How Bridgestone's MotoGP tyres work

An animation to show how acceleration, braking and cornering affects tyre temperature in MotoGP

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Sports

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• Bikes
• motorcycles
• racing
• MotoGP
• tyres
• Rossi
• Stoner
• Bridgestone

[RaadRay]

Thumbs up if ucome here cuz of the yellow tire ;)

[evandutch420]

its so annoying when the 2 top comments are the same.

[wilt778]

how did i get here from M3 commercials?

[xStr1k3r97x]

Thumbs up if you thought Bridge stone was explaining Ghost rider xD

[crush537]

@theindblaire When braking you generally do most of it with the front. You apply brake slowly at first and then more and more as the weight transfers to the front. Grip = traction constant * mass. The rear of the bike has almost no mass during this and is near useless except when you want to actually break traction and make the back step out.

[RaymloR]

@satchice9

If MotoGP only promotes manufacturers, how are Kawasaki still in business?

I have Avon Storms, Dual compound. Great tyres, specially in the wet. Dual compound in the way described here is impractical/dangerous (and you likely wouldn't be able to afford them unless you were a pro), but not all dual compound are configured this way. Dual compound on road versions is harder centre for straight roads, softer shoulder. Ergo, longevity for highways and more grip when leaning

[EhrgeizShuriken89]

So they use different tire for different track. *mindblown*

[satchice9]

@Lessdeth14 "So many things wrong that... barely know where to begin!"

You greatly exaggerate Sir, as there were only 2, perhaps 3 statements that I made, so at most I can be only wrong 3 times ;-).I'm pretty sure Ducati sold a few 996's and similar high-end sports partly as result of their success in WSB and MotoGP helping to promote their brand. Also, would you put dual compound tyres on a road going sports bike when there are just as many left hand bends as rights on the road?

[Lessdeth14]

@satchice9 There are so many things wrong with that statement I barely know where to begin. To say MotoGP is there to promote sales is ignorant as most (street) riders don't really care about MotoGP. It's like saying F1 is there to sell sports cars, which it clearly is not. As for the tyres, there are numerous dual compound tyres available on the market, so you're wrong yet again. As for Bridgestone tyres, the subject of the video, their race tyres are great. Their road tyres are anything but.

[satchice9]

oops, meant Ducati

[satchice9]

MotoGP is essentially there to promote the motorcycle manufacturers (Honda, Yamaha, Dicati etc.) sports bike sales, so I think they ought to ban dual compound tyres as they are too far removed from riding on the road.