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BRITISH S TAND ARD AUTO MO BILE S E RIE S

5 0 -1 . 6. 2 c: 2 0 0 2

Tyres and wheels —

Part 1 . 6. 2 c: Tyres — Motorcycle tyres —

Specification for designations,

dimensions and load ratings for metric

serie s 1 0 0 , 90 , 80 , 70 , 60 , 5 5 and 5 0 tyres

I C S 83 . 1 6 0 . 1 0

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National foreword

This B ritis h S tandard rep roduces verb atim IS O 5 751 - 2 : 2 00 2 and implements

it as the UK national s tandard. It s up ersedes BS AU 5 0 - 1 . 6. 2 b : 1 9 95 which is

withdrawn.

The UK p articip ation in its p rep aration was entrus ted to Technical C o mmittee

AUE /4 , Tyres and wheels for motor vehicles , which has the resp onsib ility to:

— aid enquirers to unders tand the text;

— p res ent to the res pons ib le international/E urop ean comm ittee any

enquiries on the interp retation, or p rop osals for change, and keep the

UK interests informe d;

— monitor re lated international and E urop ean develop ments and

p rom ulgate them in the UK.

A list of organiz ations rep resented on this committee can b e ob tained on

reques t to its s ecretary.

C ross-references

The Britis h S tandards which imp lem ent international or E urop ean

p ub lications refe rred to in this document may b e found in the BS I S tandards

C atalogue under the s ection entitled “International S tandards C orresp ondence

Index”, or b y using the “Find” facility of the BS I S tandards E lectronic

C atalogue.

A Britis h Standard does not p urport to include all the necess ary p rovisions of

a contract. Us ers of British S tandards are resp onsib le for their correct

ap p lication.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity

from legal obligations.

This Britis h S tandard, having

b ee n p rep ared under the

Summary of pages
direc tion of the E nginee ring

S ector P olicy and S trategy

This document comp ris es a front cover, an inside front cover, the IS O title p age,

C o mmittee, was p ub lis he d p ages ii to iv, pages 1 to 2 5 and a b ack cover.

under the authority of the

S tandards Polic y and S trategy

The BS I cop yright date dis p layed in this document indicates when the

C o mmittee on 1 6 Ap ril 2 002 document was las t iss ued.

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No. D ate C omments

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