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Dunlop Introduce SP Sport FastResponse
New Pilot Road 2 Tyre for Roadsters and Sport Tourers

Dunlop Introduce SP Sport FastResponse

Dunlop has announced the launch of SP Sport FastResponse - a new tyre designed with excellent dry and wet handling capabilities, superior cornering stability, high aquaplaning resistance and enhanced grip and steering precision. At the same time SP Sport FastResponse provides ultimate road feedback - following its recently introduced development concept 'Touch Technology'.

SP Sport FastResponse delivers excellent dry and wet handling performance. Against its predecessor SP Sport 01, mileage and handling results are significantly better. Additionally, the new tyre clearly outperforms its predecessor in tests for handling and aquaplaning in wet conditions. Dunlop's advanced tread compound technology improves the tyre's handling performance without compromising mileage, wet performance and rolling resistance.

SP Sport FastResponse features an advanced Tri-Area tread design. The tread design is split into three specialized zones. Zone one optimizes road feedback for better handling and responsiveness. Zone two has a continuous rib around the centre of the tyre, which aids stability at high-speed. Zone three has a larger and stiffer outside tread block to ensure drivers are in control of the vehicle especially when taking corners. In addition, the SP Sport FastResponse is equipped with a special silica compound, which significantly improves the tyre's durability.

Frédéric Schilling, Brand Director of Dunlop, Europe, Middle East and Africa, explained: "The ability to literally feel and interpret the road, and to almost 'read' its surfaces with more precision and to get immediate feedback from the road, makes the difference to the driving experience."

SP Sport FastResponse tyre has been built with reassuring high aquaplaning resistance, providing an excellent performance in wet handling and braking. The tyre also benefits from a flatter tread profile compared with its predecessor. This new tread profile is proven to have a 5% larger contact patch, and as a result, prevents both heel and toe wear. The tyre design is developed with Dunlop's Multi-Radius Tread Technology (MRT), which results in a larger contact patch and better pressure distribution.

"With MRT you have simply more tyre in contact with the road more of the time," said Schilling.

New Pilot Road 2 Tyre for Roadsters and Sport Tourers

Michelin has introduced a a new dual-compound bike tyre aimed at riders of Sport Touring and Roadster motorcycles looking for the best available levels of wet and dry grip, mileage, handling and comfort. The new 'fun-to-ride' tyre has been designed to deliver a feeling of safety and security through its stability, handling and all-season performance.

The new tyre features soft rubber on the shoulders for better grip and a harder rubber in the centre for better mileage According to Michelin, the Pilot Road 2 has come out top in both mileage and wet grip in independent tests carried out comparing the Bridgestone BT-020, Bridgestone BT-021, Dunlop D220ST, Pirelli Diablo Strada, Metzeler Roadtec Z6 and the Continental Road Attack.