Avon Azaro tires. (Shop Talk: Gear).(new products)(Product/Service Evaluation)

Rider, April, 2003 by Tuttle, Mark, Jr.

The 2.2-mile road course at Spring Mountain Motorsports Park in Pahrump, Nevada, is a motorcyclist's dream. Although it is used by all kinds of vehicles, the elevation changes and a variety of corners on the very technical track make it seem more like the perfect canyon road--without the oncoming traffic, blind corners or dirt, of course.

This heaven for two wheelers was the venue for Avon Motorcycle Tire's introduction of its new Azaro line--not one but three new radial tire designs for just about every kind of sport-touring, sport and hypersport bike...and rider. Avon made sure we had plenty of appropriate hardware with which to sample its new weenies, too, including the Ducati ST4s, 998 and 620 Sport, Suzuki GSX-R750 and Bandit 1200S, Yamaha FZ-1 and Triumph...

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