Coloured stripes on tyres.

[Melch]

So I just bought a pair of Mitas tyres for my Drz. Rear has a red stripe round it and the front has a green. What's that all about then, if you please?

 

[csd4t]

I'm led to believe that it means harder sidewall and therefore lower pressures, although I have been known to be wrong on the odd occasion before.

 

[Melch]

I'm led to believe that it means harder sidewall and therefore lower pressures, although I have been known to be wrong on the odd occasion before.

Aha! Curioser and curioser! Do you know what colour means what though?

 

[Rushy]

It so you don't put them on the wrong wheel

Red = Rear fitment and Green = front

 

[bandit]

Mitas has designed 3 different tire compounds which are intended for different riding applications. The tire compounds are designated by the following colour stripe:

Red Stripe: Standard compound with 3 textile ply layers. Suitable for motocross applications.

Yellow Stripe: Enduro compound that is softer than the Red Stripe; 4 textile ply layers; suitable for a wider range of terrain. DOT approved.

Green Stripe: Special compound with Kevlar nano-fibers; suitable for extreme enduro; lighter carcass than the Yellow Stripe; excellent grip on hard terrain. DOT approved.

 

[Melch]

I think Bandit is looking like the favourite here . Thank you sir. Oh and thanks to the others for the wild stabs in the dark.

 

[Gundog]

I have just bought these grabbers for my truck.. coloured bands.. i asked the garage what its all about, they didn't know but said loads of new tyres have them now.

 

[Fanum]

None of the above is true.

It's a modern, slightly more subtle version of the 'hanky code'

EDIT...fits in well with your 'wild stabs in the dark'...I think that's a white band and a brown one, depending on whether you're the stabber or the stabbed

 

[Melch]

None of the above is true.

It's a modern, slightly more subtle version of the 'hanky code'

EDIT...fits in well with your 'wild stabs in the dark'...I think that's a white band and a brown one, depending on whether you're the stabber or the stabbed

Do they do a 'general deviant' colour perchance?

 

[tuftywhite]

When I used to work at Pirelli I asked what they were.

Bloke told me that the colours represent the different types of composites used to make up that tyre.