Check out our new timeline on Facebook!
We’ve updated our Facebook page to the new timeline layout, and it is now easier than ever for you to learn about salient events in Metzeler’s company history. On the right side of the page is the timeline. Click anywhere on it to learn what was happening at Metzeler that year. For instance, the above photo is of Walter Schneider and Hans Strauss competing in the 1959 World Sidecar Championship on Metzeler sidecar tires—they won the championship.
We’ve also created a new app—Wallpapers & Covers—to give you the opportunity to download images of bikes on Metzeler tires doing what they do best, and in several sizes (for wallpaper, timelines, etc.).
Some highlights:
2011 – Pole Taddy Blazusiak wins for the 5th time in a row the extreme race Erzberg Red Bull Hare Scramble, his 3rd time AMA Enduro Championship and his 2nd time the World SuperEnduro Title. His weapon of choice? A Metzeler-shod KTM.
2000 – Metzeler’s now-legendary ME 880 XXL debuts as a 240/40R18. Back then, the 240 XXL was the world’s widest tire for custom motorcycles
1979 – Italian Eugenio Lazzarini rides his Metzeler-equipped Kreidler to victory in the 50 cc World Championship.
1937 – World motorcycle speed record is set on Metzeler tires at the speed of 279,5 km/h.
2011 – Pole Taddy Blazusiak wins for the 5th time in a row the extreme race Erzberg Red Bull Hare Scramble, his 3rd time AMA Enduro Championship and his 2nd time the World SuperEnduro Title. His weapon of choice? A Metzeler-shod KTM
2010 – Metzeler introduces MetzelerMaps, a free web application which allows bikers to find, upload and share their favorite rides
2010 – Metzeler Racetec renews its commitment to be the exclusive official tire supplier for the British Superstock 600 and 1000 Championships
2010 – French rider Ludivine Puy wins the first edition of World Women Enduro Championship aboard her Gas Gas and on Metzeler tires
2009 – Metzeler presents the innovative Interact Technology, which offers the best possible performance for any riding style. A new patented carcass with a variable tension 0° steel belt went into the upgraded Racetec line. This technology was then carried over to the new Metzeler Sportec Interact™ M5 and Roadtec Z8 Interact™ models, and provides maximum performance and riding safety for the high-quality Supersport and Sport-touring segments
2009 – Finn Mika Ahola wins the World Enduro Championship E1 on his Honda, which runs Metzeler tires.
2008 – Metzeler releases the Feelfree Wintec, a new all-season scooter tire which gives an extraordinary grip in cold and wet conditions
2008 – The Metzeler corporate blog Ridexperience debuts. The blog is a permanent virtual ride where all riders can read about two wheels and share their experiences, photos and videos
2007 – Spaniard Ivan Cervantes wins World Enduro Championship E3 on a Metzeler-shod KTM
2005 – Metzeler introduces two tires which would be extraordinarily successful: the ultimate Supersport Sportec M3 and an Enduro F.I.M. tire, the MCE 6Days Extreme. Metzeler also reveals the new Lasertec for mid-sized motorcycles and vintage models
2005 – Manxman David Knight wins the World Enduro Championship E3 aboard a KTM running Metzelers
2004 – Metzeler introduces the gummy Racetec K, an innovative, soft compound Road Racing tire, a road version of the Racetec is now standard on BMW’s S1000RR
2003 – Metzeler presents the Roadtec Z6, a new Sport Touring performance tire benchmark
2000 – Metzeler’s now-legendary ME 880 XXL debuts as a 240/40R18. Back then, the 240 XXL was the world’s widest tire for custom motorcycles
1995 – Italian Giovanni Sala wins the World Championship – Enduro 250 cc on a KTM running Metzelers
1994 – The first edition of the Metzeler Classic Calendar is sent out: 12 months of black and white images about the elephant’s brand
1992 – Metzeler produces ME Z1, the world’s first rear motorcycle tire with 0° steel belt technology
1990 – Belgian Eric Geboers wins the World Championship – Motocross 500 cc aboard his Metzeler- equipped Honda
1986 – Metzeler launches the new ME1, the first rear tire with an arrow parabolic tread pattern
1982 – Metzeler develops ME 33 Laser, the first tread pattern with crosswise grooves. During the same year, Metzeler starts production of the first bias-belted motorcycle tires
1979 – Italian Eugenio Lazzarini rides his Metzeler-equipped Kreidler to victory in the 50 cc World Championship.
1978 – Metzeler develops the first airless motorcycle tire in Europe
1976 – Helmut Dähne rides his Metzeler-shod Yamaha to victory in the 1000 cc class of the German Championship Rally
1961 – German rider Sebastian Nachtmann wins the International Six Days Enduro on his Metzeler- equipped BMW R69 S
1959 – Team Walter Schneider and Hans Strauss win the World Sidecar Championship on Metzeler sidecar tires
1954 – Metzeler sets six world records with 500 cc BMW RS at Monthéry in Paris
1937 – World motorcycle speed record is set on Metzeler tires at the speed of 279,5 km/h.
1935 – Metzeler tires take German racer Joseph Mueller (BMW) to victory in the International Six Day Enduro Race
1933 – Metzeler’s innovation continues with the creation of a groundbreaking synthetic rubber
1892 – Metzeler begins producing tires for bicycles, motorcycles and cars
1863 – In Munich, Robert Friedrich Metzeler founds OHG Metzeler & Co, a company specializing in technical rubber goods and sports equipment
1 Comment
Bosko i have the 300 racing model and it is safter than the 400 ktm, 450 ktm, 450 all of them, it is nicer, lighter , the spare parts not so expensive so why not. i love it . my next bike will be another 300 sherco and i forget it is the lightest enduro 4 stroke bike . eat that with your indian bikes