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Confidence and reliability, fully-loaded for the whole distance
The biggest challenge was to design a tyre capable of making riding easier no matter the conditions (wet, dry, cold, warm, loaded, unloaded, with or without passenger) and no matter the bike (naked, sport touring or supersport). A new higher sidewall dimension improves the tyre's capability to bear stresses coming from the road (dampening properties), making a tyre which is more comfortable in all load conditions, even when mounted on very heavy sport touring bikes. Roadtec Z8 Interact™ adopts a modern, π-inspired tread pattern adapted from the Sportec M5 Interact™, making it not only a strong distinctive element of the product but a new patent for optimizing the tyre structure's elastic properties to obtain the best contact between tyre and road in any condition. Not only is the footprint area wider but its shape is ideally elliptical, such that great confidence and stability are truly felt. Among the most important technical features of the Roadtec Z8 Interact™ is its capability to work even when tyre operative temperature is quite low, truly guaranteeing safety from the first mile. New compounds have been developed using a fine carbon-silica matrix (FCM) technology and the latest generation of newest high performance raw materials for a quick adaptability to a wider range of conditions, such as transitions from cold to warm or from wet to dry. The new compounds (differentiated front to rear) offer the highest level of grip possible in these variable conditions, but still retain extremely high mileage characteristics. To achieve a perfectly homogeneous matrix, dispersion was completed at a nano-scale (10-9 meters) level rather than the typical micro-scale (10-6 meters). In this way, the compound keeps its macro-reinforcement at a similar level when passing from cold to warm conditions (low thermo-plasticity), maintaining a compound stiffness and thus a high safety level even in high temperature conditions or load stress. |
Last Revised: 05-27-2010