Michelin Power Pure Front Motorcycle Tyres

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What is MICHELIN Light Tire Technology (LTT)?

1 LTT marks a fresh approach to sports tyre design by simultaneously optimising the construction, profile and constituent elements of the tyre. Its mission from the outset was to save weight.

 

2 LTT employs top-of-the-line materials like aramid fibers, as used in the aerospace industry for example.

 

3 The thickness of the tread is unchanged!

 

 

 

Unsprung weight

Shaving 2lbs off the weight of a modern sport bike which tips the scales at 400lbs might not seem such a big deal.

 

Yet it is, since the weight saving is from a part of the bike that is not covered by the suspension: its so-called unsprung weight.

 

In other words, the lower a bike's unsprung weight, the easier it is to switch from leaning into a right hand turn to leaning into a left hander. And vice-versa.

 

Gyroscopic forces mean that running a 2lbs lighter tyre is equivalent to saving 6lbs on rims or 8lbs on brake discs.