Dunlop Sportmax SportSmart

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Dunlop Sportmax SportSmart

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From Dunlop: Imagine you’ve just been given the chance to design your own sports tyre. What features would it have? Race-quality grip? Wet-roads predictability? Touring mileage? How about all three features in one tyre? That’s exactly what Dunlop has achieved in its dynamic new SportSmart.Multi-Tread gives you high mileage and the ...  Continue reading

Reader Reviews

4 user reviews of Dunlop Sportmax SportSmart See all

Overall reader score
Excellent: Pause for thought, many track day schools use sports touring tyres as they obviously need longevity, but if they didn't grip to a safe level they couldn't use them in that environment. Tyre choice i Continue reading...
Fitted to my R6 last year, changed from Pirelli. Like getting on a new bike, and I have had my share of those.... Continue reading...
Very happy with these tyres. Though I have been yet to 'Push them' at any extreme levels, they have never given me any unexpected twitches or vague feeling, even in wet cold rides. I am confident they can handl Continue reading...
Good if you do mostly weekend blasts and few track days thrown in. But if you then go on holiday to scotland they may not last the distance. Continue reading...

Discussions

I have these tyres fitted to my Triumph Daytona 955i - compared to the Michelin Pilot Power 2CT's I had before there is no competition. The Dunlop's give a real confidence inspiring ride, the front is great, and if you decide to run a little less pressure in the tyres you get even better grip (this is their NTEC technology). I have completed around 4K kms, and the rear is now getting a little near the wear limit, but the front is still going strong.

The only negative point I have, is that my tyre fitter could not balance the front tyre - now I don't know if this is because of my wheel or the tyre, but he tried a couple of times to move the tyre on the rim to get the weight within spec, but he couldn't. This does induce a v. slight front wheel wobble, if you let go of the bars - I hope this was just this specific tyre and not all of them!

Posted: 29/06/2011 at 10:35

Yeah I liked my Sportsmarts on my Blade before it was sold. Very confident tyres. I have a new pair of Diablo Rosso Corsas on my Street Triple R as this was what they come with from the factory but I need to wear them down quick and get back onto Sportsmarts!

Posted: 19/09/2011 at 21:14



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