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Continental becomes Le Tour de France official partner
March 21, 2018Continental and Le Tour de France: When Legends Come Together From 2018 to 2022, Continental will be Le Tour de France’s official partner. All official support cars, vans and motorcycles will be fitted with Continental tires for the duration of Le Tour. For many years, Continental has been supplying the world’s toughest cycle race with […]
Continue readingContiTrailAttack 2 receives MOTORRAD Magazine “Practical tip” award for 2017
December 27, 2017The ContiTrailAttack 2 impressed testers after a 9,500 mile test The German magazine MOTORRAD, fitted a pair of ContiTrailAttack 2 on a new Honda Africa Twin motorcycle and headed for adventure. After 24,000 of a targeted 31,000 test miles, the editors came to their final conclusion. The ContiTrailAttack 2, which provided impressive grip over 9,500 […]
Continue readingContiRoadAttack 3 wins again, this time in PS Magazine
October 18, 2017PS Magazine named the ContiRoadAttack 3 as the 2017 sport-touring test winner. This test victory has proven the superb qualities implemented in Continental’s excellent sport-touring tire.In just over four months, it is Continental’s 2nd win in the sport-touring segment. The Road Attack 3 now holds another test win after winning Motorrad Magazine’s 2017 Best Sport-Touring tire test. One […]
Continue readingContiRoadAttack 3 is chosen as the 2017 Best Sport Touring tire by Motorrad Magazine
August 9, 2017ContiRoadAttack 3, launched this 2017 Continental’s ContiRoadAttack 3 wins the 2017 Motorrad Magazine sport-touring tire test. The German motorcycling magazine tested six sport-touring tires in sizes 120/70 ZR 17 (front) and 180/55 ZR 17 (rear) using the exciting Suzuki GSX-S750 motorcycle. Continental ended up beating Pirelli, Metzeler, Michelin, Dunlop and Bridgestone with its halo sport-touring tire. […]
Continue readingContinental triumphs at Pikes Peak
June 28, 2017Bruno Langlois and Travis Newbold finished 3rd and 1st in their respective classes during the 95th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Both Langlois and Newbold raced with ContiTrack soft compounds slick tires. Bruno competed in the heavyweight motorcycle category with a 2017 Kawasaki Z900 while Travis raced in the exhibition powersport category with a Bottpower XR1R. […]
Continue readingWelcome to Continental USA!
May 18, 2017 - 1 commentWe have come up with a new way of communicating with all the riders and motorcycle enthusiasts. As you should know, tires are the only two points of contact between the bike and the road; therefore we believe tires deserve a special place to widely discuss everything related with them and much more! This idea […]
Continue readingConti press launch at Palma de Mallorca, Spain
April 17, 20172017 is an exciting year for Continental with the launch of several new tire products: ContiRoadAttack 3, ContiTour and ContiLegend. So, to kick off the introduction of these tires, Continental organized a product launch in Mallorca – an island off the Eastern coast of Spain. In the small town of Alaro, industry VIPs from around […]
Continue readingLoad capacity index and symbol of speed. Why do they go together?
April 17, 2017Little by little we keep moving forward with the acronyms and nomenclatures that appear on the walls of our Continental tires. This time we are going to pay attention to the “load capacity index” and the symbol for the speed category, which are the same as the numbers and the letter that come after the […]
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