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Latest Bridgestone Race Battlax Available in Spring

This coming spring Bridgestone intends to release its latest production motorcycle racing radial, the Battlax Racing R10. Featuring an all-new tread, structure and compound, the R10 is described by the tyre maker as a product that “offers enhanced user-friendliness and better lap times, benefiting production motorcycle racing worldwide as well as users who enjoy riding high-performance super sport bikes on circuits.” Bridgestone adds that the new tyre was developed with European market use in mind and the end product is one that “provides superb dry performance and handling performance.”

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Braking, Rolling Resistance Priorities in ContiSportContact 5 Development

As was the case for the ContiEcoContact 5 (see yesterday’s article on tyrepress.com), reducing rolling resistance was also a goal for the ContiSportContact 5 development team. The new range, scheduled for release in spring, will eventually replace two products – the SportContact 3 and the CrossContact UHP. Accordingly, this means the new range will cover both passenger car and 4×4 sizes.

11th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis ATV, 4×4 Range Offers Agricultural Applications

Maxxis International’s large ATV and 4×4 range makes the company’s tyres a suitable option for agricultural workers’ lighter transport needs. Maxxis is an accredited original equipment supplier to Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Polaris and Suzuki, giving it a track record of producing all-terrain tyres which perform across a variety of applications. In the Trailermaxx range, Maxxis also offers a line of high-speed trailer tyres.

10th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

January Launch for Michelin Pilot Road 3

During the month of January Michelin is bringing two new motorcycle tyres designed for road use to market. Spearheading this portfolio expansion is the eagerly awaited Pilot Road 3 for sport touring bikes. Michelin states this new product has been designed to deliver superior grip in all conditions of use – whether on wet or damp – as well as offer outstanding total mileage. The tyre, the manufacturer adds, reflects Michelin’s across-the-board R&D strategy of improving individual tyre performance characteristics without sacrificing others. In this instance, engineers at the Michelin Technology Center “developed X Sipe Technology” (XST), which integrates dual-action sipes into the tread. How this works, Michelin explains, is that the sipe ribs first cut through the surface of the water, which is then evacuated faster and more effectively toward the outside of the tyre through wide grooves.

10th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alliance Claims Industry First with All-Steel Flotation Radial

The 390 – an all-steel radial flotation tyre released by Alliance Tire Group in the US – has become the first flotation radial to receive Department of Transport certification for highway use at 50mph. According to Michel Aguon, Alliance Tire Americas’ product manager, the 390 is also the industry’s first all-steel flotation radial plus the first that can carry nearly 11,000 pounds (5,000kg) of load at 50mph.

5th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin North America Raises Tyre, Stock Prices

Michelin North America has announced price increases on its OTR and industrial tyres plus its Oliver retreading tread stock. Prices for replacement earthmover and industrial tyres sold in North America will rise by as much as seven per cent as of February 1. Oliver and MegaMile branded tread stock saw increases of up to seven per cent as of January 3.

5th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Waste Contractor Reduces Punctures by 50% with Michelin New, Remix Fitments

Specialist waste transfer contractor Shorten Environmental has recorded a 50 per cent reduction in punctures since it started fitting Michelin new and Remix tyres across its fleet. The haulier has also begun specifying Michelin tyres as original equipment on new vehicles – most recently when it ordered two Scania R440 6×4 tractor units. Before signing an exclusive Michelin contract, the company’s 31-strong fleet of 44-tonne tractor units, ejector and walking floor trailers had been operating on a variety of different tyre brands. It began Michelin trials in 2008.

17th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Federal Adds to Couragia SUV Tyre Line

In the US, Federal has added the Couragia F/X to its Couragia SUV tyre line. The new tyre is designed to deliver steering precision, powerful controllability, long mileage and a comfortable ride, the tyremaker said. The asymmetrical Couragia F/X features a wide and stability-improved footprint; a scuff rib that strengthens the sidewall and protects the rim; and an aggressive tread pattern with stiff, interconnected blocks, Federal said.

9th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire Expands Dakar Rally Assault for 2011

Cooper Tire will back an expanded team in the 2011 Dakar Rally as it aims to go one better than its debut attempt in the 2010 event. The Toyota Cooper Tire outfit finished second in the T2 Diesel class and 16th overall this January, but veteran Dakar pilot, Xavier Foj, is aiming to take the class victory in 2011. Spaniard Foj and his co-driver, Pablo Jaton, will once again compete for the team in a Toyota Land Cruiser KXR and they will be joined by a second duo – Spanish TV personality Jesus Calleja and co-driver, Ignacio Santamaria.

2nd December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Releases New North American Winter Range

Goodyear has introduced its first dedicated winter tyre for the SUV and light truck segments in North America. Called the Ultra Grip Ice WRT, the new range is offered in 16 popular sizes – 10 passenger sizes in S speed rating and standard load rating, and six LT sizes in Q speed rating and E load rating.

19th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kitty Litter & Credit Cards – The Canadian Approach to Winter Driving?

British drivers by no means hold a monopoly when it comes to being ill-prepared for winter motoring; evidence of this can be seen in a survey released by Canadian Tire, which shows many citizens of its particularly wintry homeland to be dilettantes in conditions they should have long come to grips with.

18th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Achieves First SmartWay Verification

Cooper Tire has announced the first ‘SmartWay’ verification of a member of its commercial vehicle tyre range. The company’s Roadmaster RM180 long haul steer tyre has been added to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport Partnership list of low rolling resistance commercial vehicle tyres after meeting the required criteria.

16th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Goes Dual-Compound with Diablo Rosso II

November’s EICMA International Motorcycle Show in Milan provided Pirelli with a ‘home town’ venue for the introduction of its latest tyre for supersport and naked bikes, the Diablo Rosso II. The Italian manufacturer’s replacement to the first generation Diablo Rosso is described as being an “ideal evolution” of the original tyre that has inherited its predecessor’s sporty identity while emphasising and improving versatility, wet performance and regularity of wear. The Diablo Rosso II, with its strengths as a supersport road tyre, thus joins the trackday-focused Diablo Rosso Corsa in a premium radial product line-up that Pirelli calls ‘Rosso Generation’.

9th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire Wins SEMA Global Media Award

Cooper Tire has been awarded the Global Media Award from the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. More than 2,000 new products were registered at the show, and from these a judging panel of 26 journalists from 16 countries selected a small number of products based on their potential impact and commercial success. Cooper’s Discoverer S/TMAXX, due to be launched February 2011, was chosen because of its all terrain performance capabilities.

8th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Daily Aircraft Tyre Pressure Checks Important: Goodyear

Goodyear Aviation product support manager Robert Robson has emphasised the importance of daily aircraft tyre pressure checks. Aviation tyres' design and construction differ from automobile tyres, and though it is important to maintain the correct pressure in car tyres, proper aircraft tyre pressure is the most important factor in aircraft preventive maintenance. As a result, pilots and maintenance personnel must resist the temptation to follow the same schedule they would use in checking their cars' tyres to determine that their aircraft tyre pressure is correct, advises Robson, who regularly teaches aviation industry authorised inspection classes and has ten years of aviation tyre experience.

4th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors