PIRELLI

Pirelli Motorcycle, Dirt and Scooter Tires

Pirelli tire names carry a lot of information, and the catalog here covers street, dirt, adventure and scooter riding in about 310 listings. Nearly all of them are in Tires. Each title gives the part number, the family name, front or rear, the size and a load and speed code, so you can sort by family first and size second.

Pirelli's own site says the company was founded on 28 January 1872 in Milan by engineer Giovanni Battista Pirelli, and that its first products were industrial rubber goods such as transmission belts, tubes, valves and insulation.

Street and sport

Diablo Rosso and Supercorsa. About 55 listings across six names. Diablo Rosso IV is the largest, with about 14, such as the Diablo Rosso IV front in 120/60ZR17, alongside the Rosso IV Corsa front in 110/70ZR17 and the older Rosso III and Rosso II. The Supercorsa SP-V4 front in 110/70ZR17 is one of about ten V4 listings, with a few SP V3 sizes beside it.

Angel GT. About 15 sport-touring listings, for example the Angel GT rear in 180/55R17.

Adventure and dual sport

The Scorpion name is the biggest family in the catalog. Scorpion Trail III has about 17 listings, such as the Trail III front in 120/70ZR17, and Trail II adds about 12, like the Trail II front in 110/80R19. Scorpion Rally STR has about 16, including the Rally STR rear in 150/60R17, and the plain Scorpion Rally name covers about eight more, such as the 150/70R18 rear. For mixed riding there is the Scorpion MT 90 A/T rear in 120/90-17 and the MT60RS front in 110/80R18.

Cruiser and touring

Night Dragon and Diablo Powercruiser are the headline names, with about 15 listings each, plus eight Night Dragon GT. See the Night Dragon front in 130/60B19, the Diablo Powercruiser front in 160/70R17 and the Night Dragon GT in 180/55B18. The Sport Demon has about 17 listings, such as the front in 110/90-16.

Dirt and off-road

About 55 listings, led by the Scorpion MX32 in Mid Soft (about 16) and Mid Hard (about 6), such as the MX32 Mid Soft rear in 100/90-19. The Scorpion XC Mid Hard rear in 100/100-18 and Mid Soft rear in 120/100-18 cover enduro sizes, and the MXeXTRA-X and Scorpion MX Soft fill in the rest. Specialty names include the MT 21 Rallycross, the MT 16 Garacross and the MT 43 Pro Trial front in 2.75-21.

Scooter

About 44 listings. The Angel Scooter has about 37, such as the Angel Scooter in 110/70-12, and the Diablo Rosso Scooter rear in 130/70-12 adds six more.

Reading a Pirelli title

The size comes right after the position, for example 120/70ZR17, with the rim diameter as the last number. Dirt and cruiser sizes often use a hyphen or a B (100/90-19, 130/60B19), while adventure sizes use an R (110/80R19). The code after the size, like 58W, is the load and speed code. About 115 listings are fronts, about 177 are rears and 17 are marked Front/Rear, so match the position as well as the size.

Pirelli questions

Does one tire fit both ends? Only the Front/Rear listings, such as the Angel Scooter, SC 30 and Night Dragon GT. Most titles say Front or Rear.

Do you list scooter tires? Yes, mostly the Angel Scooter and Diablo Rosso Scooter in 12-inch and similar sizes.

Why do a few Pirelli tires sit in Other Wheel & Tire Parts? About a dozen, including some Night Dragon and Scorpion Rally sizes, are filed in UTV | ATV Other Wheel & Tire Parts or Other Wheel & Tire Parts instead of Tires, so check there if a size is missing.

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