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All-New Free Forum for  Pirelli Racers Offers Sign-Up Tire Bonus

For immediate release: February 9,  2009

Rome, Georgia: Pirelli Motorcycle Tire proudly  unveils a forum for racers and track-day riders, providing a direct line of  communication between Pirelli riders and Pirelli Motorcycle  Tire.

This all-new forum is located online at: www.diabloracer.com <http://www.diabloracer.com> , and is designed  to give a voice to racers and track- day enthusiasts wanting to communicate  with Pirelli, or other riders, about race-track tire concerns and solutions.  This new forum provides a transparent interactive tool so that all racetrack  participants can be included in racing discussions, helping riders be more  successful and strengthening the Pirelli racer and rider  community.

Racers and track-day riders who register for  the forum will automatically be entered in a contest to win a set of Pirelli  Diablo Supercorsa DOT race tires.

Racers from all regions of the USA and Canada  are invited to take part in the Pirelli forum. History shows that many of  racer's concerns have a broad basis and this new forum provides a vehicle  for sharing trends, solutions and updates particular to the North American  racer.

Within days Pirelli will announce its  completely revamped Racer Contingency Program. This new program provides new  levels of winnings, and an easier and more direct means for claiming  contingency earnings.

Pirelli Tire North America designs, develops,  manufactures and markets tires for passenger vehicles in both the original  equipment and replacement markets, as well as marketing tires for  motorcycles and race cars. Located in Rome, Georgia, Pirelli's Modular  Integrated Robotized System (MIRS) employs state-of-the-art technology to  manufacture tires for both export and domestic markets. For more  information please visit: www.us.pirellimoto.com <http://www.us.pirellimoto.com/>



Peter Jones

Pirelli NA PR

peterjones@mindspring.com



Chris Jensen

Pirelli NA Racing Manager

chris.jensen@pirelli.com