Continental Road Attack 3 tire test

Menus

• More grip in the rain and more durability: the best of both worlds ?
• Daily, walks and road rally: a tire tested over 6,500 km
• Technologies
• The choice
• What are you doing for the holidays ?
• Consistency and durability
• Dimensions and sizes available
• Before
• Back
• Conclusion
• Features of the Continental ContiRoadAttack 3 tire

More grip in the rain and more durability: the best of both worlds ?

Daily, walks and road rally: a tire tested over 6,500 km

Continental has developed its range of sport-touring tires with the ContiRoadAttack 3, successor to the ContiRoadAttack 2 Evo, released in 2014. Like all manufacturers, the objective with each evolution is to improve grip / behavior in the rain while improving longevity. The new Conti is no exception to the rule.

Technologies

The ContiRoadAttack3 has evolved in terms of technologies, integrating Multigrip, TractionSkin, EasyHandling, Raingrip and 0 ° belt.

The mixture itself comprises a higher level of silica for a faster rise in temperature. This higher silica content also helps to increase the longevity of the tire compared to the previous model..

The MultiGrip makes it possible to offer softer shoulders, offering a more homogeneous behavior when setting on the angle. EasyHandling offers more liveliness. 0 ° steel belt improves stability by preventing tire deformation under the action of centrifugal forces.

The new design with new tread patterns aims to increase water drainage, working together between the front and rear tires..

The choice

For this long-term road test, we tested the tire in all conditions, from everyday to the ride to the extreme, in rally, with two main criteria in mind: the quality of road holding and this, in all circumstances, as well as longevity. And we chose a Yamaha MT-09 Tracer, knowing that the tire works just as well on sports cars of the BMW S1000R type … at the end of the Sport-GT segment. And yes, sporty does not necessarily mean SportAttack3.

The first benefit of this new tire is obvious: it is a tire that is instantly ready for use, even new. Because the Traction Skin, the Continental process consisting of a micro-rough tread on the surface of the tread, offers two advantages here: firstly, there is no more paraffin resulting from the mold release and therefore the tire can give immediately its potential, then, it turned out that the warm-up time was almost nonexistent and that here too, we are immediately confident, from the first turns.

What are you doing for the holidays ?

The tire was therefore used over a weekend in the Vosges as well as a Road Rally (les Volcans, in Auvergne, where it made it possible to make the connections and the specials over more than 420 kilometers)..

In both cases, the use was close with a relatively sustained rate of use. Once again, the short warm-up time is really appreciable, especially at the start of a special where you have to wait too long before setting off, because the guy from before was very successful. There, we find ourselves in confidence from the start and it is appreciable.

On the other hand, the front tire has a rather rounded profile which does not help the machine to fall in turns quickly, when you have a slightly incisive steering. Suddenly, compared to more sporty climbs, the machine leaves a small feeling of heaviness when entering a curve. Nothing dramatic however, because the ContiRoadAttack3 has another quality: that of offering a perfect feeling on the conditions of grip and the work of the front axle. For comparison, this machine had also been fitted with Michelin Pilot Road 4s before and the feedback is much better with the Conti than with the Michelin..

In the wet, it is also very satisfying, both for the grip and here again, for the feedback; at the limit and on the same bike, however, I found that the Michelin Pilot Road 4 nevertheless made it possible to go a little further in the cornering even if the Conti gives better information beforehand..

Consistency and durability

Continental announces longer durability of its ContiRoadAttack3: it is clear that the German tire manufacturer is telling the truth. Above all, the ContiRoadAttack3 sees its behavior remain constant over time. Its forms of wear are regular, it does not flatten even by increasing the daily trips in Ile de France and this allows to use its qualities to the end..

New, it was measured with 0.7 cm of gum. After 4000 km, as shown in the photo below, it has 0.4 cm left and the level of wear is perfectly consistent. After 6,500 km, 0.3 cm of rubber remains.

In fact, according to some very learned calculations (a good rule of three, in fact), the rear should hold 10,000 km, which is not bad at all on a coupler machine like the MT-09 Tracer. The front, for its part, will probably hold 20,000 kilometers given its current level of wear but we will update this information as the test progresses … which continues..

Dimensions and sizes available

Before

• 110/70 ZR 17 54W TL AV
• 120/60 ZR 17 55W TL AV
• 120/70 ZR 17 58W TL AV
• 100/90 R 18 56V TL AV
• 110/80 ZR 18 58W TL AV
• 120/70 ZR 18 59W TL AV
• 110/80 R 19 59V TL AV
• 120/70 ZR 19 60W TL AV

Back

• 130/80 R 17 65V TL AR
• 150/70 R 17 69V TL AR
• 150/70 ZR 17 69W TL AR
• 160/60 ZR 17 69W TL AR
• 170/60 R 17 72W TL AR
• 170/60 ZR 17 72W TL AR
• 180/55 ZR 17 73W TL AR
• 190/50 ZR 17 73W TL AR
• 190/55 ZR 17 75W TL AR
• 130/80 R 18 66V TL AR
• 160/60 ZR 18 70W TL AR

The Conti is available in many sizes with prices seen on the web between 105-120 euros for the front and 130-150 euros for the rear, or a complete train varying between 235 and 270 euros.

Conclusion

So here is a tire that keeps its promises and which, even if it defines itself as Sport-GT, allows in addition to go to gas in the special (without needing to switch to SportAttack3) and to have fun, while returning by road, in the rain, in a nice combination of safety and longevity.

Strong points

• No warm-up time
• Excellent feedback
• Good grip in the wet
• Mileage longevity
• No degradation of behavior over the miles

Weak points

• Profile a little more difficult to put on the angle than other tires

Test conditions

• Itinerary: 6,500 km of test with daily life in Ile de France, a long trip in the Vosges and participation in a Road Rally
• Problem encountered: none

Features of the Continental ContiRoadAttack 3 tire

• EasyHandling technology
• RainGrip technology
• New sculpture design
• Pre-run-in tire with TractionSkin technology
• MutliGrip technology
• ZeroDegree technology (longitudinal winding)
• Manufacturing in Germany in Korbach

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