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10-05-05, 09:46 AM

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I was only gettting 850-1000 miles to a rear dunlop.

Was that 850 miles of rolling burnouts?

11-05-05, 05:44 PM

No I actually stopped doing roling or stopped burns because of my clutch's inablity to cope with the stress. Now I'm putting a clutch in a week or two.

No I live in the mountains of NC. The pavement stays about 90 farenhiet in the sun and the dunlops would just burn up. The pilot powers stick from the start. It seems like they don't even have to warm up.

Will never go back to dunlop unless they change somethings.

Now my chicken strips are 3mm from the edge. Not bad if I say so myself.

Spiderman · 11-05-05, 07:34 PM

I had a set of pilot powers put on my bike just before the winter and i lived them.
Then i went and got a puncture in the rear at home and they didnt have any pilot powers in stock to replace it with so i have a D208 on the rear now and a repaired pilot power sitting in the spare room looking sorry for itself.

As soon as i get a chance i'm gfonna change them over as i do think i had a lot more confidence with the pilot power on the back.

11-05-05, 08:39 PM

Yeah I will never put a Dunlop D208 back on my bike again. They are slick when cold and greasy when hot and the Mich is dead on. I have leaned my bike to my max lean angle 5 mins after starting it without even considering if the tire was warm yet. Till after I did it.....but it stuck like glue. The dunlop would have never done that.

11-05-05, 07:34 PM	#13
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11-05-05, 05:44 PM	#12
Kev650r Guest Posts: n/a	No I actually stopped doing roling or stopped burns because of my clutch's inablity to cope with the stress. Now I'm putting a clutch in a week or two. No I live in the mountains of NC. The pavement stays about 90 farenhiet in the sun and the dunlops would just burn up. The pilot powers stick from the start. It seems like they don't even have to warm up. Will never go back to dunlop unless they change somethings. Now my chicken strips are 3mm from the edge. Not bad if I say so myself.

11-05-05, 08:39 PM	#14
Kev650r Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah I will never put a Dunlop D208 back on my bike again. They are slick when cold and greasy when hot and the Mich is dead on. I have leaned my bike to my max lean angle 5 mins after starting it without even considering if the tire was warm yet. Till after I did it.....but it stuck like glue. The dunlop would have never done that.