Hi, I'm Dave with CanyonChasers.net.
We recently had the opportunity to test Continental's newest hypersport tire, the Sport Attack 3.
Continental says the Sport Attack 3 is a brand-new tire, not an evolution of the Sport Attack 2.
They said it was a carcass-up redesign.
It does, however, retain some of the features found on other "Attack" tires in Continental's line-up
such as "Traction-Skin" that eliminates the need for slippery mold-release to be used
on the production of the tire.
As well as Continental's multi-grip, or Continuous Compound technology.
By curing the tire at different rates and temperatures, the center of the tire is less
flexible and more resistant to wear, while the shoulder of the tire is softer, grippier
and more compliant.
They've also added a brand new feature they call "Grip-Limit-Feedback".
The idea is that as the tire nears the limits of adhesion it will start to gradually slip a little
to warn the rider, rather than just grip and grip and grip and then no more grip.
We traveled to Uvalde, Texas to visit Continental's 5,000 acre test facility where they push the
limits of everything from semi-truck tires, passenger car tires and motorcycle tires.
For the motorcycles we had access to their slow-speed, handling course, which would simulate
your average canyon or street ride.
And a high-speed course that would allow us
to see how the tires would behave at a local track day.
We're rolling out onto the handling course.
Continental has supplied us with a stack of bikes for us to use
and I've chosed the Triumph Daytona 675 for this session.
What kinda' excited me most about this tire is that Conti said that spent a lot of time
and energy making the front tire as good as possible.
Now, I can tell you that the first few sessions on the tire I, quite honestly, didn't even
notice it, which is really kinda' high praise.
Having a tire that just does it's thing is freeing.
It just lets you focus on finding your apexes.
On a side note, Continental has a helicopter following us around and it's a little unnerving.
I keep getting little glimpses of this flying yellow thing in my rear-view mirror
Which is something I, honestly, haven't experienced before.
And, uh, I have to confess, it makes me feel, well, it makes me feel really cool.
Well, I guess, this must be what it's like to be a MotoGP rider.
Well, only I'm a lot slower, and there's no screaming fans.
But other than that it's just like MotoGP.
Now the front tire has changed from the Sport Attack 2.
The initial tip-in is a little slower than the older version.
But it's still very stable and planted while leaned over.
So, the tire is a little slower through these fast kickers, but again, more stable.
This also makes the tire more forgiving of any sloppy handlebar inputs.
So, the softer carcass is really compliant.
It makes this a very agreeable tire to get on with.
I'll also say that the softer carcass makes this tire really communicative for trail-braking.
This course has a lot of these decreasing-radius bends that require you to brake deep
and this tire just... is just up to the task.
I'm finding myself entering these turns quicker and quicker, braking deeper and deeper
and the tire is just fine with it.
It just has a lot of, a lot of feel.
I can tell, I can feel like I can tell exactly what the tire is doing.
Which is great!
But what is even more impressive is that we are running street tire pressures.
If you are doing track days, you could adjust your tire pressure accordingly and get even
more out of this tire.
One thing that really seems to stand out about this tire is based on how it handles and behaves,
is that you can tell it was designed around a street rider who
visits the track from time to time.
As opposed to many other tires that are designed around the rider who spends almost all their
time on a race track and only occasionally rides on the street.
So the impression is that this tire is really good.
I've pushed the front tire really hard and it's rock-solid the entire time.
The Sport Attack 2 was a good tire but their front tire had kinda' fallen behind
the competition over the last few years.
So yeah, this front tire is good.
The rear tire is totally solid too.
The last corner just goes on forever and I just keep feeding more and more throttle and
the tire is just happy to do it.
I suspect if I were to ham-fist-it and wallop the throttle wide open, I could get the tire
to spin but with proper throttle use, the tire is just transparent.
Thanks so much for watching.
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