If, for whatever reason, you want to ride your scooter in Germany in the winter, there has been a new law introduced which makes the use of tires designed for winter conditions mandatory. If you are caught with 'Estate' tires in condition fighting the elements you will face hefty fines and no insurance coverage in the event of an accident. From now on all vehicles must have winter tires in winter conditions, including motorcycles and scooters. Due to the high demand for winter tires at the moment deliveries can be delayed a little. Please check if we have your wheel size in stock when ordering. IRC are the first tire manufacturer to offer the scooter rider, in winter, added grip enabled by the capillary arrangement of the new sipes tread technology in the form of urban snow tyres. Thanks to their 'winter optimized' compound with a higher amount of silica they are ideal for use in a harsh winter. Their perfect quality excellent grip and traction are especially appreciated in winter, ice and snow. Even other normally scooter hostile conditions such as extremely wet and/or cold weather are easily mastered by this tyre. Test report: top quality. No other scooter tire can offer such convincing ride quality as urban snow capped and icy roads. Thanks to its unique tread profile with hundreds of fine radial and diagonal sipes (or very fine tread grooves) and its special rubber compound with a higher proportion of silica low-temperature resistant material, the first truly 'all-weather' pneumatic tire ensures optimal traction combined with side grip, thus offering a high degree of safety. Benefits all year round. Compared to more conventional tires the new 'Urban Master' from Hostettler AG and IRC tires offer numerous advantages: better ride quality on dry roads, high water drainage properties and optimum grip on wet and cold roads. Best possible traction and stability in ice and snow conditions and thus is the ideal all-season scooter tire. Professionals place their trust in the 'Snow Maestro Urbano'. Over 8000 Swiss posties are out delivering their mail, day by day, all year round on scooters. Most of them have confidence in the 'Urban Maestro Neve' rubber and are particularly enthusiastic about the more than convincing performance tires in the extremely low winter temperatures experienced in the Alps. The same goes for hundreds of couriers riding scooters and thousands of satisfied scooter riders throughout the year who have discovered the practicality of the 'Urban Maestro Neve' tires produced by IRC Source: https://www.motorradreifenonline.biz/IRC- urbanmastersnow.html If, for whatever reason, you want to ride a scooter in Germany in the winter time, a new law has been introduced there which makes the use of tires designed for winter conditions mandatory. If you are caught with 'summer' tires in sub-zero conditions you will be faced with fines and no insurance coverage in the event of an accident. From now on all vehicles must have winter tires in winter conditions, including motorcycles and scooters. Due to the high demand for winter tires delivery may be slightly delayed. Please check if we have the tire size in stock for this order.