Michelin Scorcher Sport

2 sizes, 120/70 ZR17 to 180/55 ZR17

A sport-compound pair specified as original equipment on large electric motorcycles, 58W front and 73W rear. Good fit for replacing like for like, and the wrong answer for anybody counting miles per set.

The specification

Load index58 to 730 to 0kg per tire

Speed ratingWup to 168 mph

ConstructionSLstandard load

SeasonSportcheck the sidewall

Built for electric carsNoa general fitment

Sizes on record2from the EU product register

Michelin Scorcher Sportfrom $189.85 plus sales tax

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A sport tread, drawn as a category. This is what this kind of tire is laid out to do, not a picture of this one's own pattern.

120/70 ZR17 58W in section, drawn to scale from the registered size. The sidewall height is the figure people misjudge.

Sizes we hold data for

Size	Load	Speed	Con	Marking	Price
120/70 ZR17	58	W	SL	none	$189.85plus sales tax
180/55 ZR17	73	W	SL	none	$249.25plus sales tax

Label data not yet sourced for this size. Grades are published per size rather than per pattern, so a figure copied from another size would be wrong here. It will appear when it has been taken from the manufacturer's own data.

What it is for

Motorcycle tires sit outside the EU labelling regulation, so there is no grade to compare this with and no measured figure to argue about. What there is, is the manufacturer's own choice, and on a machine that weighs what these weigh and makes its torque instantly, that choice carries more weight than it would on a car. It is a sport compound: quick to warm, short on mileage.

Who makes it

Brand	Michelin
Owned by	Michelin
Head office	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Made in	France and Spain

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