Painted tyre walls

1969: Dunlop tyres lapped the Isle of Man TT course at over 100mph for the first time, so were henceforth renamed the ‘TT100’, and became probably the first "performance upgrade" tyre. 1974: Metzeler...

Rubber re-do on my Redheaded monster tomorrow since the weather down here in West Palm is going to be shit. Swapping to a Metz Roadtech Z6 I think and an Avon Cobra for the rear since that’s all that...

Surely if every sprint motorcycle was limited to a six-inch wide tyre, we would still have terrific competition and terrific performance. I have just re-read Robert Post's HIGH PERFORMANCE; it is not...

Nice evening to break in a new front tyre...

Offroad Yamaha R6 by @cboyst...

Now I understand @Adam Sarros...

So I noticed this small nail in my rear tyre after went over a pothole and wanted to check my rims. The nail is about the same size as those Ikea nails you use to nail in your backboard. I posted a ke...

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Metzeler has a new adventure tyre, the Karoo 4. Replacing the Karoo 3 (the one with the unusual kind-of-diagonal block pattern), the 4 picks up on the latest in tyre tech and seems to be a return t...