{"id":1134,"date":"2012-08-01T10:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T09:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2012-08-01T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T09:22:51","slug":"25-years-of-michelin-radial-motorcycle-road-tyres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/25-years-of-michelin-radial-motorcycle-road-tyres\/1134","title":{"rendered":"25 years of Michelin radial motorcycle road tyres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelin is celebrating 25 years since it launched the first radial motorcycle tyres for use on the road.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/cooper-adds-discoverer-at3-to-range-of-4x4-products\/1121\/4-t-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1123\" title=\"4 T\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Michelin-A59X-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Michelin-A59X-.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Michelin-A59X--100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Three years after their competition debut, Michelin put radial tyres into commercial production. In 1987, the Michelin A59X and M59X started a revolution in high-performance tyres, allowing riders to explore the full potential of then-new sportsbikes like the Suzuki GSX-R and Yamaha FZR. Today, every middleweight and large capacity sportsbike is equipped with radial tyres.<\/p>\n<p>Without the introduction of radials, sportsbikes would still have about the same horsepower that they had in the 1980s because conventional bias-ply tyres would not be able to handle the power of a modern 1,000cc sportsbike.<\/p>\n<p>In 1983, thanks to the genius of Freddie Spencer, Michelin scored the first victory for a radial tyre (rear only) in a 500cc Grand Prix. The following year, Randy Mamola became the first rider to win a Grand Prix (San Marino) using both front and rear Michelin radials.<\/p>\n<p>Radial tyres generate less internal heat than conventional tyres and because radials run cooler, the rubber compounds used in their construction can be much softer to offer enhanced cornering grip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of tyres, the radial was the most important innovation of my career,&#8221; says three-times world-champion Freddie Spencer, &#8220;a rider wants grip, feedback and durability. The radial was an improvement in all these areas, and also influenced other aspects of bike design. The first thing I noticed with the radial was that it gave me much more grip and stability in fast corners. I could get on the gas earlier, which was one of the aspects of my riding that I was always working on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Company\u2019s introduction of radial technology, the last 25 years have included some other important Michelin innovations which benefit today\u2019s rider:<\/p>\n<p>1992 \u2013 The use of 100% silica reinforced compounds in race tyres<\/p>\n<p>1994 \u2013 The first two-compound 500 GP race tyre<\/p>\n<p>1999 \u2013 The Michelin Pilot Sport is the first road tyre to use 100% silica compounds<\/p>\n<p>2005 \u2013 The Michelin Power Race is the first road legal race tyre to use two-compound technology<\/p>\n<p>2011 \u2013 The Michelin Pilot Road 3 is the first motorcycle tyre to use sipes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelin is celebrating 25 years since it launched the first radial motorcycle tyres for use on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michelin","tag-michelin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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