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Pirelli launches DIABLO ROSSO™ III

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Pirelli launched their latest addition to the highly renowned Diablo family tyres, the Diablo Rosso™ III at Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur on May 15th – 16th 2016.

The  DIABLO™  brand  has  always  represented  Pirelli’s excellence  in  the  world  of  ‘sporty’ tyres  for  motorcycles.  After  its  introduction  in  2002  in  the  supersport  segment,  the  DIABLO™

family  rapidly  evolved  until  it  was  present in many other market segments through as  many
as  16  tyre  models,  from  Racing  to  Supersport.  The  DIABLO™  brand  can  boast  almost  fifteen

years  of  experience,  technology  and  wins  in  the  comparative  tyre  tests  from  the  most
authoritative  specialist  magazines  and  in  races  of  international  value.  For  more  than  a
decade  the  most important motorcycle manufacturers have been choosing tyres from the

DIABLO™  range  as  original  equipment  while  the  international  press  considers  DIABLO™
products   a   reference   point.   Within   the   DIABLO™   range   the   DIABLO   ROSSO™   brand
identifies products dedicated  to  sporty use  on  roads  and  the  new  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III
comes  out  of  this  important  background  to  continue  the  story  of  this  successful  brand.

DIABLO  ROSSO™  III  is the direct successor of DIABLO ROSSO™ II but raises  the  bar  of
sport riding  even  higher.  It extends  the  qualities  of  its  predecessor, strengthening  its  features
in terms of handling  and  grip, with  long  lasting performance.   

Designed  and  developed  with  a  view  to  equip  the  latest  generation  of  powerful  road  bikes
characterised   by   significant   technological   equipment   and   electronic   control  systems, DIABLO   ROSSO™   III   is a tyre born from the racetrack for the road because it takes advantage  of  all  the  research  and  know-how  acquired  by  Pirelli  in  the  FIM  Superbike  World
Championship,  in  the  last  twelve  years  of  participation   in   its   capacity   as   Official   Tyre  Supplier.

DIABLO  ROSSO™  III is the next step in the evolution of DIABLO ROSSO™ II, which
combines   all   the   latest   technologies,   the   most   revolutionary   materials   and   the   most innovative processes together with the know-how  acquired  by  Pirelli in the Superbike World
Championship  in  these  last  few  years.  Pirelli’s engineers  have  further  strengthened  all  of these  elements  to  provide  an  unprecedented  level  of  performance  for  a  supersport  tyre.
DIABLO  ROSSO™  III greatly  improves  handling,  absolute grip  and  performance  in  the  wet,
to  guarantee  lasting  and  consistent  performance  for  the  whole  lifecycle  of  the  tyre.

DIABLO   ROSSO™   III  presents   new   profiles,   materials   of   the   latest   generation,   an
innovative structure, new compounds and a tread pattern that  is  derived  directly  from  that  of
the  DIABLO™  Supercorsa.

The  main  technical  characteristics  of  the  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III are:

  1. The  twin-compound  rear  tyre  with  high  percentages  of  silica  which  provides  grip  in  all
    conditions giving mileage  of  reference  in the supersport tyre segment.
  2.  The Racing-derived profiles.
  3.  The  tread  which  presents  a  pattern  that  is  an  evolution  of  the  flash  symbol  already present  on  the  DIABLO™  Supercorsa.

As  can  easily  be  seen,  the  tread  pattern  of  the  new  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III derives  directly
from  that  of  the  well-known  and  highly  regarded competition  tyre  DIABLO™  Supercorsa,
suitable  for  road  use.

The  Pirelli  engineers  considered  it  important  to  maintain  the  grooves  with  the  typical  and
distinctive   “flash”   pattern   on   the   tread   because   it   is   recognised   as   an   expression   of
competitiveness  and   aggressiveness.   The   set   of   grooves   represents   the   best   solution possible  for  obtaining  compactness  of  the  tread  strip,  a  good  balance  between  full  and
empty  spaces,  and  excellent  drainage  of  water.

The  orientation  of  the  grooves  follows  the  waves  of  wear,  interrupting  the  forces  that
cause  it,  favouring  more  uniform  consumption  and  a  reduction  of  the  stress  to  which  the compound  is  subjected.  The  orientation  is  also  effective  from  the  point  of  view  of  dispersal  of
water  which  makes  the  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III an  extremely  safe  and  high  performing  tyre
also  in  the  wet.

In  keeping  with  the  DNA  of  the  DIABLO  ROSSO™  II  and  of  all  the  most  recent  products
introduced on the market by Pirelli, on the shoulder  of  the  tread  we  can  recognise  the  name of  the  product  alongside  which  is  the  “flash”  symbol  typical  of  the  tread  pattern,  to  reaffirm
the  family  feeling  of  the  latest  generation  of  the  DIABLO™  family.  As  a  further  link with  other
Pirelli  products, the  new  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III is marked with the “D” of DIABLO™ 0.3 millimetres  deep  positioned  in  the  centre  of  the  rear  tyre.

The  rear  tyre  is  dual  compound with  a  large  side  strip  of  high-grip  compound  and  a  central
strip  which  guarantees  the  mileage.  More  specifically the profile is divided in a proportion of 40-20-40  where  the  side  compound,  more  high  performing,  covers  a  total  of  80%  of  the
entire  tread  while  the  remaining  20%  in  the  central  section  is  made  up  of  a  compound
functional  to  stability  and  mileage.

With  this  arrangement,  the  side  compound  that  guarantees  the  grip  comes  into  play  as  soon
as  the  leaning  phase  begins, ensuring  excellent  adherence  and  offering  the  motorcyclist great   confidence   while  leaning  into  bends.  This  is  made  possible  by  the  fact  that  the
compound   used   on   the   side   has   a   100%   silica   formulation   and   provides   all   the   grip necessary  on  both  dry  and  wet  roads.  The  side  compound  is  supported  in  the  substratum  by
a  harder  compound  which  gives  the  tyre  characteristics  such  as  stability  and  precision  in
maintaining  the  trajectory  in  bends.

The  same  compound  which  in  the  side  strips  is  present  only  in  the  substratum  emerges
instead in the central part covering a width of approximately 45 millimetres of the tread. This
compound  also  has  a  high  percentage  of  silica  (although  less  than  100%)  and  has  the purpose  of  ensuring  stability  at  high  speeds  together  with  mileage  of  reference  for  the
supersport  tyre  segment.

The  front  tyre is  a  single  compound with  a  silica  content  of  100%.  The  decision  not  to
apply  also  to  the  front  the  dual-compound  solution  is  based  on  studies  and  on  the  direct
experience  of  the  Pirelli  engineers  who  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  the  single-compound
solution   on   the   front   is   the   best   choice,   as   it   is   the   only   one   capable   of   offering   the motorcyclist  good  quality feedback  together  with  a  high  level  of  stability.

Compared  with  that  of  the  DIABLO  ROSSO™  II,  the  profile  is  higher  in  the  central  part  and
wider  at  the  sides  to  provide  a  larger  contact  area  and  a  more  stable  lean.

At  the  same  time  the  height  of  the  sidewall  has  been  increased  by  about  3  millimetres  to
favour  greater  flexibility  of  the  sidewall  in  acceleration  out  of  bends,  with  a  great  benefit  in  terms  of  traction.

The  rear  tyre follows  the  same  scheme  and  geometry  similar  to  that  of  the  front, ensuring
perfectly  balanced  and  synchronised  behaviour  of  the  pair.

The  radial  casing  of  the  new  DIABLO  ROSSO™  III is very rigid to maintain  the  profile  and
enables  the  compound  to  grip  the  asphalt.  Very  similar  to  that  used  in  the  DIABLO™ Supercorsa,  it  is  made  of  a  high-performance  Rayon, capable  of  conserving its shape during
high  stress  forces  generated  by  acceleration  and  load.

The  density  of  the  belt  has  also  been  adjusted  to  balance  rigidity  with  the  absorption
properties  of  the  roughness  of  asphalt,  providing  a  better  feeling  of  contact  and  reliability.

The  new  DIABLO   ROSSO™   III are available  at  the  international  sales  network  in  the
following  sizes:

FRONT    

110/70  ZR  17  M/C  54W  TL

120/60  ZR  17  M/C  (55W)  TL

120/70  ZR  17  M/C  (58W)  TL

REAR  

150/60  ZR  17  M/C  66W  TL

160/60  ZR  17  M/C  (69W)  TL

180/55  ZR  17  M/C  (73W)  TL

180/60  ZR  17  M/C  (75W)  TL

190/50  ZR  17  M/C  (73W)  TL

190/55  ZR  17  M/C  (75W)  TL

200/55  ZR  17  M/C  (78W)  TL

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