New HD shown in Europe with a question

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Looking at the new HDs @ their website.
I like the looks, not my bike; but, I hope HD sells a bunch of them and keeps developing them.

However in this shot I have a question about the rotation direction on the front tire:

http://street.harley-davidson.com/en_US?hbx_camp_id=hdredirect&urlvar=street&camp_id=16&source_cd=Vanity_street

Aren't the sipes on a tire supposed to be oriented the other way so they take water away from the center of the wheel?

If I'm right this would be a marketing department bash NOT an HD bash AT ALL...
 

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Nope, they're right. My Dunlop Q2s and Q3s are the same way--the front sipes go from the outside in (in the direction the tire turns) and the back tire sipes go from inside to out.
 
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Nope, they're right. My Dunlop Q2s and Q3s are the same way--the front sipes go from the outside in (in the direction the tire turns) and the back tire sipes go from inside to out.
Guess I should have gone out the garage to check before posting! :eek::
 
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