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richtea:
Tyres are probably your major spend after petrol and paying the man (BMW).

At risk of dragging the forum into tricky areas, before buying your next set of lovely sticky tyres it's worth considering where each tyre manufacturer stands on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, since Russian is a major tyre manufacturing country.

As of 13th March 2022:
- Pirelli appear to continue manufacturing in Russia, but they have donated 500,000 Euros to good causes in Ukraine.
- Michelin 'expresses its full support for the victims of this conflict' and have paused manufacturing in some parts of Europe. But I see no specific details on Russian manufacturing.
- Metzeler don't manufacture in Russia
- Dunlop don't manufacture in Russia
- Avon don't manufacture in Russia
- Bridgestone manufacture in Russia, but I couldn't find any details of their position
- Continental have stopped production in Russia

Note these apply to the companies as general tyre manufacturers, as opposed to specifically motorbike tyres.

I expect the positions to change over time, so please post any changes to policy that you spot, and I'll update the page.
If I've missed a press release, do let me know.

General article:
https://www.rubbernews.com/war-ukraine/listing-tire-rubber-industry-companies-stopping-business-russia

raesewell:
Because of the quickly changing list of manufacturers pulling out of Russia on a daily basis this thread will become dated very quickly.

richtea:
Good point. I look forward to that and will remove the thread if that happens, Rae.

andym2:
Are Avon still made in Wiltshire somewhere? Or were they ever? I've got some on my Triumph and they seem quite good.

richtea:
Correct, Andy! Melksham:

http://www.cambriantyres.co.uk/avon-motorcycle-tyres-history/
'To this very day, the majority of their motorcycle tyres are still made in Melksham, excluding their scooter and lightweight commuter products.'

https://www.avontyres.com/en-gb/news/d/!/3990/3d-supersport
'Designed, developed and made in the UK at the Cooper Tire European Technical Centre in Melksham...'

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