Dunlop GP70??

[SN4PD]

Went tire shopping today, the shop recomended Dunlop GP70's as the best they had in my profile (ZXR250), are they any good?

Liam

[SuperDave]

GPR70 you mean?
I tried out a set on my old ZXR and personally I didn't like them very much.

Much prefered my Bridgestones which were a BT92 on the rear and BT96 on the front.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Dunlop GPR70s are THE best tire you can get for a 240 IL4.

Bridgestones are still a good tire, but the dunlops are better allround tyres IMO


Good luck choosing

[SN4PD]

GPR70, that'll be it, just waiting for the front tire to come in at the shop, $450 for front & rear fitted, seems pretty reasonable.

Has to be better than the IRC's I've been running for the last year.

[Quasievil]

Well I have raced in them on the GSXR400 and got a full season out of them, have never had a slidy moment I couldnt control well one maybe on turn one trying to go around Frosty in the rain. Excellent tyre and a popular one with F3 racers.
Highly recommended, quick warm up and good in all conditions, Im so impressed Im getting another set this month.

[limbimtimwim]

I've never had GPR70s, but many have told me they are very good.

But I have had a set of Bridgestone BT-090s on my 400 and I can vouch for them being amazing. They are even good in the wet and wear very nicely.

[mv.senna]

Has to be better than the IRC's I've been running for the last year.

geezus mate - you're getting pretty good wear out of a set of tyres if you've gotten a YEAR out of them.....i wouldn't be whining about that....assuming of course you've actually been riding the bike and not just admiring it in the garage ha ha!!!

[SN4PD]

Nah, I just havent ridden it much, but its become actractive to use on a daily basis now works moved offices to the viaduct and car parking is $250 a month, that and my thumbs finally healed up.

[vtec]

Yeah, I reckon the GPR70 and the BT090 are both equally good, although, the BT090 is a newer tyre, and I think it has more silicon in it, wears really well, although initial tread depth isn't as deep. I'm a real fan of the BT090, but I race on GPR70's because that is what is tried and tested.

[R6_kid:Me]

i had the bridgestones BT45 rear with a BT92 front (matching rear wasnt in stock) on my ZXR250 and never had any trouble. Never got into the Dunlops at the time.

I know that n4cr and Texmo both run/ran the GPR70 SP's or with a GPR100 rear to get better wear. They are both very talented riders and both on the same model bike as you so i guess their opinion cant be wrong.

[limbimtimwim]

but I race on GPR70's because that is what is tried and tested.

Next year (Money permitting) I am going to race on the 090's. You'd have to be doing something insane to break traction and crash using them.

[MSTRS:Me]

geezus mate - you're getting pretty good wear out of a set of tyres if you've gotten a YEAR out of them.....i wouldn't be whining about that....assuming of course you've actually been riding the bike and not just admiring it in the garage ha ha!!!

IRC tyres - main ingredients = steel and soap. Hardly ever wear out plus hardly ever grip well.
Anyone with IRC tyres are riding a time bomb.
GPR70 are a brilliant tyre

[SN4PD]

IRC tyres - main ingredients = steel and soap. Hardly ever wear out plus hardly ever grip well.
Anyone with IRC tyres are riding a time bomb.
GPR70 are a brilliant tyre

Funny thing is, when I went to replace the rear tire least year I was told IRC's were pretty good tires, and that if I was outriding the tires I should get a bigger bike, seem to remember paying a bit more for the rear than I'm paying for the new GPR70 rear too, then again the guy forgot to put the split pin on the rear wheel too

[MSTRS:Me]

Funny thing is, when I went to replace the rear tire least year I was told IRC's were pretty good tires, and that if I was outriding the tires I should get a bigger bike, seem to remember paying a bit more for the rear than I'm paying for the new GPR70 rear too, then again the guy forgot to put the split pin on the rear wheel too

Oh dear. The unscrupulous and the ill-informed are not a good combination.

[SN4PD]

Oh dear. The unscrupulous and the ill-informed are not a good combination.

Ill-informed - yes, negligent - perhaps (everyone makes mistakes), unscrupulous - probably not (every store caters to a different market, gets different wholesale prices etc, I probably just stepped into the wrong store for my market segment, hell I used to work for an unscrupulous company but at least I made sure I was well-informed even if we did charge the earth).