Five years after taking the market by storm when it introduced a duel compound tyre, Michelin has just launched a brand new tyre, the Pilot Pure. This new tyre refines the concept of duel compound rubber and offers us two wheel fiends the best that modern technology can provide.

There has always been a problem with motorcycle tyres. Bikes have to lean to go around corners and that’s the time you need the most grip. Go and get yourself a set of sticky race orientated tyres though and the centre wears out long before the sides. So do you just go for a harder compound touring tyre and sacrifice corner capability? No, you go and get yourself a set of Power Pure tyres and you have the best of both worlds.

The new Michelin Power Pure has been completely re-thought, from its components, structure, shape and rubber compounds to its manufacturing processes and design methodology. The Michelin R&D department had three objectives designing the new tyre. Improve the grip, make it last longer and save some weight. All of which they achieved producing the most advanced sports tyre on the market. Pretty Impressive.

The Power pure rear tyre uses a medium compound rubber across 40% of each side and the remaining 20% in the middle being a hard compound to avoid squaring the trye off on long runs. The front tyre is made up of 25% soft compound on each side with the centre 50% being medium compound. Michelin fitted the tyres to 5 of the latest 100cc sports bikes and let us loose on the Kyalami Race track. Read all about that track test in the next issue of the magazine.

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