Colin Edwards tests street tires on his GP race bike

[Lessdeth14]

PP2ct are crap, overheating as soon as you go faster than your grandmother (Michelin ad notwithstanding).

[bullybeer]

@yamaraven1 i run dunlop roadsmart tires and they are great! wtf u talkin bout? u even ride??

[raymoooon]

where's the rest of the video????

[tobekuxi]

what is he doing at 1:50?

[BrainBT]

8 Seconds is NOTHING you noobs.

You should know first how much a pair of MOTO GP slicks cost before talking.

This test is good because shows that almost 99% of the people that uses public race tyres like dunlop d211gp and are like20 seconds away from a moto gp tyre should first know how to ride a bike before thinking in tyres to go faster

[whatzupa]

Wow, 8 seconds is a huge difference, the racing tyres must be amazing.

I guess normal slicks are about 4-5 seconds quicker to street tyres, so latest top level slicks must put another 3-4 seconds on top of that.

[ppbayeta]

8 seconds is the diference between 125's and motogp this weekend in montmelo...

[irontruck]

LOL @ 1:51 he just burned through coming out of that exit

[arvalia]

@irontruck couple of the 8 seconds they talk about... :-)

[OnyxRR]

Yeah, you would think people would actually listen to the video and take in all the info provided before makin themselves look like a complete moron. Its was definitely a loss of 8 seconds over 5 LAPS...

[oct28th1985]

the video definitely said "the texas tornado then completed his 5 circuit laps in a time that was only 8 seconds behind his BEST, on the same circuit last year on competition tires"

and thats on a monster 250 hp bike.

[henrymarkstewart10]

8 seconds is a massive amount of time when you conside:

1 lap

same rider

same bike

think of the distance he'd cover in that time and that's EVERy lap!

[germanomosconi88]

no consider that tyres will do maybe 2-3 gp with that time..street tyres must do thousand of km..slick few hundred with normal use

[jamiebridges123]

as copied from a comment i had made about a year ago :P

"I think, gathering from the video, that over the 5 laps he was 8 seconds slower ;x"

Which is correct, it was about 1.6 seconds per lap slower.

[sikkre2006]

There is no way he was ONLY 1.6 sec per lap slower. Pretty sure it was 8seconds per lap - which makes sense.

[RISCy27]

@jamiebridges123

in a report in a German newspaper about this event it is stated that he managed to do a 2:12,6 on the michelin tyres.... so IT IS 8 sec. per lap which is still incredible for a street legal tyre!

[dmr1988]

take into account how long the tire lasts and how expensive the tire is

[scottie109]

no way that tyre would last race distance though!

[BERRYMCOKINER]

my zx10r has 246 rwhp ! & iwouldnt run anything but pp...

[DaGimp123]

Haha your one high ass fool

[whatever52h]

Only 8 seconds slower?

[theanswer00]

only? that's a lot

[hyo125]

no it's not, 1,6seconds per lap slower on a street tyre is very good

[SierraKilo9]

1:52 he just lights that tire up hahaha, there's no way it could deal with that much grunt!

[zzboobzz]

Bye bye Michelin.

[premek798]

i dont get it in motogp they dont use freakin 17s like on the street they use 16,5 or 16 , so they mount street wheels too? weird

[SSsacas]

They used 17" wheels for this test, of course...

[deriwhiteswift]

bridgestone FTW

[markusx2468]

i loved the M1 in that color scheme!!!

they prob bumped the traction control wayyyy up.

[yamaharossi]

sweet drift at 1.53 :)

i love colin, he is so fuckin funny...awesome guy and rider.

he really knows how to smoke the tires

GO ON COLIN !!!

[octavian56]

sooo funny love him as well.even though i loved his riding much more in wsbk, same as bayliss i suppose

[SpeedT03]

Geat rider and great publicity stunt, but I don't suppose it's possible that the stack of tyres they randomly chose from were all "trick" compounds were they? Sorry to sound cynical.

[k2col]

"8 seconds behind his best last year on competition tyres". Very impressive, but why were these control laps last year? Maybe his bike is quicker this year!

[123thizz916]

ya, thats what im saying. there is no way possible you could take a 800cc moto gp bike and get anywhere near a real lap time, on street legal tires..8 seconds? i mean, ya, 8 seconds is HUGE. but still, they werent out there TESTING, they were basically advertising. also, im pretty sure it was 8 seconds slower, PER lap. saying for the sake of arguing, he ran a 1.325 on the spec tires last year, on these he ran a 1.405..just what i think tho..

[McDonaldsChampCar]

Can you get the tire with the michelin logo painted on it?

[123thizz916]

spec tires cant be bought. they're made ONLY for racing. moto gp tires, HA, when, and i mean WHEN, a blowout occurs, officals from the company jet over there with a tarp and cover it all up. no one is allowed to see them. and ya, 8 seconds, you think they're gonna thro some street tires onto a million dollar bike and take it for a spin? come one.

[Pogost1ck]

Im 100% sure they've mounted the tires to the GP bike and then rode them.

What a lame stunt would it be if they hadnt.

[LUSHlipssx]

lovely sound

[greygrey40]

'only' 8 seconds? lol

[jamiebridges123]

I think, gathering from the video, that over the 5 laps he was 8 seconds slower ;x

[Pogost1ck]

Im-possible. The traction on a slick is much higher so its 8 seconds a lap I reckon.

[Pogost1ck]

Err, correction, you are right. In that case, 1,6 seconds a lap is astonishing.

[R1OZZYROSSI]

these pilots are the best street tire I have ever ridden on they perform as well as my track day tires

[twisteeR6]

I'll have to disagree on this one. The 2ct took forever to come up to temp. and the sidewall doesn't have enough traction for me. And one more thing: the narrator said "only 8 sec behind after 5 laps....dude, thats like :32 seconds slower in a race of 30 laps. FUCK THAT! he would be in last place

[jimskeet2002]

what the hell are you saying? is it possible that they cost 25gs or 10gs a set? that is nuts. I believe I have heard that the cost is 500$ per tyre. For the gods name.... 25.000$ the set...

[nelsonwise]

where is the feedback about the tyre? i really wanted to know how colin felt about it coz i am going to get those tyres soon.

[barneygumble123]

I also really want to know, what Edwards says about the R1.

No, I don't because all he will say, that it is the best bike available. Same for the Michelin tyre.

Don't be naive: This is not about testing this tire, it's about advertisment. Of course he wouldn't say anything bad about a michelin tire, even if he was convinced, that they are shit.

[goatsmc]

barneygumble123, It is Colin! He says what he thinks. See the Honda D*** sucking comment he made when he switched to Motogp. Maybe thats the reson they dont have a comment....

[jordanamed]

The fact that street tires lasted 5 laps on a GP bike is incredible in itself. 8 seconds is a lifetime in racing, but so what? The purpose of the test was to show how good these tires really are. How much do you squids think MotoGP spec tires cost? I'd wager it could easily be $25,000 a set, at a minimum.

[espionage01]

i think F1 tires are like 10 or 15 each...

[jordanamed]

Each tire, or per 4 tire set? I'd think it'd be a lot more than 10 or 15 per set. MotoGP tires might be more expensive because of the fact that they need much more grip per square centimeter, but maybe I'm wrong.

[espionage01]

each single tire.

[chaozxtreme]

LOL @ only 8 seconds

Ahahaha

[auto4union]

Looks like fun!

[DrGoatsie]

No way those tires can handle that bike...he freakin' smoked that rear at 1:52! Whee!

[mvspeed101]

The tires were still cold, I'm assuming. If you notice they show him take that same turn twice or 3x in a row

[kkstefanos]

no comments from Edwards about the tires? f@ck!

[dGeniuz]

The electronics on the bike must've been working overtime!

[yamaraven1]

doesnt matter if he would have come in last in a real race with those tires fuck ass its just showing how the race technology has trickled to the streets and how high performance those tires really are. your prolly runnin dunlops or something you stupid squid.

[Theloonytoons]

@yamaraven1

Dunlops are the shit.

NTEC

that is all

[mongoose301]

tire technology is amazing now!

[Bristecom]

Awesome test. This just goes to show you how important tires are. Simply changing the compound or tread pattern can add or subtract several seconds to your time.

[davetoone12]

get real, if he had used these in the race he would have come last!!

[chrisMOd]

sweet job understanding the promo.

[sealtheripper]

These tires are worthless on a (230bhp) gp bike, its like riding in the rain for collin

[junfan79]

awesome how he smoked the tyres out in this vid

[micktaylor20]

he straight puffed that fatty

[AlloTube]

8 seconds over 5 laps isn't too bad, I thought.

[Aimbert]

"His lap times were only 8 seconds slower than with full race-spec slicks."

_ONLY_ 8 seconds? That is a lifetime at this level of racing.

[cgeo5150]

its 1.6 seconds per lap. I bet there were D'Antin bikes going slower than that!

[danwildhirt]

Keep in mind a couple of things: #1, it's a comparison between full-on prototype racing slicks, and a street tire that anyone can buy. #2, the Sepang track is one of the longest in MotoGP at 3.44 miles (5.5km). Edwards best race lap at the 2005 Malaysian GP was in the low 2:04s. So 8 seconds is a difference of only about 6% - fast enough to make the GP starting grid. On STREET tires.

[strontiumdog262]

@danwildhirt and after only 5 laps

[greenkwaka]

@danwildhirt and #3 I'm pretty sure MotoGP runs a much wider track tyre in the front that the street tyres can offer, so there is an instant disadvantage to bike setup.

All in all... not bad. For what its worth my favourite tyre for the front is the Pirelli

[geep70]

Here, might look into what that really means...2007 results below:

1. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.175 secs

2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.221 secs

3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 02.966 secs

4. Makoto Tamada JAP Yamaha Tech 2min 03.219 secs

5. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 03.959 secs

6. Sylvian Guintoli FRA Yamaha Tech 2min 06.558 secs

7. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 2min 08.640 secs

[dangk03]

where can you find the rest of this video, i wan.t to heard edward's comments on the tires. e-mail me @ dangk03@gmail. thanks

[tanbrolo]

Great video. Street riders (myself included) are always wondering just how much street rubber can be pushed compared to race spec.

[jebalica]

all the best.