A Great step forward of the sport radials

for motorcycles from BRIDGESTONE

 ■Bridgestone Product Concept

1000cc
Size Expansion
Size Expansion

600cc

400cc

250cc

Race Sports Touring Adventure

High-performance sports radials for motorcycling enthusiasts

who loves sport mind and winding roads.

Newly designed tyre provides ultimate handling on particularly

dry surface as well as having improved wear life.

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Making Concept for S21

OUR PASSION FOR S21 PROJECT

QUESTIONED TO OURSELVES:
• What is the requirements for sport tyres ?
• What is the real pleasure of sport riding ?
• What does it make a satisfaction for sport riding?

Successful cornering gives excitement !

KEY WORD: “CORNERING”

The best ever DRY CORNERING performance gives

satisfaction and excitement !
But we do not forget MILEAGE performance, too !!

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The Concept

Tame the beast machines with

the new sport radials !
“Let’s enjoy cornering !!”
• Challenge to the corner !!
• Beyond the limit !!
• Find a new horizon !!

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Applied technologies are subject to sizes

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S21 Technical features

Create our Dream into the Real

New tread pattern New profile
design design
FRONT REAR

New Compound High stiffness

design bead filler
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 Pattern Design
FRONT REAR
3D finish at groove-end enhances
tread rigidity and cornering grip is
Rotation

Rotation
improved.

Tread rigidity was optimized by

center-crossed grooves and it could
improves contact to the road surface
thus light handling is achieved.

Center rib block is reinforcing tread

rigidity which gives less sliding
motion thus wear life is improved.

Slick like shoulder design gives large

contact patch when lean, which
enhancing grip during cornering

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Pattern Design
Shoulder part: Slick like design gives large contact patch
when lean.

FRONT REAR

Larger contact patch when lean

Rider could feel the confidence when committing into the corner
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 Technology (Front)

New Front profile

S20EVO

Over turning moment

: S20EVO
: S21 S21

Over Turning Moment

Smaller crown radius

Lean angle Smaller O.T.M. provides

Contact patch at 45° lean angle light handling.
Camber Thrust (Side Force)

S21

S20EVO

Camber thrust
S20EVO S21

Larger camber thrust

New front profile gives longer Lean angle
contact length when lean improves cornering grip
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 Technology (Rear)
Pattern &
Shape
construction
Visualization of Tire Contact Patch
Behavior with Measurement and
Simulation Technology
: S20EVO

ruction
Const-
: S21

Optimization technology

Crown shape Belt construction Groove layout

Adhesive area
Adhesive Adhesive area
ROTATION

Lesser slippage area under

Slippage
driving condition
Slippage
area Slippage
Tyre size: 190/55ZR17
area Wear life significantly
S20EVO S21 improved on S21
Load:1.5 kN, SA, CA: 0 deg.
IP：290kPa, V：100km/h
Driving condition

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 Compound Design
The New Compound
The Micro contact Compound
 Worked on molecular level to improve the compound performance
 Physical property were optimized to have sure contact with the any type of
roughness of the road surface
 The new compound has sure grip for any type of road surface
Test tyres

Micro contact 190/55ZR17 S21

190/55ZR17 S20EVO
Pressure: 290kPa, Load: 3800N

The new compound

Contact image to uneven road surface Indoor test facility at Bridgestone Technical
centre, Japan

Larger contact
Tread Tread area in micro provides larger contact
level
patch in micro level
Image

Road surface Road surface Sure bite feel

• Non-contact area is smaller

Actual Contact

with S21 compound.

• Contact area index also
shows 11% of improvement
Higher contact

with S21 compound.

pressure

More contact with

road surface

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 Compound Design

New shoulder compound was installed for both Front and Rear
Characteristics of New shoulder compound
FRONT

Change in grip
NEW
Depiction

Grip
S21
S20EVO
Tire temperature

Provides higher and consistent grip even in

REAR

NEW
higher temperature range

Gives confidence when cornering with

higher lean angle

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 Cornering speed in race track
Cornering speed at race track SUGO T3 A

A B
145
140 S21: 3.5km/h
faster at EXIT
135 B Cornering speed INDEX
Speed (km/h)

130 Speed@ Speed@ Acc.@

S21: 1.9km/h A B Exit
125 faster at ENTRY
(Entry) (Exit)
120 S20EVO 100 100 100
115 S21 102 104 117
110
S20EVO  Higher stability of S21 allows to commit the
105
S21 corner with higher entry speed
100  Higher cornering grip of S21 allows exiting the
480 500 520 540 560 580 600
Distance (m) corner with higher speed and acceleration

Image
Cornering speed proves ultimate
cornering performance of S21
3rd/Aug./2015 (Sunny, A/T=31-31/42-48 degC)
SUGO circuit
Honda CBR1000RR
Rider: T.Sekiguchi
120/70ZR17, 190/55ZR17
Cold P.: 230kPa/250kPa
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Handling and wear life performance

Performance (score index) Wear life

140
DRY Straight
stability 120 Approx.
120 36%
DRY 100
110

Wear index
WET overall Cornering
100 80
stability
90
80 60
70 40
WET Grip 60 DRY grip
20

WET Handlin
DRY Handling
at limit
S20EVO
DRY overall
S21

Performance is significantly improved Wear life is also

on DRY surface without losing WET significantly improved
surface performance
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 S21 Release Schedule

Additional features on S21 Front Start of

Sizes On Sale
Rear production
Decoration grooves
Front 110/70ZR17M/C (54W) Dec-2015

Front 120/60ZR17M/C (55W) Dec-2015

Front 120/70ZR17M/C (58W) Sep-2015

Front 130/70ZR16M/C (61W) Dec-2015

・Aggressive and sporty image Rear 150/60ZR17M/C (66W) Dec-2015

・Japanese SAMURAI sword
(Made in Japan) Rear 160/60ZR17M/C (69W) Dec-2015

Rear 180/55ZR17M/C (73W) Sep-2015

Image:
Rear 190/50ZR17M/C (73W) Sep-2015
Sharper handling like
SAMURAI SWORD Rear 190/55ZR17M/C (75W) Sep-2015

Rear 200/55ZR17M/C (78W) Dec-2015

Total 10sizes

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