Guides
What the badges on a product card mean
TL, TT, REINF, M+S, compound and OE. What every badge in our catalogue means — and what M+S does not mean.
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Blog
Tyre choice, maintenance and tests. The basis for any technical claim made here is listed with its source in our Proof Center.
Guides
The first kilometres on a new tyre
A new tyre is not at its best. Why that is, what to do meanwhile — and why we do not give you a distance figure.
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Guides
When to replace a tyre: reading the wear
1.6 mm is a limit but not the only criterion. How the wear is distributed across the tread says something of its own.
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Guides
Tyre pressure: where the right number comes from
The pressure figure on the sidewall is a ceiling, not a recommendation. The right number comes from your motorcycle, not the tyre.
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Guides
What you can learn about a tyre beyond the reviews
Reading reviews is not the only way. A tyre being chosen as the control in someone else’s test, and being fitted at the factory, are two different kinds of information.
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Tests
Trailhound STR and Wild, tested the same day on the same bike
InMoto rode both on a Honda Africa Twin 1100 at Vallelunga. That is a rare setup for comparing two tyres.
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Tests
The first kilometres, on a cold tyre
The German magazine TOURENFAHRER fitted the Trailhound Wild to a BMW R 12 G/S. The interesting part is when it looked: before the tyre warmed up.
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Tests
The hard part is not wet, it is changing
Roadbook rode the Trailhound Wild for 1,000 km on a KTM 890 Adventure R. The most interesting part of the test is patchy wet–dry asphalt.
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Tests
Trailhound Wild, 500 km in Sicily: one route, four surfaces
Moto.it fitted the tyre to a Honda Africa Twin and rode it from city streets to the slopes of Mount Etna. Here is what the test covered.
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