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THE SCORPION BREED
THE SCORPION TERRITORY
SUPERSPORT
ENDURO
OFFROAD
SCORPION IS A FAST GROWING BRAND
(World Pirelli sales, pcs %, 2002=100)
SCORPION: A WORLD WIDE PRESENCE
(PCS, %) – Year 2007
O.E.
REPLACEMENT
EUROPE
SOUTH AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
CONTINUOUS PRODUCT EVOLUTION
CURRENT PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO:
95 Part Numbers
13 Tread Patterns
RALLY
XC
SYNC
MX (Hard to Soft)
incl.minicross
MT90 A/T
MT90 S/T
2001
2001
PRO
2002
2002
2003
2003
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
THE SCORPION BREED
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BORN OUT OF LOOPS OF
CONTINOUS
AND COHERENT INNOVATION
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TESTED ON “THE FIELD”
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SELECTED AND CERTIFIED
TIME
APPROVED BY
TESTING DEPARTEMENT
....FROM PIRELLI
SPORTY ATTITUDE
ITALIAN HERITAGE
PASSION AND EMOTION
A SUCCESS BUILT OFF-ROAD
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SCORPION MX
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World and national Enduro
championships
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Rally dos sertoes (Brazil)
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Pharaons Rally
Sardinia Rally
SCORPION PRO
SCORPION XC
SCORPION RALLY
World MX Championship
Mantova Starcross
Enduropal du Touquet
Pernes Les Fontaines
Weston Beach
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THE SCORPION ENDORSEMENT at OEM’S
SYNC, MT90 A/T
MX
SYNC
MX
SYNC
XC
XC, MT90 A/T
SYNC, MT90 A/T, XC
MT90 S/T
TRAIL’S ROLE WITHIN THE SCORPION BREED
Displacement (c.c.)
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
PLURIDECORATED WORLD CHAMPIONS
ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN
THE TRAIL IDENTITY
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To your bike
The modern approach to enduro street segment is based on concepts like:
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Street oriented
Off road appeal
Power and traction
Comfortable riding
The near future:
• Pure off road
• Urban all rounder
• The glorious, and….
New trail for the Scorpion: Sport AdvenTouring
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To your riding style
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Thriving in the urban environment
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Fast and comfortable travel is possible on just two
wheels
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Adventure is only a short distance away
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Aggressive stretch climbing mountain
Wherever your imagination wants to go
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To your imagination
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Narrow twisty but well asphalted road Æ reactivity Æ Handling
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Put your quest for travel in your luggage and off you go Æ excellent riding conditions Æ
Stability
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Gravel patholes or path across petrified lava Æ right traction Æ off road traction
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Climbing the mountain and getting back down in to the valley Æ precise and controllable
Æ Grip
Scorpion translates imagination into real needs
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To our technology
New way of approaching the segment: put the Scorpion on real trail
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Three years of development
Constant attention to evolution of bikes and to customer needs
Focus group and collaboration with most important manufacturers
Innovative testing methodology to simulate the real usage of the tyre
North Cape – Dakar 2005
Factory Tour 2007
Tunisia Raid 2008
Only one target: excellence
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To our Research & Development
TYRE DESIGN
INDOOR TESTING
OUTDOOR PROOF
VEHICLE BEHAVIOR
• Multi body simulation
• ADAMS
TYRE CHARACTERISTIC
• Contact area
• Pressure distribution
VALIDATION
• Global Positioning System
• GYRO
• Accelerometer
Development process gives performance consistency
THERE IS NO BOUNDARY
To our new product
• From Artic icy road to burning sand of the desert
• Highway, twisty, mountain, country…tested in all possible road
conditions
• Hot, cold, sunny, rainy…tested in all possible weather conditions
• New level of performance tailored on specific bike’s typology and
on real needs:
Stability
Off road Traction
Handling
Scorpion Trail: driven by experience
Grip in
all condition
THE SCORPION ANATOMY
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: outstanding overall
performance
TREAD PATTERN
Short Cuts in shoulder contact area
TYRE STRUCTURE
Optimized footprint at load/camber
condition
COMPOUND
Carbon Black
…High speed stability
…Handling
TREAD PATTERN
Stiff tread blocks
TYRE STRUCTURE
Optimized carcass deformation
COMPOUND
Short warm up time
TREAD PATTERN
Long Longitudinal
grooves
Transversal grooves
COMPOUND
High Silica
…grip on all road surface
…off road
TREAD PATTERN
V shape
Big central knobs
COMPOUND
New resins
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: to follow motorbikes
evolution
INNOVATIVE TREAD CONCEPT: No more compromise between on/off road
performances
ROAD ORIENTED TREAD DESIGN:
- Stability
- Handling
- Grip
ENDURO ORIENTED TREAD
DESIGN:
Off Road
Wet behavior
Traction
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pi
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2 Patents Pending
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: to achieve new level of
HANDLING
TREAD DESIGN: Side to side rubber
continuity.
TYRE DESIGN: Progressive radii tyre profile for
progressive cornering force.
¾ Progressive in lean
¾ Quick and light flip flop
¾ Predictable in all conditions
¾ Comfortable ride feeling
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: to ensure safe OFF ROAD
riding
TREAD DESIGN:
1. Knobby area from side to side
2. V Shape of knobs taken from Pirelli off
road racing experience
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1
1
1 1
2
2 2
TREAD DESIGN:
Variable angles / thickness of grooves tuned thanks to subjective and measured outdoor test:
MEASURED
SUBJECTIVE
+ 10% Max
Speed
¾ Control
¾ Traction
Full Throttle
- REF
- TRAIL
Traction and control for safe off road riding
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: to give STABILITY in all
conditions
TREAD DESIGN:
Short longitudinal grooves in shoulder area for
uniform pressure distribution in contact patch
TYRE STRUCTURE
0° progressive end count to calibrate tyre stiffness
HIGH TREAD ADAPTABILITY
• Footprint shape / dimension at
every load to avoid any speed
drag effect
• Footprint shape / dimension at
every lean angle for safe feeling
in fast bend
Effective footprint pressure
100 %
90 %
e an
lle
ght
straiig
L ea n
lleeft
r ig h t
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: to reach GRIP in all
conditions
TREAD DESIGN
Long grooves to move away water from the
footprint
Profile of rill in variable wide (water jet effect)
to reduce acquaplanning
COMPOUND
- High structure and small molecular
dimension carbon-black: high torsion elastic
modulus
- Higher polymer-filler interaction thanks to
Silica with high effective surface
- New curing chemicals for higher compound
stability:
Maximum Stability at high speed
Grip on wet and cold surface from the first mile
Long lasting performance and tear off resistance
DISCOVER OUR TECHNOLOGY: same performance for more
than 10.000 km
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MILEAGE is a value of the segment, it’s mandatory….but it’s better to
consider:
¾ Pure mileage (km/mm, max km)
¾ Performance Lasting
¾ Performance at the end of tyre’s life
¾ Real road, real bike, real usage
¾ No artificial effect
¾ Indoor and outdoor testing
Factory Tour
Factory Tour PIRELLI
THE ROLE OF OUTDOOR TESTING
PIRELLI MOTO: OUTDOOR PROVING GROUNDS
THE INNOVATIVE TESTING METHODOLOGY
New way of approaching the segment:
2006 North Cap - Dakar
• Understanding and defining
• Wide range of temperature
2007 Factory Tour
• Testing and tuning
• Long Run
• The most real testing ground on earth
2008 Tunisia and Nardò
• Pushing to the limit and approving
• Hardest conditions
Excellence, challenge, real usage, no artificial effect
PIRELLI FACTORY TOUR: THE MOST REAL PROVING GROUND
Burton-upon-Trent
Folkestone
Km/bike: 9.993
Period: 16 gg
Countries visited: 13
Calais
Breuberg
Parigi
Budapest
Monaco
Tirgu-jiu
Limoges
Milano
Slatina
Torino
Firenze
Montpellier
Sofia
Manresa
Bari
Izmit
Alexandroupoli
Igoumenitsa
Giarre
PIRELLI FACTORY TOUR: Results
• Country Road
• Handling
• Highways
• High Speed stability
• Bad, dusty and wet surfaces
• Grip in all conditions
• Trail
• Traction
SCORPION TRAIL: Radar chart and range
Front
100/90 – 18 M/C TL 56P
100/90 – 19 M/C 57S
100/90 – 19 M/C TL 57H
110/80 R 19 M/C TL 59V
90/90 – 21 M/C 54S
Stability
130
120
Off road
110
Handling
100
90/90 – 21 M/C 54S
90
80
Rear
120/90 – 17 M/C 64S
130/80 – 17 M/C TL 65P
130/80 – 17 M/C 65S
130/80 R 17 M/C TL 65H
140/80 R 17 M/C TL 69H
150/70 R 17 M/C TL 69V
Scorpion Trail
MT 90 S/T
70
Comfort
Dry Grip
Wet Grip
Mileage