Tyres

[Jukie]

Check these tyres out

These tyres are made in South Carolina, USA..
 
SEE THROUGH TIRES
Radical new tire design by Michelin.The next generation of tyres.  They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show.



Yes, those are 'spoke' like connections to the inner part of the tyre from the outside tread 'wrap!' The last picture shows how odd it looks in motion....

Makes you wonder how the ride feels doesn't it?






These tyres are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.
The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these.
Just think of the impact on existing technology:

A. no more air valves...
B. no more air compressors at gas stations...
C. no more repair kits...
D. no more flats...
These are actual pictures taken in the  South  Carolina plant of Michelin.

[Holden]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweel

didn't notice which board this was on, but more info can't hurt.

[goldFiSh]

on a bike you'd get to the edge of the tyre pretty fast! at least the tyre fashion conscious would not have to worry about their chicken strips!

[Dockstrada]

Its old forklifts technology  they have been using that Principal for 20 years Our factory in Germany is one of the largest manufacture of cussion solid tires .

[Jukie]

it just looks so weird and wrong, but if it work cool 

[bmroxm5]

Its old forklifts technology  they have been using that Principal for 20 years Our factory in Germany is one of the largest manufacture of cussion solid tires .

I reckon this would be a lot more comfortable than a solid rubber tyre.

[mattyvas]

Gotta be better than BMW's very uncomfortable run flat tyres.
Don't know how they'd go cornering really hard rolling onto the sidewall. 

[mostro900]

I thought Michelin had made those tyres for scooters - similar concept, however with wrap around side walls. Read about them in one of the bike magazines last year I think.

[MonsterDorf]

I just don't know.

How do you account for extra load? If I load up my Ute and hook up the horse float I recon they'd be done for.

How will they work on Australia's dirt roads?

Looks more like it'll end up in the same basket as those "double tyres" they were telling us we'd all have in the near future.

[Super T.I.B]

I just don't know.

How do you account for extra load? If I load up my Ute and hook up the horse float I recon they'd be done for.

How will they work on Australia's dirt roads?

Looks more like it'll end up in the same basket as those "double tyres" they were telling us we'd all have in the near future.

Haha!

The coppers were using them on there bright yellow VL Commodores. 

[vossy]

I'd like to see them on a 4x4 in soft sand.

I think I'll be sticking to my conventional tyres thanks.

[Dockstrada]

I wonder what would happen to them with my soon to come 500hp engine for the SLR and weak clutch leg  All i can see is the guts being ripped out of them 

[Holden]

Here's another design:

[dragonworld.]

I wonder what would happen to them with my soon to come 500hp engine for the SLR and weak clutch leg  All i can see is the guts being ripped out of them 

Gotta stop doing knee tremblers with the women !! 

 Just ruins the crutch leg. !!   

[bmroxm5]

I'd like to see them on a 4x4 in soft sand.

I think I'll be sticking to my conventional tyres thanks.

The tweels shown are fitted to an Audi A4 for general urban duties I assume. The regular tyres fitted to an Audi A4 wouldn't perform very well in soft sand either. We can't expect this one particular tweel to be a race tyre, a sand tyre, a snow tyre etc... It's horses for courses.