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Originally Posted by throttlemeister
Actually the M5 doesn't have multiple compounds. Compound-wise, it's old-skool single compound. The tech is in the belts. They use 3 different belt tensions for the center, side and edge to provide similar characteristics as others do with multi compound threads.
The Rossi Corsa is a multicompound tire though.
I think it is pretty smart what Metzeler are doing, if I look at the wear patterns of the Rossi Corsa and the MPR3. These tires show that while the idea is great, wear of different compounds isn't always exactly ideal between the edges of the different compounds.
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You can actually see the different compounds on a lot of them, especially after some wear. It makes sense that if you can see it, you can feel it as the tire transitions.
The pace of change with tire technology is truly incredible, and probably responsible for most of the overall performance gains in street bikes over the past few years.