1982

Michelin designs the «Desert» tyre for all-

terrain rallye raid motorcycles.

That year the tyre wins the Atlas Rally and the

Pharaohs Rally and goes on to demonstrate

its amazing potential by winning the 1983

Paris-Dakar Rally - the f irst of 36 consecutive

victories.

1983

Michelin’s f irst

Radial tyre in

the GP500.

1987

Michelin’s

f irst series-

production

Radial tyre: the

MICHELIN A59X/

M59X.

1992

The f irst racing

tyre with silica

integrated into

the rubber

compound for

the GP500.

1993

At the International Motorcycle Show, Michelin

presents two tyres for the latest generation

of scooters: the «MICHELIN Reggae» and the

«MICHELIN Dexter».

1994

Michelin introduces dual-compound

technology in the 500cc GP tyre

1997

At the International Motorcycle Show Michelin

presents its ZR technology for motorcycle tyres

1999

Launch of the MICHELIN Pilot Sport which

provides riders with hypersport performance

on the road

2005

Launch of the MICHELIN Power Race tyre, the

f irst sport tyre approved for road use with

MICHELIN 2CT technology.

2008

Michelin and Harley-Davidson sign a historic

partnership agreement: MICHELIN Scorcher

tyres are co-developed and co-branded as

original equipment and replacement tyres for

many of the iconic brand’s models.

2010

Michelin presents the MICHELIN City Grip tyre

for scooters, a tyre with exceptional grip, even

on wet surfaces. It’s the 1st scooter tyre with

siping.

2011

Michelin succeeds in integrating siping

into MICHELIN Pilot Road 3 tyres thanks

to its patented XST technology, a great

improvement for safety on wet roads.

2013

Codevelopment with BMW Motorrad to equip

the worldwide bestseller in its category the

BMW R1200 GS

2014

Launch of the MICHELIN Pilot Road 4 with the

GT version using revolutionary MICHELIN 2AT

Dual elements of both radial and bias

2016

Michelin step back into MotoGP ™, setting lap

and race records in their very f irst season.

2018

Introduction of the new sports touring radial

MICHELIN Road 5 with the new technologies

XST Evo and ACT+.

2019

MICHELIN renews the Trail range with the

launch of the MICHELIN Anakee Adventure.

For the dedicated of f road enthusiasts the new

MICHELIN Tracker takes over from the long

standing AC10.

2019

Michelin is the of f icial tyre supplier to the

FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup.

2020

With 10 new tyres, Michelin is renewing a

large part of its range from urban tyres to

track and of f-road tyres.

2022

Michelin presents the successors of a very

well known range: the MICHELIN Road 6 and

MICHELIN Road 6 GT.

And also the MICHELIN StarCross range

was renewed - the MICHELIN Starcross 6

was launched - entirely this year with the

introduction of MICHELIN Silica Technology

for better durability.

2024

Michelin is launching f ive new motorcycle tyre

ranges including three new products in the

Power range MICHELIN Power GP2 MICHELIN

Power SuperMoto and MICHELIN Power 6

For the growth market of Trail the Michelin

of fer grows thanks to the new MICHELIN

Anakee Road

MICHELIN MOTORCYCLE AND SCOOTER 7