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Originally Posted by TIGGER
Wrong... neither the BT-010, BT-015 nor the BT-014s were multiple compound street tires. I believe that the BT-001 used dual compound in the rear tire and the BT-016 and BT-002 were the first bridgestone street tires to use multiple compound technology in both tires. I've used several BT-010s, BT-012SS and BT-014s ( I hated the 014s and went to Pirelli). I came back to Bridgestone with the BT-016s and am currently running the BT-002RS tires with a set of the BT-003RS tires on the way. Which I'll spoon on once I destroy the spare 002 rear I have on my porch. You sir, don't know what you're talking about and should probably avoid tire threads in the future...  Just kidding! |
The BS engineer I worked with told me that the 014's are triple compound. The standard Med center, Soft sides and a top layer of softer black stuff. The idea was to put on a new set, do a track day on the track compound and them use the rest of the tire as a dual compound sport tire. I don't think the tires they gave me to test were one off ringers. I bought the 021's I'm running now on the open market and they perform just as well as the tires that Bridgestone provided to me for eval. I preferred the 021 over the 014.
The first dual compound street tires I remember hearing about were the Bridgestone S-11 Spitfire back in the late 80's or early 90's.