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Pirelli invites us on one of its eight test sites across the globe air for a typical day in his team of professional testers. So in Sicily, and more specifically Pergusa, we are invited for this special day, so “live my life” member of the testing department.


The day was Sicilian includes two main elements: a morning walk of over 200 terminals, the city of Leonforte that of Troina, Mount Etna along, while the afternoon will be reserved for testing track riders on the Pergusa Autodrome, SBK old layout, all wearing Scorpion Angel Trail or ST according to his mount.

To assess the potential of the two envelopes, Pirelli has deployed a full range of bikes from, to name a few, at the Super Tenere GS1200 through the Crossrunner, the Z1000, the CBF600, the CBR600 F, or VFR1200 the R1200 RT.

Multistrada and Hornet are also invited to the party. In short, a rich and full panel to push Gommard to the limit. And it must be said that the roads with their Sicilian coatings “local” are well determined.

ROAD TRIP
It is on the sinuous grip mixing quality, broken asphalt, asphalt and ice so well without any coating, the two tire test today will be judged.

The Angel ST evolutionary design or the versatile Scorpion Trail must prove their ability as a vocation to the Sicilian sun furnace. From one bike to another, it is easy to realize the potential of slippers in conditions to say the least severe. And as they say, “… who can do more can do less.”

Both tires are doing well without showing particular weakness or allergy regardless of the macadam met. From the perspective of the warm-up, this is not that we can judge.

With a mercury girls playing in the air, the loop road allows members of the testing department Pirelli to realize what they have in the belly and judge their behavior.

It is very interesting to finger the experiences, if only for one day, the 20 staff members who gobble almost a million kilometers every year, mixing road and track .This last point will be the playground of the afternoon.

TRACK
The manufacturer chose the Alpine Pergusa racetrack for our test session. Asphalt aging rich connections more or less accurate, the plot quickly with large curves has some quibbles, just to see how the tires behave during sudden changes of angle.

The ball starts motorcycles from the Trail Angel & T Scorpion based on two-wheelers .

Again under a blazing sun, the circles are connected with no apparent weakness. But we shall return in more detail on these tires soon.

APPROVAL
To get the precious document of approval of a tire, successive stages which include those of Department testing we just live one day. But before we get there, we must classify the tire in two major groups: the first equipment or original equipment and replacement tires.

The first class meets specifications required by the motorcycle manufacturer will have to answer to three essential criteria: stability, maneuverability and finally longevity. On three points, the manufacturer must comply with no margin of error given criteria, even if they are slightly reworked upstream if too drastic.

From the perspective of the tire replacement, the scope is much broader. The manufacturer bump according to what the competition offers relative to their reference product (tire on the market at time T).

Linked together in a continuous cycle tests of brand products as well as competition enabling rapid course, but also an angle of attack to counter the other equipment.

Totally free, it must nevertheless provide an item with at least 4% of grooving to receive a certification road…

Scale test
While the tires under scrutiny are not new but this test day is after all interesting points. How testers Pirelli achieve their dynamic tests.

Constraints and the different routes used to validate the behavior but also the life of the tires in more drastic conditions for most users lambda, especially since the gums are taken on land that are not their place to be …
Even if we just finger on a small portion of the benches of torture can be a little better understanding of where to pass the tests before returning at the end of the chain’s shoes in the corner dealers.