Tyres

There are essentially 3 types of tyre for the road: Touring, Sports Touring and Sports. Then for the track there are motorcycle Trackday tyres and Racing tyres. In among that lot are sub-categories like Adventure bike tyres, 125cc tyres and Scooter tyres but the tyres in those three categories also pretty much all fit into […]

These days we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to motorcycle touring tyres. The thing is, a touring motorcycle is not so easy to define these days. Years ago it was a motorcycle with a massive fairing, built-in panners and a big engine, ridden (mainly) by old men who’d been riding before you were even

There are two main types of tyres for track riding. You can either fit a road-legal Sports tyre or a Slick. Of course you can do a trackday on a Sports Touring or a Touring tyre, you just won’t get as much grip out of those choices. I’ve seen Ron Haslam riding a CBR500 fitted

There are essentially 3 types of tyre for Adventure bikes: Enduro tyres, sometimes known as Off-Road Adventure tyres, (think nice and knobbly tyres that look like they’re ready to scale the side of a hill). Then there are Adventure tyres, which are rugged-looking Sports Touring tyres with visible tread blocks, giving them a slight off-road

You can transform the feel of your scooter by fitting a decent set of tyres. Manufacturers of motorcycle tyres now produce a wide range of scooter tyres that use very similar technology and compounds used in their best motorcycle tyres. You don’t need to buy the stickiest, sportiest and most expensive tyre for your scooter