VOL. 55 ISSUE 44 NOVEMBER 6, 2018 P115
S TANDOUT FEATURE
Excellent road comfort
RIDER AN ALYSIS
I don't get to ride Continentals
very often. Normally it's Conti-
nental's main rival Dunlop that
gets fitted to the few cruisers
I get to swing a leg over so it's
nice to get a feel for something
dif ferent every now and then.
We took the ContiTours and
fitted them up to an Indian
Scout for a bit of summer cruis-
ing around SoCal. The bad part
is summer in California saw not
a single drop of rain, so as far
as Conti's claims of good wet-
weather per formance goes, I
can't say.
What I can judge was the
ContiTour's stability and road
comfort, which were the main
factors that stood out in our
months with the Indian Scout.
Compared to some other cruiser
tires I've tried, the ContiTour has
a lovely soft feel at speed, with
excellent steering properties.
Considering the Indian Scout
is one of the lighter cruisers
on the market, this excellent
steering fact alone was no
great surprise, but the overall
ride comfort certainly was. The
ContiTour would track nicely
over rough tarmac and wouldn't
get nervous when crossing
heavily painted lines on the
freeway. Our testing was just
over 1000 miles of highway, city
and touring, so granted, it was
only scratching the sur face of
what the Conti's could do. At
that point, they barely looked
like they'd been worn in, which
comes down to the backbone
carcass design keeping wear to
a minimum.
In all, they per formed bril-
liantly on our test with the In-
dian, although I think a heavier
machine would suit these tires
even better. CN
•Excellent comfort, great
turning feel at high speed
and stability when crossing
cracked pavement.
•Nothing! They performed
brilliantly.
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www.continental-tires.com
when full loaded up with two riders
and luggage, as is often the case with
a large capacity V-twin cruiser.
The MaxComfort carcass is cre-
ated using two steel belts, three nylon
plies and two nylon/aramid plies. This
carcass design marries up with the
revised WetTraction tread pattern for
better wet handling and stability, with
the center tread groove a backbone
design, much like a dual compound
tire you see in sportbikes for reduced
wear in the middle of the tire. This
center compound is devoid of grooves
and gives an extra 10 percent mileage,
according to Continental.
To aid wet-weather performance,
Continental increased the tread
grooves to a chunky 6mm for the front
tire and 8-9mm for the rear, depending
on the tire size for your bike.
Rennie Scaysbrook
We were impressed by the overall
comfort of the ContiTours.
