Hey !

[mar1tian]

Originally Posted by Vahakn

yes I agree about the compound difference . it's even sold as "OEM" tyre as it's designated on the pricelists of some tyre manufacturers. they are available to the public. some of my customers prefer that instead of the standard retail ones to be honest. since the new Dunlop qualifier was praised so much in the tests they had done, I though well how much harder could it be as OEM? it's already a very soft compound as it is, and still not what the public would expect. My very first OEM tyre I tested was the Dunlop 207. very nice tyre profile, very hard, lasted around 8000 kms. warmed up nicely, but it was extremely unpredictable. it would bite back at anytime. it hated being pushed. oh and they weighed a ton compared to other brands.

the tomahawks I tested were very nice. I was running the soft compound. it lasted 4000 kms. it's the only soft tyre i had that i managed to actually ROLL off the ends and onto the side tyre markings

roll right off the edge and not from a crash, thats crazy !!

I remember the ol 207s, they were horrible, so unpredictable, I had a stock set on my 03 R6, never again....... I have the qualifiers on my zx10r they held up well at a track day. I scalloped the edges a bit but didn't really push it too hard since I only had the bike for about a week.