What kind of tires are these?

Spyda · 08-22-2007, 08:27 PM

Can anyone tell me what kind of tires these are? It looksl ike they say SPORTMA on the sidewall, but I've never heard of them. I googled sportma + tire and a couple hits for Dunlop Sportma came up, but one was from a car forum. My brother's considering buying this bike and I'm just curious what kind of tires these are...
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kevinwilly · 08-22-2007, 08:30 PM

That would be SPORTMAX.

I'd say they are D208's by the look of the front tread.

Not a terrible tire, but it's one of those things that you either love or hate. I think they were on sale for 160 bucks a set at cyclegear last month, fyi.

Spyda · 08-22-2007, 08:37 PM

Do you know if they sell those in the US? I can only find them on the Dunlop UK site.

TRaGiK · 08-22-2007, 08:40 PM

Why would you want to find them....in any country?

kevinwilly · 08-22-2007, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Spyda

Do you know if they sell those in the US? I can only find them on the Dunlop UK site.

They don't make them anymore, hence them not appearing on the Dunlop website. They discontinued them a couple months ago.

It WAS their highest performing street tire until the Qualifier replaced it.

When i said they were not terrible.... i was kind of lying to make you feel better.

They are fine until you get a few thousand miles on them.... then they lose grip quickly. According to most people.

Some people say they are the greatest tire ever made. It's a strange tire that way.

I had some on my Katana and hated them. They worked ok. At least as far as being tires. Nothing special, though.

Brakes_and_blip · 08-22-2007, 08:44 PM

Those came stock from the factory. They are Dunlops Sportmax. If you still have the sticker on your bike with the tire pressure it also has the stock Dunlop Model. I ran them to the cords in the same time as Pilot Powers and the Metz Z6

samz3r · 08-22-2007, 08:47 PM

I hated those shits with a passion, but too cheap to swap out the front until I'm done using it

The back was quickly replaced with a Z6.

suwand28 · 08-22-2007, 08:49 PM

Run...run Forest...run....

TRaGiK · 08-22-2007, 08:49 PM

I thought your bike still had the stock tires on it Sam?

SalKhan · 08-22-2007, 08:57 PM

I ran the predecessor, D207, on my R6 for 2 track days and they weren't terrible. The not good part was they they got hot, they got greasy and slide quite a bit. Now it's easy to manage on something like an R6, but that's about it.

I've always felt their profile lent itself to slower transitions which I was never a fan of.

For the same price as the Qualifiers you can get the Pilot Powers or the Corsa3's... I wouldn't pick the Dunlops but YMMV.

suwand28 · 08-22-2007, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SalKhan

I ran the predecessor, D207, on my R6 for 2 track days and they weren't terrible. The not good part was they they got hot, they got greasy and slide quite a bit. Now it's easy to manage on something like an R6, but that's about it.

Is that an attack on my abilities?!

kevinwilly · 08-22-2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SalKhan

you can get the Pilot Powers or the Corsa3's... I wouldn't pick the Dunlops but YMMV.

I've ridden on both of those tires and they were great.

I still recommend the Bridgestone BT-002Rs tires, though. They are the new dual compound ones....

Damned amazing. That is all. Not sure on tire life, yet.... but grip is fantastic and the profile is awesome.