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Dunlop-Pirelli Tires Dry Handling Shootout

Posted by Ted Edwards | Jun 13, 2022 | Bikes & Gear, Rides & Roads | 6 |

God’s Own Racetrack, Part 1

Posted by Rob Brooks | Jul 1, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

Dunlop-Pirelli Tires Dry Handling Shootout

by Ted Edwards | Jun 13, 2022 | Bikes & Gear, Rides & Roads | 6 |

Dunlop sent Road Dirt a set of their new RoadSmart IV sport touring tires to compete with Pirelli’s sport touring offering, the Angel GT in a sport touring tire shootout. Road Dirt guest tester, my riding buddy and hard core tourer Dave Wensveen was roped into this test because he and I have identical 5th generation Honda VFR800s, perfect testing beds for sport touring rubber. My bike runs with the new set of Dunlop RoadSmart IVs while Dave rides with the Pirelli Angel GT. For our (mostly) dry handling test, we headed south to the Columbia River Gorge and the Rowena Curves.

God’s Own Racetrack, Part 1

by Rob Brooks | Jul 1, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

The sign at the starting point of Idaho’s Winchester Grade should have been a clue, should have served as an early warning that we were riding into a danger zone- “Closed To Thru Traffic. Locals Only.” We ignored the warning. “Aw, that sign’s been there for years,” one guy quipped. “Yeah, just a little bumpy pavement,” declared another. “The views are worth the road,” chimed in a third. I was thinking, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”