D253 SUPERMOTO - Grip quick warm-up performance and sustainability of the balance SUPAMOTADO only compound adopted.Track temperature changes large and Tarmac Dirt repeated in a stable grip and the control and tight cornering response.FS-JLB rear of the structure can be adopted to ensure high-speed stabilility.
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT HUSQVARNA SM 450R / SM 510 R / SM 610 S
120/70 R17 58H D 253
150/60 R17 66H D 253
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 24, 2008) – AMA Pro Racing today announced that Dunlop has been chosen as the sole tire supplier of AMA Road Racing.
Use of Dunlop tires will be required in all of the series’ road racing classes, including American Superbike, Daytona SportBike, SunTrust MOTO-GT and SuperSport, beginning in 2009.
Dunlop has appointed Sharon Antonaros sales and marketing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa for its Motorcycle Business Unit. He is based in the Goodyear Dunlop regional head office in Brussels and reports to Sanjay Khanna, managing director of the Dunlop Motorcycle Business Unit.
Bridgestone’s new Battlax BT-028 radials will be the only original fitment on the new Yamaha VMAX when the power cruiser hits the street in 2009.
The machine will be riding on 120/70 R18 (59V) on the front and 200/50 R18 (76V) on the rear.
The front tyre features a multi-cross belt construction with a compound chosen for light handling and longer wear life for touring sport. Optimisation of the pattern, compound and construction gives the front tyre a light and neutral handling character, making it easier to control big and powerful bikes.
New Metzeler Racetec - With InteractTM Technology
Advances in evolution are something you can’t stop, above all in the motorcycle racing world. Tyres must lead the process of evolution in order to match the increasingly sharp precision and demanding behaviour of the latest racing bikes. Metzeler’s answer is based on technology: the new Racetec adopts INTERACT TM technology, the latest evolution of the patented 0° steel belt. The main target of this new development was the desire to make one step forward in the PURE LAPTIME project, designing what we call the new PURE RACETIME project: regardless the skill of the rider, the aim is to shave seconds not only off his best lap times but also the overall race times, thanks to a very constant performance all the way to the end. The New Racetec design is tremendously effective, and it’s cool to look at. It is characterized by the concept of controlling the distribution of land/sea ratio from the crown to the shoulder, following an optimized tread distribution (patent pending). It makes the ride more linear at every lean angle, reducing the tread’s influence on the tyre’s behaviour on track and reducing any overheating effects, to ensure maximum duration of full-on performance.
Savatech will launch a new Enduro Competition tyre with a brand name
The first soft compound
Sava. The new »ENDURORIDER PRO COMP MC33« will be produced in two differenet compounds: soft and hard. There will be one front and two rear dimensions. Those particular riders who use their motorcycles for more aggressive riding in different conditions and on different surfaces will love to try the new MC33.(ES1) is recommended for riding on soft surface, mud, grass, forest and soft soil. The second hard compound (EH1) is recommended for riding on hard surface, gravel, macadam and rocks.
The tyre is produced according to F.I.M. Regulation.
Bridgestone introduce the newly developed Bridgestone-brand M203/M204 soft terrain and M603/M604 hard terrain tires. These tires will replace the current successful M201/M202 soft terrain and M601/M602 hard terrain tires in the marketplace.
Prototype versions of these new tires were developed and tested by top AMA factory teams in Supercross, Motocross and off-road racing, capturing a dominant majority of race wins and championships. With this data, and building on the proven performance of the combination, Bridgestone tire engineers have fine-tuned casing constructions and tread design patterns to increase durability, widen the range of soil applications and increase cornering performance on the new M203/M204 soft terrain and M603/M604 hard terrain tires.
Thanks to its winning experience in off-road with the Scorpion products since 1980 and its knowhow on road tyres, Pirelli is re-entering the enduro street segment with the new SCORPION TRAIL. To obtain a breakthrough product, Pirelli has selected this tyre with an intensive series of real condition tests. The main aim is to provide a multi-purpose tyre tested in the toughest conditions: in different temperature ranges from the North Cape of Africa to Dakar, on long distance runs - collecting and working out on road data from a 6,500 mile route, or in the extreme conditions of the African desert with a rally in Tunisia.
Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the wins in the IDS Italian Round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in front of a record crowd of 112,000 spectators.
Race 1: The first-ever win for a German rider in World Superbike history came at the end of a sprint finish to the line with Haga, just 0.058 seconds behind at the flag. The final podium place went to championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) after a late attack by Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare), who finished fourth despite a couple of errors at the chicane. Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) recovered from ninth on the grid to finish fifth. The first Honda to the line was the Hannspree Ten Kate version of Ryuichi Kiyonari in sixth, ahead of Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki Alstare) and Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda), who lost time at the start after a clash with Nieto. The Spanish rider was relegated to the back of the field but recovered to finish eighth.
Dunlop Motorcycle Tires proudly introduces the Sportmax D211GP, the finest production Supersport road racing tire available. Dunlop's latest creation will make its national racing debut at Daytona International Speedway at the opening round of the 2008 AMA Superbike Series.
The new D211GP embodies the experience and tire technology amassed by Dunlop over years of racing in the USA. The D211GP is based upon the latest race Dunlop tire designs
PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
ROADTEC Z6 INTERACT represents Metzeler way of innovation. Instead of pushing on a single element of the tyre like the compound which is then subjected to wear, Metzeler established that is more effective to improve the whole tyre system. Making the tyre elements interact to the maximum level means improving the interaction between the tyre and the ground, the tyre and the bike, the tyre and the external environment. This is the key of the new INTERACT technology. ROADTEC Z6 was perfection, ROADTEC Z6 INTERACT is the evolution, the fine tuning which guarantees it to be the perfect tyre for the new generation of bikes and riders.
Innovation requires finding solutions in areas that make conflicting, seemingly irreconcilable demands on product performance. In a tyre, it’s all about maintaining balance. In theory, improving performance in one area means making sacrifices in another. Refusing to accept that premise, Michelin develops technologies that make it possible to simultaneously improve performance in different areas. That’s the price of progress, which is meaningful only if advances are made across the board. And that’s what Michelin has achieved with the Anakee 2, a new tyre for the market’s top-performing adventure touring bikes.
Ausgabe Motorrad 11/2008 FAZIT Reifentest
Getestet wurden 110/80 R 19 und 150/70 R 17 auf einer BMW R 1200 GS 
"... Sieger nach Punkten im großen Motorradreifen-Vergleichtest von MOTORRAD ist mit klarem Abstand der Continental Tail Attack. Neben der starken Vorstellung auf trrockener Strasse überzeugt er mit dem besten Verschleißverhalten. Bei Regen funktioniert der Conti zwar immer noch gut, muss sich auf nasser Fahrbahn aber mit Platz 3 begnügen. Der Metzeler Tourance EXP liegt mit Abstand vor dem zweitbesten Regentänzer, dem Michelin Anakee II, hält in punkto Verschleiß aber die rote Lanterne. Bleibt als Empfehlung: Vielfahrende Allrounder greifen zu dem Conti. Wem die Laufleistung nicht so wichtig ist und wer mehr Wert auf einen tollen Reifen für Regentage legt, ist mit dem Metzeler Tourance EXP bestens bedient. "
130/60 B23 (65H) NIGHT DRAGON new size 2015
Daytona, Florida - There are events that must be lived, and the presentation of the new Pirelli NIGHT DRAGON during the Daytona Speed Week is one of them.
Pirelli, since ever meaning of excellence, performance and passion, has chosen this event to present its new performance product for the custom bikesNight Dragon represents the contact between performance and style, between the world of speed and the custom world, between the passion that always has characterized Pirelli values and products, and the passion of the V-Twin world.
The "GT" version
Michelin launches an exciting new motorcycle tyre technology website during this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. www.michelinmototechnologies.com brings fans closer to MotoGP with in-depth technical analysis, latest tyre information, plus an exclusive Randy Mamola blog and free goodies, including screensavers and other downloadables. The website highlights Michelin’s long-running success at the highest level in motorcycle GP racing and explains how Michelin’s MotoGP riders don’t only win races, but also help develop better street tyres every time they take to the racetrack.
Wheel Seal can permit you to run your wire-spoke wheels without tubes.
Michelin riders topped the timesheets during this penultimate test session at Jerez, with the fastest four riders and five riders in the first top six. 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) was the fastest man over the three days, recording his best lap on qualifiers at the end of the final day, his best lap half a second inside the pole position pace at last year’s Spanish GP. The weather was very changeable throughout the three days with cool, windy and rainy conditions.
With a rapidly evolving performance cruiser market, Avon Tyres, a Cooper Tire & Rubber Company brand recognized for its heritage and top quality tyres, have listened long and hard to what their cruiser, custom and touring customers demand from a tyre. Handling, durability and aesthetics were high on the list. So when it came to replacing the extremely popular Venom-R, Avon has more than met these requirements with an exciting new tyre range called Cobra.
With its unique snakeskin sidewalls, aggressive tread pattern and low noise emissions, Cobra silently defeats all roads that stand in its path. While performance figures and the weight of custom cruiser and touring bikes continue to escalate, Cobra is a tyre that coils around these opposing attributes to allow the rider to exploit them like never before.
