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To make good on the track one seconds, enough already, the handle at the right set of tires. The finale in motorcycle tire test 2010 contest seven street-legal race tires.


Standard performance achieved! At the shortest tuner wit remains from all the laughter that stuck in my throat that has previously sunk thousands of dollars in an elaborate engine optimization training, and finally won the race issue to the meter by meter feist grinning dude need. Much more effective it is to first invest in the right tires. Which is where the machine performance increase quickly and easily – and the bottom line the bill manageable. The question remains: Should it be real racing Peel or sufficient for semi-professional use, the street-legal versions? Together with our sister magazine PS MOTORCYCLE drew seven StVO compliant rubber pairings for the wheels of the BMW S 1000 RR. Their design means for the tire engineers a balancing act: On one hand, they function in everyday life – after all, they are also used in machines such as the super sporty BMW to use as original equipment. On the other hand, they should not ride the race track forced to go early in the knee.

Our test on the test track Valle dei Templi therefore promises to be exciting. Tyre warmers are especially off limits – after all, “before the ice cream parlor are also not available,” was the comment from testers and co-editor Robert PS luck. All tires were purchased by the way how the tires in the previous tests of touring and sport tires (see MOTORCYCLE 11 and 12/2010) from the regular stores. This should ensure that no hand-picked goods from manufacturers is used.

For the filling pressures but the producer was required. Each pair was provided with the tire that is recommended from the factory for the racetrack. The corresponding values, which were driven in the test are given in the rating boxes. Interestingly, the range of recommendations, from which is again the different design features of the tires can be seen: so the almost buttery Avon VP 2 Extreme front and rear with a pressure of 2.4 bar are gone.

Logical that the pressure in the state are hot again exorbitant increases, and three bar may be in the final. In sharp contrast to Dunlop and its extremely rigid structure. The seven-pound rear tire on the track provided with a filling pressure of 1.2 bar. Hot bar then it comes down to two – which is still under the pressures of several competitors. In general, how close the D 211 on “real” racing tires, is shown by the fact that there is a tire for the public everyday use in three different mixes: “S” like soft, “M” as medium and “E” Endurance. MOTORCYCLE selected for this test, the mixtures M (front) and E (back). Back came also the dimension 200/60 ZR 17 are used, which is the width and circumference differed but little from the competition. Thus, the Dunlop even two millimeters thinner than, say, the Michelin Power One, and the rolling circumference is almost identical: 2044 mm when compared to 2045 when Dunlop Michelin.

For the tests, the traction control of the BMW S 1000 RR in the Slick-mode is set. out what payments the gum in the race, a look at the measured tire temperature: After more than 30 kilometers race track, the tire is heated in part to more than 80 degrees Celsius. Warmest point is the middle of the rear tire tread. An example, once the temperatures measured by the sportiest tires in the field, the Pirelli Diablo Super Corsa SP: In front of the center of the tire 65 degrees is hot, the shoulder is just under 59 degrees. Behind the temperature rises in the center to 84 degrees, 67 degrees at the edge are measured. So Proud values, which can develop these gums their optimal performance.

However, this means that by implication also that these tires, they should also not adverse to come at their operating temperature, the knee can go fast. This was also a concept comparison between tours, sports and racing tires, the motorcycle had pulled out at last year’s tire test (15/2009). In cold or wet conditions, the race Peel are damn fast unpredictable, and therefore was abandoned completely in this test on an exploration of the wet performance. Remains finally the question of who pays for the handle to the actual race tires. No doubt for those who run their bike regularly for training and racing down for no extra set of tires do. For everyday use is a predominant but even a BMW S 1000 RR better off to “normal” sport tires as original equipment in it missed the race set of tires with road use.