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General Banter / Re: Dunlop Roadsmarts
« on: March 10, 2011, 11:59:30 AM »
The customers of mine that have them report;
any of them with bikes under about 480# think they are a bit slippery when ridden hard and take a bit to warm up, but all but one of them managed to ride on them at most of the pace rides without incident and they lasted close to 10,000 miles on the 600's and about 8-9500 on the other bikes. But I do know of 2 people who took these to DCTC for a trackday-one biffed it (don't know if it was tire realted, I was not there...)the other finished his day just fine- both were on 600cc sportbikes
My own personal experience on my 410# bike, ridden at a much more spirited pace; they took forever to warm up, I could slide either end at will, and often without warning or trying for the first 10-15 miles after any stop (fuel, food, crash, figure out where the hell we are looking at a map etc..anything over say 5 minutes), however once I got them up to full temp they stuck well enough for the pace we would ride- they certainly didn't inspire confidence though.................SO I highly recommend they do not go on a 600 sportbike, as I don't recommend a sport touring tire on a 600 period-unless you are really riding like a little ol lady and just tool around.
However-ON any of the bikes ...say heavier sportbikes or standards ( 480#-550#)-they make a really good tire and with such a high content of silica in them, they stick extremly well in cooler weather and wet roads. The fronts do like/need to be run up in that 38 psi range in order to keep from cupping on bikes that are ridden with any pace.
If your bike is over 550# I would go with a full on touring tire, and right now the Metzeler ME880 is leaps and bounds ahead of anything else on the market in terms of traction in any conditiopns and tread life!
JVS- which qualifier did you have-they make over a dozen versions of a qualifier.?
any of them with bikes under about 480# think they are a bit slippery when ridden hard and take a bit to warm up, but all but one of them managed to ride on them at most of the pace rides without incident and they lasted close to 10,000 miles on the 600's and about 8-9500 on the other bikes. But I do know of 2 people who took these to DCTC for a trackday-one biffed it (don't know if it was tire realted, I was not there...)the other finished his day just fine- both were on 600cc sportbikes
My own personal experience on my 410# bike, ridden at a much more spirited pace; they took forever to warm up, I could slide either end at will, and often without warning or trying for the first 10-15 miles after any stop (fuel, food, crash, figure out where the hell we are looking at a map etc..anything over say 5 minutes), however once I got them up to full temp they stuck well enough for the pace we would ride- they certainly didn't inspire confidence though.................SO I highly recommend they do not go on a 600 sportbike, as I don't recommend a sport touring tire on a 600 period-unless you are really riding like a little ol lady and just tool around.
However-ON any of the bikes ...say heavier sportbikes or standards ( 480#-550#)-they make a really good tire and with such a high content of silica in them, they stick extremly well in cooler weather and wet roads. The fronts do like/need to be run up in that 38 psi range in order to keep from cupping on bikes that are ridden with any pace.
If your bike is over 550# I would go with a full on touring tire, and right now the Metzeler ME880 is leaps and bounds ahead of anything else on the market in terms of traction in any conditiopns and tread life!
JVS- which qualifier did you have-they make over a dozen versions of a qualifier.?