New Dunlop Roadsmart tyre

[SixPackBack]

Good write up here (http://www.superbike.co.uk/products/tyres/superbike_news_from_Mireval_on_the_new_Dunlop_Road smart_tyre_news_147538.html) and here (http://www.bikeanimal.com/article_racing.asp?article=4946) about Dunlops equivalent to the Michelin pilot road 2.

I love tyre porn:niceone:

[Hitcher]

Very interesting. The sports touring tyre is a market segment that Dunlop has neglected for a significant length of time. Indeed if Shinko made sports tourers they'd probably be better than Dunlop's current offering.

I may well try a set of these new Roadsmarts at my next change.

[DingoZ]

Indeed if Shinko made sports tourers they'd probably be better than Dunlop's current offering.

Forgive me Hitcher if I have read this wrong and it is nothing but a piss take on Shinko, but they do indeed make sport/tourers 005's advance radial sport/touring .... Or so it says on the back page of BRM ......

[Hitcher]

Indeed if Shinko made sports tourers they'd probably be better than Dunlop's current offering.



Forgive me Hitcher if I have read this wrong and it is nothing but a piss take on Shinko, but they do indeed make sport/tourers 005's advance radial sport/touring .... Or so it says on the back page of BRM ......

More a slight on Dunlop than a criticism of Shinko. I don't know anybody who has used a Shinko sports touring tyre and have yet to see one in a shop rack.

[vifferman]

More a slight on Dunlop than a criticism of Shinko. I don't know anybody who has used a Shinko sports touring tyre and have yet to see one in a shop rack.
The VFR750 had Shinko tyres on it when I bought it in 2000 (?)
They were 'adequate'. No doubt they've improved since then, but the beef I had with them was they weren't confidence inspiring (unlike, f'rinstance, the Storms). I replaced them with Azaros (better) then Bridgestones: BT020R and BT012F (heaps better).
The thing was, they didn't get any better wear than the subsequent tyres, and the uninspiring lack of feel / feedback more than offset any price difference.

Motorcycling is (for me at least), a visceral thing. A bike is an expensive toy, so why penny-pinch on something that's responsible for a large part of the enjoyment of the experience? :spudwhat:

Anyway, as a result of that short period, I'm not prepared to try Shinkos again, unless they get rave reviews in the media.

[SPman]

Andrew!
You're back!??

[Subike]

More a slight on Dunlop than a criticism of Shinko. I don't know anybody who has used a Shinko sports touring tyre and have yet to see one in a shop rack.

well, I just walked out to look at my shinko tyres, mmmmm
must be seeing things again
130 x 90 -17 68H SR 712R :gob:
100 x 90 -19 57H SR 712R :gob:
I guess the SR stands for Standard Radial and not Sports Radial as the label says oh um speed rating 230KPH Damded if they are nor sitting on my old xsessive sports tourer :shit:
And also I guess that the chappie who sold the to me as a sports radial was wrong :whocares:
Bugger!

Oh those dunlops look like good burnout material, I hope the compounds are softer than their other tyres, they might stick then instead of slide!

[homer]

metzler road tec z6
thats the ones
there a grippy tyre long lasting and good wet
what more do you want

[Hitcher]

what more do you want

A pissing thread. Or a set of Avon Storms that last even longer and grip even better in the wet...