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AVON Tires Press Release: Available now, Avon Tires has a new Cobra tire combination for the popular Harley-Davidson Fat Boy (2007 model year and newer), Screamin’ Eagle Fat Boy (2006 model year), and Fat Boy Lo (2010 model year and newer). The new Cobra 140/75R17 Cobra AV71 (front) and 200/55R17 Cobra AV72 (rear) make an [...]
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Michelin says its new Anakee III has three distinctive attributes that make it ideal for big, powerful adventure-touring bikes: 1) beveled lateral grooves that shed mud and gravel when riding off-road; 2) indented tread grooves, which provide consistent lateral grip even as the tire wears; and 3) transverse grooves to evacuate water for dependable wet-weather [...]
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Dunlop Press Release: Dunlop’s new, second-generation American Elite tires deliver more mileage for greater all-around performance. Designed with Dunlop’s MT Multi-Tread technology, which provides a long-wearing center compound with lateral grip compounds on each edge, this second-generation American Elite helps provide Harley touring riders with more mileage to go along with the increased grip and [...]
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Metzeler Tire Press Release: For 150 years Metzeler has provided motorcycle tires for demanding riders around the world. The brand’s emphasis on quality and performance has been epitomized in the Metzeler ME880 Marathon and its position as an industry leader fully committed to the V-Twin segment, including customs, vintage and touring. In the face of [...]
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Pirelli Tires Press Release: Introduced at the world preview at EICMA 2011 in the first Pzero Moda flagship store, the Diablo Supercorsa SP draws from Pirelli’s racing heritage and experience in transferring sport technology to high performance street legal products. Compared to the compound version, the Diablo Supercorsa SP offers a bi-compound rear tire better [...]
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Attack family of performance radial tires, Bavarian tire-maker Continental treated Cycle World to two days of testing its latest products on and around the Contidrom proving grounds near Hannover, Germany. New additions to the lineup headed stateside include the trackday/street-focused ContiSportAttack 2 (OEM fitment on the 2012 BMW S1000RR) [...]
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“We’re a little bit sorry for being a pain in the ass,” said Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s General Manager—but not sorry enough to change his mind. When we invited Ducati to participate in this superbike comparison test, we specified that the machines in each of our two price classes would all be fitted with the same [...]
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There is no sweeter sight, we can tell you, than that of a moving van filled to the roof with the latest in track-ready rubber pulling up to your trackday (especially when the two guys making the delivery plan to stay and change tires for you). As you can imagine, we started the slugfest at [...]
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Looking to explore parts unknown on your 17-inch-wheeled Buell Ulysses, Ducati Multistrada 1200 or Triumph Tiger 1050 (or a radical custom like this Mad Max-inspired S1000RR built by BMW specialist Wunderlich!)? Now you can, and you don’t have to sacrifice your bike’s excellent road manners to do so, either. Continental has expanded the range of [...]
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Changing your own tires these days, are ya, Sparky? Well, you might as well balance them yourself, too. And if that sounds like a swell idea, Discount Ramps’ (www.discountramps.com) Black Widow Motorcycle Wheel Balancer (part #BW-WB-03; $49.99) is an economical tool that can help you get the job done quite nicely. The steel stand has [...]
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