Michelin Power One 2CT Tires

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Michelins newest high-performance tire, the Power One, slots in perfectly alongside a growing line of premium race-derived motorcycle tires. The Power One utilizes dual-compound technology, a term now somewhat commonplace in performance and sporting tires. Michelin lays claim to utilizing multiple compounds as early as 1994, but the most recent tire from Michelin to receive dual-compounds billed as a key feature was the Pilot Power 2CT.
All-new Michelin Power One tire with two compound technology brings genuine racing technology to the most demanding street and track-day riders. By adapting their MotoGP proven race technology, Power One tires will deliver performance levels nearing those of actual World Championship winning tires.
For the uninitiated, a dual-compound is just what it sounds: one level of rubber hardness/grip in the center, with a softer, grippier compound on the sides. Typically the front often has a nearly equal, if not greater, ratio of soft compound on the tires shoulders when compared to the harder center compound.Its not unusual to see a rear tire contain more of the harder compound when compared to the front tires dual-compound ratios. This is usually due to the simple fact that the rear tire has more available real estate, and its the bun that gets all of the abuse from the engine, so a greater area of harder, longer-wearing compound is necessary to keep the wear rates as equal as possible.In addition to 2CT tech, the Power One employs what Michelin calls MRSE (Michelin Racing Synthetic Elastomers) compounds combined with HTSC (High Tech Synthetic Compound) resins. The general idea behind this tire jargon is that Michelins particular cocktail of compounds is aimed at providing fast warm-up times while offering good grip characteristics.Finally, we get one more acronym: NST (Near Slick Technology). The minimal tread grooves cover only 5% of the tires surface, maximizing rubber contact with the road. Michelin claims the resulting traction helps facilitate lean angles approaching 60 degrees.Upon first seeing the Power One as fitted to the quartette of stars in the racetrack leg of our 2009 Supersport Shootout, we couldnt help but agree that they were nearly slick. The first three sessions of our late February trackday at the Streets of Willow saw us sipping cocoa, taking cover from an early morning rainstorm that left puddles in the parking lot and a greasy looking track surface.We werent terribly eager to see just how near slick the Power One was, but eventually the rain gave way to mostly cloudy conditions. The benefit of tire warmers undoubtedly aided our willingness to tip it in during the first few laps of our early sessions. However, as the day wore on, skies cleared and temps rose to at least average for that time of year in the Mojave high desert. Tire warmers became luxuries rather than necessities at that point it was all systems go and throttle on by mid-afternoon