Dunlop D211GP

Motorcycling
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I’m off to Silverstone at the weekend. The 998 has slicks fitted and they’ve got a bit of life in them, but the tyres on my little 749R are shot.

I was looking for a comparison of maybe the Supercorsa Pro and a Dunlop D211GP but I can’t find one anywhere.

Any recommendations? I do maybe 500 miles a year on this bike (it’s got RS cams - 400km rebuild if you’re using it properly) so I’m not too bothered about wear rates.

Thanks!

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If your looking for a tyre with tread and not worried about getting mileage out of them then either the Supercorsa SC0’s or the Metzeler Racetec RC0’s will give you as much grip as a set of slicks. Probably good for about 1k miles on track riding :w00t:

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Dunlop D211gp and Supercorsa Pro’s both offer incredible performance and you’d be hard pushed to tell the difference on the road or track unless you’re looking for those 10ths of a second racing.

You might want to experiment with pressures as well to see what works best as they can be run lower than normal road tyres.

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erm, after seeing Rixxy’s on thursday, i’d avoid the dunlops, even the tyres changer at silverstone said use somethign else and pointed to several sets which all had a delaminating problem on the extreme edges. PM Rixxy and get it from the horses mouth.

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Very strange for a tyre that has won championships worldwide.

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very true, i used GP208’s on my old ninja and really liked them. there must be a manufacturing issue with the latest batch coming over or something, because everyone who had them on was changing for metzeler/Pirelli equivalent.

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Something very strange going on there for sure, more to this than meets the eye i’d say.

To be fair the Dunlop 211gp is actually a better performing tyre on track than the supercorsa or metzeler and would normally be the racers choice…if they could afford it.

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i had pirelli superbike slicks sc1’s on so i had no grip issues at all.

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thanks guys. I’m running slicks on the 998 but I want to give the little guy a proper workout too. That means something vaguely road legal.

I’ve gone for the Supercorsa (very expensive - can’t remember which). Soft front and med rear. I’ll try the D211s at some point but I’m pretty concerned about the delamination issue. A couple of buddies are riding the bike this weekend too and I wouldn’t be happy if something happened to them on account of a dodgy tyre.

Plus, the WSS guys used this tyre on the race bikes and they got some proper lean…

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well, guys, thanks for the recommendation. Those Supercorsa Pros are excellent. The front was barely marked by the end of the first session.

I took my 749R and the 998 to Silverstone and ran the R on day 1, which was largely CSS lead training, although not ‘leveled’ and the 998 on Sunday.

The R had the SCs on in the afternoon and it was excellent. The bike was composed, tyres grippy and no major problems. One of my buddies was instructing and took the R out on Sunday and said it was perfect. A real hooligans bike. I’ll try the SC slicks next on the big bike.