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Metzeler M-1 Sportec Motorcycle Tires

 First Of New-Generation Sport Radials Said To Be "The Most Technologically-Advanced Street Sport Tire Metzeler Has Every Created" Metzeler has introduced the Sportec M-1, the first of the company's second generation of high performance street sport radials. According to Metzeler, the Sportec M-1 represents a significant advancement in its patented 0( steel-belted radial technology, construction, and compounding: a street radial whose performance abilities are so advanced, the tire is suitable for the demands of trackdays. Yet it can still boast of "excellent durability". The Sportec M-1 is designed to fit between Metzeler's multi-championship-winning DOT Rennsport Race radial and the highly-praised MEZ4 Sport Touring radial. The Sportec is the first street radial to employ Metzeler's advanced MAW (Metzeler Advanced Winding) construction on its 0( steel belts. Previously, the individual steel belts were wound evenly across the tire carcass. MAW encases two or three strands of belt - depending on the application - in a special rubber "bandina". The bandinas are then wound onto the carcass with wider or tighter spacing to more precisely "tune" tire performance across its entire surface. The company says MAW represents a significant milestone because it allows Metzeler engineers to not simply optimize the tire's overall performance, but to tune each part of each tire more precisely for its task - from upright to maximum lean - to deliver "an extraordinary level of compliance, grip and drive, directional stability and control." Also, because its spacing uses fewer of the steel strands, the MAW process creates tires that are even lighter in weight than other Metzeler 0( steel-belted radials, resulting in less unsprung weight and rotational mass.

Part#   Metzeler Sportec M1 Front Tires 
110-13218  120/70 ZR 17 
Part#   Metzeler Sportec M1 Rear Tires
110-13220  180/55 ZR 17
110-13219  190/50 ZR 17 
Part#   Metzeler Sportec M1 OEM Tires
0303-0058  120/70 ZR 17 Front F800S
0303-0059  120/70 ZR 17 Front R1200S
0304-0057  180/55 ZR 17 Rear F800S R1200S
0303-0030  120/70 ZR 17 Front K1200S
0304-0030  190/50 ZR 17 Rear K1200S
110-14328  120/70 ZR 17 Front GSXR1300
110-14320  190/50 ZR 17 Rear GSXR1300