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08-08-2008, 05:05 AM
Performance Tire - Bridgestone BT-016
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MotoGP Tire Technology For The Street. (http://www.sportrider.com/features/146_0806_bridgestone_bt_016_performance_tire)Follo wing What Can Only be described as a rocket ascent from nonentity to the pinnacle of MotoGP achievement, Bridgestone has released a street tire using technology culled from that experience. The BT-016, successor to the BT-014, is labeled as a performance tire for street use and the occasional track day and features multiple compounds for both the front and rear tires. The front BT-016 uses a three-layer compound (3LC), one compound for the center of the tread and a second for both edges. The rear tire goes one step further, however, with 5LC (five-layer compound): The center of the tread is a hard compound for wear, and two successively softer compounds are found between the center and edge of the tread on each side. The transition compound of the rear tire is identical to the front tire's center compound, while the edge compound is the same on both. Furthermore, the center compounds offer high tensile strength in the circumferential direction, while the edge compounds have high tensile strength in the radial direction.
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MotoGP Tire Technology For The Street. (http://www.sportrider.com/features/146_0806_bridgestone_bt_016_performance_tire)Follo wing What Can Only be described as a rocket ascent from nonentity to the pinnacle of MotoGP achievement, Bridgestone has released a street tire using technology culled from that experience. The BT-016, successor to the BT-014, is labeled as a performance tire for street use and the occasional track day and features multiple compounds for both the front and rear tires. The front BT-016 uses a three-layer compound (3LC), one compound for the center of the tread and a second for both edges. The rear tire goes one step further, however, with 5LC (five-layer compound): The center of the tread is a hard compound for wear, and two successively softer compounds are found between the center and edge of the tread on each side. The transition compound of the rear tire is identical to the front tire's center compound, while the edge compound is the same on both. Furthermore, the center compounds offer high tensile strength in the circumferential direction, while the edge compounds have high tensile strength in the radial direction.
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