Dunlop presents the custom tyre Elite 4: With a focus on mileage potential, the Dunlop Elite 4 employs Multi-Tread technology on the rear tyre to enhance mileage potential and grip on wet roads.
- High mileage potential
- Improved handling
- Excellent stability in corners and straight lines, on both dry and wet roads
Road holding, braking, comfort... Choosing a motorcycle tyre impacts many aspects of your machine's behaviour, whether on the road, track, or off-road. Therefore, it is essential to carefully select the model that best suits your needs.
To help clarify things, here are some explanations to help you decode the markings on motorcycle tyres:
- Dimensions: width of the tyre in millimetres and height of the tyre as a percentage of that width. E.g., 190/55, for 190 mm wide and 55% high
- Structure: radial (ZR, or R) or diagonal (B), both tyres must be identical in this regard
- Diameter: expressed in inches, e.g., 17 or 19
- Load index: maximum load the tyre can support
- Speed index: maximum speed the tyre can support
- M/C indicator: purpose of the tyre, M/C for motorcycles
- With or without inner tube: TL ("tubeless") for tubeless tyres, TT ("tubetype") with inner tube
In some specific cases, other markings may appear, usually associated with the tyre's trade name. Here are a few:
- A: Kawasaki
- C, F or GT: BMW specification
- E or B: Special carcass for heavy or loaded motorcycles
- G: Specification for Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha
- GTW: Heavy, fast, and powerful Grand Touring motorcycles
- H: Original Honda specification
- K: Very fast motorcycles
- M: Original equipment for Suzuki
- N: For Aprilia, Honda, Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, Triumph
- RF: Reinforced tyre
- WW: White-walled tyre
Other less significant references are also found on the sidewalls of motorcycle tyres (country of manufacture, DOT marking, etc.)
Don't forget to regularly check your tyre pressure, as it ensures longevity and superior performance!