Morning all
I put a post out before about putting a new set of tire on my 1250 TE, i decided to go for Dunlop Roadsmart IV, did 100 miles on them yesterday, thought id give some feedback. FYI i had Conti Trail Attack on before
I was looking for a tire that makes the bike drop onto its side easier, i can confirm the roadsmart dose this. I've spent time researching and thinking about this, for me the quick drop in give me more confidence, i think its because i tend to square the comer ( or more correctly like to late apex) on the road? Now this quick drop may give others a negative feeling as it can be described as unstable. When the bike is on its side these tires allow me to move the bike line easier, but to others this could be a negative, or instability ?
The carcass feels harder (note this is different to grip) The harder carcass is giving more feedback in corners, weather this is good or bad depends. Reading up it deepens on peoples liking and how our mind interpretate the feed back. i.e. if you have a tire that can tell which side of a 20p is on to if you run over it some people interpretate it as great feed back, for others this info can be off putting giving overload and a feeling of instability .
For me this part is still work in progress if better or worse
As for grip wet or dry, i haven't and probably wont be able to push to limits, but have no problem
So I'm happy with choice so far, to be honest the last couple of year have been a journey over how tires affect my bikes handling and the handling trait i like. Think this is important to understand, and starts to explain why even different testers rank tires differently, it depends on a lot of how they ride and like a bike to feel,
The more i learn, the less realize i know......
I put a post out before about putting a new set of tire on my 1250 TE, i decided to go for Dunlop Roadsmart IV, did 100 miles on them yesterday, thought id give some feedback. FYI i had Conti Trail Attack on before
I was looking for a tire that makes the bike drop onto its side easier, i can confirm the roadsmart dose this. I've spent time researching and thinking about this, for me the quick drop in give me more confidence, i think its because i tend to square the comer ( or more correctly like to late apex) on the road? Now this quick drop may give others a negative feeling as it can be described as unstable. When the bike is on its side these tires allow me to move the bike line easier, but to others this could be a negative, or instability ?
The carcass feels harder (note this is different to grip) The harder carcass is giving more feedback in corners, weather this is good or bad depends. Reading up it deepens on peoples liking and how our mind interpretate the feed back. i.e. if you have a tire that can tell which side of a 20p is on to if you run over it some people interpretate it as great feed back, for others this info can be off putting giving overload and a feeling of instability .
For me this part is still work in progress if better or worse
As for grip wet or dry, i haven't and probably wont be able to push to limits, but have no problem
So I'm happy with choice so far, to be honest the last couple of year have been a journey over how tires affect my bikes handling and the handling trait i like. Think this is important to understand, and starts to explain why even different testers rank tires differently, it depends on a lot of how they ride and like a bike to feel,
The more i learn, the less realize i know......