Technology As a Means of Safety Continental knows that for many of you bad weather is no reason to leave the motorcycle parked, so we prepare our tires with the necessary technology to face rain, wind or freezing temperatures. The engineers working every day in the R&D department at the factory in Korbach, Germany, have […]
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Trev Richter aims for 170 mph speed record on his BMW R 1200 GS The last record broken on a motorcycle using Continental tires was at the beginning of the last year, when Carl Reese broke the record for most miles completed in 24 hours on a track. This time the aim is not how […]
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Continental implements a steel belt for excellent stability at high speeds In our last core technology post we talked about the MultiGrip technology. Now we are going to check out another technological treasure of the Continental Motorcycle Tire department: the “ZeroDegree” steel belt. This steel belt is part of the carcass of the tire. The carcass can […]
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Today we are going to delve deep inside of your motorcycle tires. I’m not sure if you knew that a tire is not only made of rubber, but also it has in internal structure that acts as a skeleton, or a chassis. If it didn’t, it wouldn’t be able to contain the internal pressure and […]
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