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Colin Edwards tests street tires on his GP race bike

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MotoGP rider Colin Edwards laps the Sepang circuit using Michelin Pilot Power 2CT street tires on his Yamaha YZR-M1 race bike. His lap times were only 8 seconds slower than with full race-spec slicks.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: August 24, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Author: danwildhirt

Length: 02:20
Rating: 4.33
Views: 67359

Tags: colin  edwards  michelin  motogp  motorcycle  pilot  racing  yamaha  

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markusx2468 (October 9, 2008 at 6:43 am)
i loved the M1 in that color scheme!!! they prob bumped the traction control wayyyy up.
yamaharossi (October 2, 2008 at 12:06 am)
sweet drift at 1.53 :) i love colin, he is so fuckin funny...awesome guy and rider. he really knows how to smoke the tires GO ON COLIN !!!
SpeedT03 (October 1, 2008 at 8:05 pm)
Geat rider and great publicity stunt, but I don't suppose it's possible that the stack of tyres they randomly chose from were all "trick" compounds were they? Sorry to sound cynical.
k2col (August 29, 2008 at 9:11 am)
"8 seconds behind his best last year on competition tyres". Very impressive, but why were these control laps last year? Maybe his bike is quicker this year!
123thizz916 (August 7, 2008 at 10:25 am)
ya, thats what im saying. there is no way possible you could take a 800cc moto gp bike and get anywhere near a real lap time, on street legal tires..8 seconds? i mean, ya, 8 seconds is HUGE. but still, they werent out there TESTING, they were basically advertising. also, im pretty sure it was 8 seconds slower, PER lap. saying for the sake of arguing, he ran a 1.325 on the spec tires last year, on these he ran a 1.405..just what i think tho..
Pogost1ck (August 6, 2008 at 11:21 pm)
Err, correction, you are right. In that case, 1,6 seconds a lap is astonishing.
Pogost1ck (August 6, 2008 at 11:19 pm)
Im-possible. The traction on a slick is much higher so its 8 seconds a lap I reckon.
Pogost1ck (August 6, 2008 at 11:18 pm)
Im 100% sure they've mounted the tires to the GP bike and then rode them. What a lame stunt would it be if they hadnt.
McDonaldsChampCar (July 27, 2008 at 9:39 pm)
Can you get the tire with the michelin logo painted on it?
twisteeR6 (June 27, 2008 at 8:25 am)
I'll have to disagree on this one. The 2ct took forever to come up to temp. and the sidewall doesn't have enough traction for me. And one more thing: the narrator said "only 8 sec behind after 5 laps....dude, thats like :32 seconds slower in a race of 30 laps. FUCK THAT! he would be in last place

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