he all-new Pirelli Diablo Rosso isn’t just a new street tire, it’s a new concept in high-performance tire technology. The Diablo Rosso is Pirelli’s latest benchmark in design, style and performance for discerning supersport street riders. And, just as importantly, the Diablo Rosso is all about emotion and lifestyle.
     Unique to the Diablo Rosso is its engineering that uses Pirelli’s revolutionary technology, resulting in Enhanced Patch Technology (EPT). With EPT, Pirelli technicians reached a new plateau of performance that maximizes the ability and feel of the contact patch between the motorcycle and the pavement. The Diablo Rosso’s EPT provides extraordinary contact between the motorcycle and the street, giving today’s riders, and their latest generation machines, the ultimate in handling performance.
     The Diablo Rosso’s EPT is achieved through a coordination of every facet of the tire’s design and manufacture from compound to construction to tread and profile. The tread design, tire structure and compound are all key to delivering the Rosso’s planted feel in the corners, great stability on the straights, certainty in the wet, and ‘urban proof’ handling to accelerate riders from the streets of the city to the highways of passion.
     The Diablo Rosso’s tread is characterized by its naked shoulders that provide the highest possible grip at full lean. The surface area just in from the Rosso’s shoulders have the tire’s greatest area of tread, providing confident traction in dry or wet weather. Just inside from that area is calibrated tread, offering the best design and stability for all riding conditions, giving riders a planted feel while delivering ease of handling.
     The compound of the Diablo Rosso tires have a perfect proprietary mix of silica, carbon and other components, resulting in better riding through chemistry. With its careful balance of ingredients, the Rosso’s proven compound heats up quickly, provides consistent traction, and has outstanding grip in wet and dry, complementing the tread design.
     Construction of the Diablo Rosso starts with a carcass created from Pirelli’s exclusive zero-degree radial design, creating a sound yet pliant structure that is the basis of Pirelli’s EPT concept. The resulting dynamic profile maintains the proper patch width, front and rear, giving the rider positive feedback.
     The Diablo Rosso’s new tread design is specific to the front and rear tires. Pirelli’s zero-degree steel radial belts, new material and dynamic profile, combine with the tread resulting in benchmark performance and panache. The Diablo Rosso tires exude the passion of power and freedom that define Pirelli’s fame, together with state-of-the-art grip, traction, and handling precision. Diablo Rosso is born of the legendary and laurelled Diablo heritage, that puts riders’ emotions at the very center of its abilities. In short, the Diablo Rosso is a tire of lifestyle: escape, freedom, power, and passion.
     Pirelli’s new North American Vice President of Motorcycle Tires, Scott Griffin, said, “I knew when I joined Pirelli a few weeks ago that it is a company of constant innovation, but introducing such a significant street tire within days of my coming to the company is extra special. Riding on the track with America’s journalists testing the Diablo Rosso tires was an event that will forever define my joining Pirelli. And now I’m looking forward to having a set mounted on my personal streetbike, to live the lifestyle we promote at Pirelli.”
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