long as we took some hand out of it and stayed firm. Sanding the surface to 1000-abralon added three boards of total hook and softened the response off friction. We saw no hook out or loss of energy on any pattern. The cover's strength supersedes that of the core, but the results are a perfect match on most light-medium to medium-heavy patterns.

When to Use:
Use on almost anything you want and strike at will. The conservative core (med-high RG and medium Diff) helped conserve energy and enhance hitting power, in our opinion. The T-Road is most definitely a quick-response ball, but it also is easy to read and does handle transition very professionally. On our 32" Sport shot, we had success playing 10 out to 3 as long as we stayed firm and were nice to it at the bottom. As soon as we got "on it," it responded too quickly and too aggressively for the line we were playing. Breaking the wrist back did allow us to close our angles some and control the breakpoint motion even more so. On our 39" Sport shot, we had our best results with 1000- and 2000-abralon finishes. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: bowlgod28 11/30/2007 17:54

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I just purchased the T-Road about a month ago thinking that it would, according to the Perfect Scale, hook less than my Black Widow. It has a way stronger move down lane and carries much better. The layout on the Storm is even weaker than the layout on the Hammer. I was debating between the Widow Pearl and the T-Road Pearl and I am pleased with my decision. The only complaint is that the cover seems to be more apt to nicks and scrapes. Otherwise, Storm has pleased me again. With the right condition a ball with a lower Perfect Scale rating will store up more energy on the back end. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: justinhxc610 10/23/2007 23:07

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I was bowling in a different house over the summer season and I was struggling with no back ends. My other balls we're burning up before the pins. I went out bought the Storm T-Road Pearl bowling ball and it really drives through the pocket. During normal league night I start off with this ball to go straight up 5-8 board and it works. By the end of the night it starts turning a little too early but I switch to a more aggressive bowling ball and shoot 15-8 and it works out perfect. No complaints with this bowling ball, it's a perfect fit for any body's arsenal. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: cyborg8259 04/05/2007 12:50

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
The Storm T-Road Pearl bowling ball works very well for me. I throw with quite a bit of speed straight up 5 board and this ball rips through the pocket. I've only used it the last three weeks in league and my average has gone up 2 points so far. Seems to fit my style very nicely! Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: photoboy2005 02/03/2007 17:54

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The Storm T-Road Pearl bowling ball sucks. I went every were I could on the lane, it hooks too much or after the 40 feet of oil is up it doesn't hook at all and rolls out. It's not worth the money you have to pay to get it drilled. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: coolromeo10 01/31/2007 11:45

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The Storm T-Road Pearl bowling ball is absolutely amazing. I do quite a lot of traveling to bowl and I have been having trouble on heavy oil so I bought a Paradigm Passion hoping it would fix it and it didn't, that ball works great in medium oil. Anyway, I ordered the T-Road Pearl and I got it drilled to have a high flare, and I used it on heavy oil last night and it was the best hooking ball that I have ever owned in heavy oil. If you like a ball with a lot of backend this is the ball. At my bowling center here it did wonders for me. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: Thundermouth 12/18/2006 08:21

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12/18/06 I used my 16 yr old sons Thunder Road Pearl bowling ball last night during our league play. He is close to 6 foot and 230, I'm 5'8" 175. I normally use an old (1986) Ebonite Gyro I, which my high game with that old ball is 289, and carried an average of 205 earlier this winter season. I also use my newer Zone. I get good back end break with these two balls. Occasionally I use a Maxim, that I get ALOT of snap on the back end (which amazes the bowling center owner for that ball to react the way it does) but have a hard time finding the pocket. This ThunderRoad also has A LOT of backend snap and seemed to naturally zero in on the pocket and it just destoyed the rack. Keep in mind my sons ball is drilled for him, the span is longer and the thumb hole feels like its an 1/8th inch bigger, but even with the ball drilling being bigger than my hand, this ball worked great. In my 2nd game using MY Zone I had a score of 98 in the 7th, I switched back to his Thunder Road and struck out ending with a 188. I'm 43 yrs old and the question to my wife was "Mama, can I keep her?" I WANT ONE!!!!! Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: K. Endo 06/01/2009 17:50

My friend bought that T-Road pearl and he is fast cranker, and i am a tweener at medium speed. I did not have bowling balls today so i used his T-Road pearl and i loved it. It carried through the fresh oil perfectly. The ball is drilled for stronger back-end, and man did it break once it got passed the oil. The ball kept all the momentum through the heavy oil into the pins. I shot a 658 three-game series. I would totally recommend this ball to anyone who wants clean ball motion through heavy oil, and strong back-end. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No

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Storm T-Road Pearl Reviewed by: ASJacobs83 03/13/2009 01:46