Goodyear Has Sold Dunlop to Another Tire Company

Wow! I didn’t realize that the Buffalo plant was shutting down. I was basing my trip to Tuktoyaktuk on using Dunlop Mission trailmax and Raid tires that were being made in that plant. The quality of the tire reputed to be one of the best in the industry.
I suspect that there’s still stock available from that plant in warehouses across the country and I will not be impacted with the result of this factory closing….but….
 
I preferred Dunlop rubber on my CBR600, and on the Blackbird. Really sticky when we tossed those sport bikes around. (Yeah, I used ta be one of THOSE.)
They made decent dual sport tires on my f650gs, as well. Seemed to last as long or longer than many others.
In today's manufacturing industries, I doubt I'll be able to feel any difference, as I don't really push my tires as I once did. Well, except for sometimes waiting too long to replace them...
 
I must correct myself. I had Dunlop on a 2004 Ninja zx6r. They came with the new bike. I've never felt planted in corners.
Switched to Mish and never looked back.
On the 1300st I used Bridgestones and now the Shinko Verde 011.
Both are good ones.
 
Never really cared for Dunlop’s sport touring tires, especially after having a front “Roadsmart” throw an 8” long chunk of tread and having the steel belt unravel on the freeway! Can’t speak to their sport, dirt or dual sport tires.
 
ReSTored said:
Puns aside, I been very happy with the Roadsmart 3 on my Tracer. Good treadlife and handles well.
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I've had them for 6,000 miles so far and this is my first set of Dunlops and they've been great in dry and wet weather and the occasional grave/dirt road. Sorry to see @wjbertrand have that scary thing happen. Glad I didn't know that before I bought them.
 
Sunday Rider said:
I've had them for 6,000 miles so far and this is my first set of Dunlops and they've been great in dry and wet weather and the occasional grave/dirt road. Sorry to see @wjbertrand have that scary thing happen. Glad I didn't know that before I bought them.
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Mine was an early version of the road smart and there was a fairly frequent occurrence of similar delamination failures with them. Dunlop eventually had a recall / replacement campaign. Worse than the tire failure itself was Dunlop’s complete lack of interest in the problem at the time. They didn’t want to examine it and refused any replacement or even a prorated replacement. The tire only had 3,000 or so miles on it. Months, maybe a year or so later, they offered me a replacement but insisted on me returning the failed one. I’d since tossed it. After my experience the problem became common enough that Dunlop could no longer ignore it.
I’m just glad I was able to get the bike off the freeway and stopped safely!
 
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