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Dunlop Roadsmart IV vs Michelin Road 6: Wet Handli...

Posted by Ted Edwards | Sep 27, 2023 | Bikes & Gear | 26 |

MotoAmerica in HOTlanta

Posted by Rob Brooks | Aug 3, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 2 |

Dunlop Roadsmart IV vs Michelin Road 6: Wet Handling Test

by Ted Edwards | Sep 27, 2023 | Bikes & Gear | 26 |

Yet if you ride in the Pacific Northwest then you know that into every ride a little rain must fall. Just not this year. We rode through most of the West anticipating that somewhere, somehow, we would find nature’s rain for the highly anticipated wet weather tire test of Dunlop’s Roadsmart IV vs Michelin’s Road 6, our participants in year two of our tire shootout series. Instead we found heat, snow, even a biblical plague of grasshoppers but not a single drop of rain. So to answer the question that both of my readers have been asking, we traversed thousands of miles to some of the best riding in the country, the place where it rains every afternoon: Colorado.

Dunlop RoadSmart IV vs Michelin Road 6- Long Term Handling Test

by Ted Edwards | Jul 24, 2023 | Bikes & Gear, Nuts & Bolts | 47 |

New tires are a gift to motorcycle handling, fresh rubber turning your bike into a dance partner with nimble feet and newfound agility. Yet tires do not stay perfectly round for long as accumulated miles flatten rubber eliminating the roundness of honeymoon handling bliss. Much of a tire’s life is spent squared off and how a tire handles at mid-life is a concern of many rider.

Dunlop Roadsmart IV vs. Michelin Road 6: Dry Handling Comparison

by Ted Edwards | Jun 4, 2023 | Bikes & Gear, Rides & Roads | 35 |

For the second year in a row, Road Dirt will be pitting two tire giants against each other in a head-to-head battle for sport touring tire supremacy. Last year, Dunlop’s Roadsmart IV easily won the test over Pirelli’s Angel GT with better dry handling, equal wet weather grip, better long term handling and a shocking 70% more tire life. Conversations with riders and comments from both of my readers asked about Michelins touring giant, the Road 6. So once again, I twisted the arm of my touring companion Dave “White Girl” Wensveen and convinced him to join me for another summer of testing.

Summer Tire Shootout- Dunlop Roadsmart IV vs. Michelin Road 6

by Ted Edwards | May 17, 2023 | Bikes & Gear, Nuts & Bolts | 15 |

Road Dirt’s summer tire shootout is back.
Last spring, after Dave “White Girl” Wensveen and I grossly over caffeinated ourselves, our acute grasp of the obvious made us realize we had the exact same bike. I suggested that it would be a perfect test bed for tires. Two identical bikes, two identical riders, each following the other around all spring, summer and fall while testing and taking notes sounded like the ideal way to put to bed all of the heresy regarding tire performance.

MotoAmerica in HOTlanta

by Rob Brooks | Aug 3, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 2 |

The “Dog Days of Summer” here in the Deep South can be utterly stifling, with temps in the upper 90s and humidity equally as high. Combine those with harsh sunlight above and cooking tarmac below, and you’ve got difficult conditions to race in, if not outright dangerous. Hydration and shade are a must. And that was exactly what the MotoAmerica contenders dealt with all weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.