Pirelli Moto Introduces New Hypersport Tyre

The latest addition to Pirelli Moto’s Diablo motorcycle tyre family is being billed as the only hypersport tyre for road and track use to draw upon technology from the Superbike World Championship. The Diablo Rosso Corsa, new for 2010, is a racing street segment tyre that supplements the Diablo Rosso in Pirelli’s sport range and effectively replaces the Diablo Corsa III. Pirelli comments that the new tyre exceeds each of its predecessor’s key performance values.

The Diablo Rosso Corsa features EPT contact patch technology, derived from WSBK experience, that is said to optimise the contact patch area at all lean angles. In the rear tyre this is coupled with a multi zone compound featuring a central compound designed for greater mileage and a shoulder zone compound “straight from the WSBK”. The tyre’s tread pattern includes a slick-like area on the rear shoulders with a greater concentration of tread grooves and the centre and shoulders. Pirelli describes the tread design as “aggressive” and reports quick warm-up times and consistent water drainage.

European market supply of the Diablo Rosso Corsa begins in January 2010 with the 120/70ZR17 front tyre size. Other sizes in the range include 160/60ZR17 (rear), 180/55ZR17, 190/50ZR17 and 190/55ZR17. 

Together with announcing its new hypersport tyre, Pirelli Moto has delivered news that from the start of next year its tyres will be fitted as original equipment to all Ducati models. This agreement, the tyremaker states, “appropriately confirms an existing collaboration which began years ago” and is expected to benefit both consumers and dealers. One of the first OE fitments to be announced is the new Diablo Rossa Corsa on the 2010 model Ducati Monster 1100S.

“We can only be very happy and proud of this partnership,” commented Gabriele Del Torchio, president of Ducati Motor Holding. “It is not only a commercial agreement but a constructive collaboration between two important Italian companies. Pirelli and Ducati are two examples of Italian industrial excellence that, in terms of innovation, productivity and competence, demonstrate their winning spirit in both the sporting and business areas. A partnership such as this, the latest in a line of important collaborations with selected suppliers, allows us to contribute to the development of our bikes, in terms of both performance and safety.”

“Pirelli’s original equipment program is a key component which drives product development and adds value to our leadership in the motorcycle world,” added Guglielmo Fiocchi, managing director of Pirelli’s Moto business unit. “Ducati is a natural partner for us and we are thrilled to maintain a longstanding partnership between our two Italian companies.”