We never stop trying to improve riders’ grip, control and safety, so you can just ride. Continually developing new technologies, and testing them in race conditions. Only then do they make their way into our main product range.
Innovations including Heat Control Technology (HCT), JointLess Tread (JLT) and our low pressure NTEC system were all developed through our passion for motorsport. All give you the confidence to feel protected.
WHAT: Highly reinforced casing construction on race tyres
IMPROVES: The range of inflation pressure
END RESULT: Increases the size of the contact patch and therefore grip, reduces localised wear
WHAT: Multiple compounds used in the tread
IMPROVES: Versatility by performing differently at lean and when upright
END RESULT: Combines durability and cornering performance
WHAT: Continuously wound belt around the tyre casing
IMPROVES: The strength of the tyre construction
END RESULT: Controls dynamic growth and handling
WHAT: Continuously wound tread compound
IMPROVES: Flexibility for performance tuning
END RESULT: Optimises performance, consistency and mileage for factory racing tyres
WHAT: Advanced tread architecture using different cap (outer) and base (lower) compounds
IMPROVES: The tyre’s ability to combine conflicting properties
END RESULT: The base compound can be tuned to either generate or reduce heat build-up, to optimise cap compound performance
WHAT: Front tyre design process
IMPROVES: Tuning to perfectly suit the intended usage
END RESULT: Offers the ideal balance between steering effort, clear feedback and neutral handling
WHAT: Thinner and longer apex shape
IMPROVES: Ride quality & feedback
END RESULT: Increased rider confidence through enhanced predictability, as well as improved compliance
WHAT: Tyre casing architecture with different tension zones
IMPROVES: Stability and feedback
END RESULT: Combines compliance and optimised footprint area for optimum grip, stability and feedback
WHAT: Continuously wound tread compound
IMPROVES: Flexibility for performance tuning
END RESULT: Optimises performance, consistency and mileage for factory racing tyres
WHAT: Multiple compounds used in the tread
IMPROVES: Versatility by performing differently at lean and when upright
END RESULT: Combines durability and cornering performance
WHAT: Continuously wound belt around the tyre casing
IMPROVES: The strength of the tyre construction
END RESULT: Controls dynamic growth and handling
WHAT: Tyre casing architecture with different tension zones
IMPROVES: Stability and feedback
END RESULT: Combines compliance and optimised footprint area for optimum grip, stability and feedback
WHAT: Advanced tread architecture using different cap (outer) and base (lower) compounds
IMPROVES: The tyre’s ability to combine conflicting properties
END RESULT: The base compound can be tuned to either generate or reduce heat build-up, to optimise cap compound performance
WHAT: Front tyre design process
IMPROVES: Tuning to perfectly suit the intended usage
END RESULT: Offers the ideal balance between steering effort, clear feedback and neutral handling
WHAT: Thinner and longer apex shape
IMPROVES: Ride quality & feedback
END RESULT: Increased rider confidence through enhanced predictability, as well as improved compliance
WHAT IS IT: Optimised tread block flexibility achieved through stepped design of the shoulder blocks
IMPROVES: Off-road grip
END RESULT: Better slide control and tightened corner exit grip
WHAT IS IT: Distribution spacing of the tread blocks is greater centrally than on the shoulder area
IMPROVES: Off-road grip
END RESULT: Optimised straight line traction in low-grip conditions and enhanced rider feedback in corners
WHAT: Thinner and longer apex shape
IMPROVES: Ride quality & feedback
END RESULT: Increased rider confidence through enhanced predictability, as well as improved compliance
WHAT: Tyre casing architecture with different tension zones
IMPROVES: Stability and feedback
END RESULT: Combines compliance and optimised footprint area for optimum grip, stability and feedback
