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Pirelli joins forces with the UN – to improve global road safety
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Pirelli has joined the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund, helping to fund efforts to make improvements to global road safety. Pirelli’s foremost concern is to increase driving safety through the application of its own innovative technologies – but the iconic Italian rubber specialist has also contributed in excess of £450,000 to help the United…
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Pirelli reveals new Diablo Rosso Corsa II tyres – multi-compound tyres for big gains at full lean
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Pirelli has launched its new tyre a full seven years after the iconic Diablo Rosso Corsa hit the shelves. The tyre company says that because motorcycle torque and horsepower outputs have increased significantly (and the introduction of sophisticated traction control systems and cornering ABS have enabled these performance gains to be applied by more…
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VIDEO: Avon tyres’ NEW Spirit ST rubber: Hypersports touring tyre raises the bar
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Here’s our first look at the new Spirit ST tyre from Avon – and we’re fans already. Take a peak at the video and then read out launch-report on a variety of a bikes kitted out with the impressive hoops. You’ll like these. We do. Carl Stevens went to the world launch of the…
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Demon Tweeks offering free finance package and free delivery on Pirelli Angel GT tyres
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How about this for a way to buy tyres for the year – Demon Tweeks are selling Pirellis with interest free finance and free delivery! The deal means that you can buy a three-pack of tyres (two rear and one front) from Demon Tweeks directly. The tyres in the offer are Pirelli Angel GT,…
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Avon launches new Spirit ST sport touring tyre
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The Spirit ST is the successor to Avon’s Storm 3D range and, according to the factory, has been designed to provide excellent levels of wet grip, together with ultra-high performance handling, on a wide range of popular sport-touring bikes. Featuring a radical new tread pattern, the Spirit ST uses the very latest high-silica synthetic rubber…
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Mitas SPORT FORCE+ radial tyre with new OSC technology
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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Mitas SPORT FORCE+ radial tyre is designed for sport, naked, supermoto and touring motorcycles. SPORT FORCE+ is the result of recent development activities, intensive testing and high-end elastomers built into a tyre compound. OSCT – Optimum Steel Cord Technology The completely new Mitas-developed Optimum Steel Cord technology means the tyre is ideally balanced…
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Winter tyres for motorcycles – really?
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We might be heading towards the warmer months, but this story from Canada about winter tyres for motorcycles caught our eye this morning. The tyres themselves are Turkish, made by company called Anlas, and they look purposeful, even if we can’t comment on how they work (if we get some to test we’ll let you…
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Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal
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Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal. Bridgestone has announced that it will supply racing tyres to two teams in the FIM Endurance World Championship series (EWC). Both YART Yamaha Official EWC Team and the F.C.C. TSR Honda team will race on Bridgestone tyres for the next round of the FIM EWC,…
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission. There will be no more intermediate tyres in MotoGP after a decision by the Grand Prix Commission. According to an announcement from series owners Dorna the decision to drop the half-way wet tyres was made after a consultation with both the Safety Commission…
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Caught out! Avon’s super secret tyre plan snapped in development model
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Well, well, well. Look at this that we snapped up last week (but had to wait to get some details on what we’d seen) – this is what is going to be the Avon Storm replacement tyre for next year. The new rubber will be out next spring. Apparently it has massive wet performance, good…
