dunlop qualifiers.... any good??

just ordered a set without really knowing a great deal about them..... so what are they like.. .. got them for £202 fitted.. is that good or have they had my pants down
?

[fastdruid]

I like the RR's on track, not tried the standard ones.

Druid

Parp

they are OE fitment on Street triples, could'nt wait to get them off.
Ok in the sunny heat.

Crap in all other areas, ages to warm (if at all) if its any more than damp they will slide / spin.

I had the french ones which are sopposed to be better than the japaneese ones.

They have recently bought out the qualifer 2 which on thier test circuit knocked 8 seconds a lap off. (so not that much room for improvement then!?!)

[Dave20046]

Dunno what the qualifiers are like but you could have got avon storms for the same price.
I had 208rrs and weirdly found the avons better.

I have a pair of dunlop qualifiers on my sv and to me they feel like there going to slip once you lean the bike to a certain angle but somehow they just hold on in there i personally like the tyres and aslong as you don't try and push them to the max before they've had some time to warm up there A ok

well this is promising.................. how long do they take to warm up?? and are they any good for track days??

[Red Herring]

I've got them on my SV and they get along just fine. They don't have the ultimate grip around a circuit as the RR's or the GP's but they have a wider range of operating temperature so I personally think they are a better road tyre. I must confess i haven't tried them in the rain (I use Avon Pro-Rains when it's wet) but they're as good as anything else in the damp.

Originally Posted by mikelcfc

just ordered a set without really knowing a great deal about them..... so what are they like.. .. got them for £202 fitted.. is that good or have they had my pants down
?

Really liked mine warmed up nice an quick .got to legal limit at 4000. went for a new set but they seemed to have lost the rear one, came home with pilot sports.

The Gladius I had had these fitted as standard. I know the OE fitment ones aren't as good as the ones from the Dunlop factory but I found them good.

I never really got to ride the bike in properly dry or hot weather, but they gripped fine in the wet and warmed up rather fast. I was impressed.

well had em for about a week and they sem fine, a little squirmy but hopefully that will sort itself out once there propperly scrubbed in.