I thought Pirelli had more options in terms of the tire compounds and construction. 

Mind you, don't remember where I heard this, so I'll be the first to admit I may well be full of shit 

also some food for thought in the MotoGP vs. WSBK tire comparo...

you have 260 hp bikes vs. 215-ish hp bikes...that power difference does a lot to the forces that the tire has to be contructed to withstand...

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on November 14, 2012, 01:09:06 PM
I thought Pirelli had more options in terms of the tire compounds and construction.  

Mind you, don't remember where I heard this, so I'll be the first to admit I may well be full of shit  

nope, you get a choice of  A B or C usually.. about the same amount of choice you get in GP.  but the Pirelli's have a must softer carcass.  you can push them around and square off corners.


besides, you'll never hear any one in GP complain about the 'stones having enough grip.  they reportedly have you-just-can't-believe-it grip.  obviously last year they had a lot of getting up to temp problems, but those seem to have gotten better.  the 'complaint', if you can call it that, is that you have to literally build the bike around the tire.  but building it around a tire that has ungodly grip doesn't seem like much of a punishment.