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  Good tire, but cowers to competition |
By Davey from Santa Monicaland, USA on 04/10/2008
Pros: I've only used this tire as a rear paired w/ a D208, but after use I would never use it as a front nor a rear.
-Warm up quick, even for a street sport tire.
-Wear is fair, 3500-4000 miles for me.
-Handling is very predictable...sucks every time.
-Cheap
-Mid-tire wear is fair while handling engine braking well.
-I don't ride hard in the rain, but they get me from point A to B as well as anything else in wet.
Cons: I ride aggressively and tend to engine brake and steer w/ the rear as well. These tires limit my riding before comparable brands do, I find myself comfortable at about 10% less speed in corners than other sport tires let me go. Dunlop obviously wishes aggressive riding to be done on their D208s and not their D209s. Feel at 80% lean is fair. Feel at 90% lean is not inspiring. Rear tends to cut loose at extreme lean. Sounds like an obvious progression but when I ride say Pirelli Corsa IIIs, I'd say that they feel fair at 80% lean, excellent at 90%, and positively evil at extreme lean.
Comments: -Name another sport tire, it's better, albeit habitually more expensive. But tell yourself this, "I shod out thousands of dollars for a sportbike instead of a scooter. Probably even loads for... (Read the rest of this review)
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