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Metzeler Tires New Sportec M5 Interact™ Supersport Tire

Looking for a tire that offers it all for your custom motorcycle or bobber motorcycle or even your stock Harley-Davidson?  If so, then Metzeler Tires New Sportec M5 Interact™ Supersport Tire is for all demanding riders who accept nothing but the best in performance.  Check out Metzeler tires M5 Interact Technology that has 5 zone tension with lean angle indicators which offers a superb tire for all weather conditions on all roads at all speeds.

The Sportec M5 Interact™ Supersport Tire’s new tread pattern is a perfect circle incorporating the mathematical Greek symbol “Pi” as a component to the formula of a circle’s circumference.  The shape and distribution of the tread grooves contribute to the overall performance of the Sportec M5 Interact™ tire with very effective water drainage as well as a superb flexibility.  Metzeler states this increased flexibility complements the Interact™-based tire structure in maintaining optimized contact area to avoid slippage which definitely affects wear uniformity and mileage.

“Metzeler engineers answered the most diverse requirements of the supersport segment with a new stage of development on the tensions of the tyre’s steel-belt: The new Sportec M5 Interact™ boasts five well-defined zones over the entire contour of the tyre, achieving always the best grip lean for each angle, stability and constant feedback.

Interact™ technology is a precise tuning of the high-tech steel belt winding tensions combined with a perfectly matched carcass, without the discontinuity experienced by alternative multi-compound products.”

Metzeler Tires New Sportec M5 Interact™ Supersport Tire lean indicators offers motorcycle and custom motorcycle riders unsurpassed visual confirmation (without the chicken strip) of the maximum level of the tire’s usage.  Yes, with the lean angle indicators riders can verify which of the 5-stages of markings were contacted while powering their custom motorcycles through the corners or running the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap.  Click on the thumbnail above to easily see all five lean indicator markings that are placed on the shoulder of the rear tire where the tire’s profile meets the road surface at angles of approximately 25°, 30°, 35°, 40° and 45°.  They come in Front Tire Sizes of :  120/60 ZR 17 M/C (55W) TL & 120/70 ZR 17 M/C (58W) TL, and for the Rear Tire 190/50 ZR 17 M/C (73W) TL, 180/55 ZR 17 M/C (73W) TL, 190/55 ZR 17 M/C (75W) TL, and 160/60 ZR 17 M/C (69W) TL.  For more information, visit Metzeler Tires to learn more about their new Sportec M5 Interact™ Supersport Tire’s superb adhesion on dry land as well as uncompromising traction in wet conditions for maximum adhesion to the road right from the first pull of the throttle all the way through the curves.

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