Just got my brand new Dunlop Roadsmart 4 for my 2023 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX. Cannot be more happy... But living in Ontario, Canada means that I will ride those tires in April 2025...Good job, dunlop ! Et encore une fois bravo pour la fabrication de si bons pneus!
im running these on my 2016 busa after running hypersport tyres. not as nimble but very confident inspiring. im laying it over further and they are so smooth havent felt like they are anything but amazing in tight corners under hard exceleration and very comfortable in the wet. highly recomend
Love Chris Moss. BBC should give him a recurring bike spot on Top Gear. Just got these tires on my ST1300. Look forward to enjoying them. I had the RS3's on another bike (CBR1100XX) they were incredible, so my hopes are high.
I’ve got an R1250 RS that’ll need tyres soon, you’ve just sold me on these. I was going to get the Metzler 01 SE but I’ve read a few reports the front can be noisey on some road surfaces, so Dunlop RS4 it is. Thanks for the thorough review, great work.
I remember using sports tires to have a maximum of grip. Harder tires on the rear softer front tires. long warm up time, bad in wet conditions. Max 4000KM. I'm not a road warrior anymore. But sport touring tires today are so good. What I especially like about Dunlop tires (and in a lesser degree continental tires) is the feedback that you get and the gentle way they slide. Not chack but sjoof. That is why I used harder rear tires before tires became so good.
It's either the Dunlop roadsmart 4 or the Michelin roadmaster 6 for me. I commute in a f3 60miles(100km) both ways. I need something that will last. In my opinion which is baised on observation. Michelin tires are known for how long they last like the sidewall cracks before the tread pattern runs through. Dunlop i dont know much about seems like performance tire with racing background. Michelin too. Ill be looking to see if there are videos about the history of Dunlop because i like that stuff. I think ill be getting the Dunlops because they look good. Thats a good looking tire compared to the radical tread pattern of the Michelin. I think id like the look of the Dunlops on the f3. Classic look really
Dang it. I just put the Road Smart 3 on my 2018 Concours. I didn't realize that there was an updated version available. Well... looks like I'll go to the 4 in about 7k miles.
Seems like a good tire, but stiff as hell and impossibly hard to mount at home. I have mounted many tires, and obviously so has my shop, but I couldn't do it and my shop charged me extra to mount. If you do it at home, proceed with caution, but if you have it done at a shop, you might be ok.
5 years is too long to develop a modern product. If they started competitor testing in 2018, they’re testing RoadSmart iv against tyres which are out of date. Competitors have had one or two iterations since 2018.
If it grips more on wet it does less on dry. So optimal tmeps use case etc? Yo did not say nothing important about 3 and 4 differences + and - etc. You are experts ?!
All you Brit testers go on ENDLESSLY talking about how tires (or bikes) are in the RAIN. Okay okay.. we KNOW you live in an exceptionally damp nation; not everyone else does. BESIDES RAIN PERFORMANCE... whaddya got?
Just got my brand new Dunlop Roadsmart 4 for my 2023 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX. Cannot be more happy... But living in Ontario, Canada means that I will ride those tires in April 2025...Good job, dunlop ! Et encore une fois bravo pour la fabrication de si bons pneus!
Great video, great questions, and great insight from you Chris to speak and test the tyre so thoroughly. Nice one.
im running these on my 2016 busa after running hypersport tyres. not as nimble but very confident inspiring. im laying it over further and they are so smooth havent felt like they are anything but amazing in tight corners under hard exceleration and very comfortable in the wet. highly recomend
Love Chris Moss. BBC should give him a recurring bike spot on Top Gear. Just got these tires on my ST1300. Look forward to enjoying them. I had the RS3's on another bike (CBR1100XX) they were incredible, so my hopes are high.
I’ve got an R1250 RS that’ll need tyres soon, you’ve just sold me on these. I was going to get the Metzler 01 SE but I’ve read a few reports the front can be noisey on some road surfaces, so Dunlop RS4 it is.
Thanks for the thorough review, great work.
I remember using sports tires to have a maximum of grip. Harder tires on the rear softer front tires. long warm up time, bad in wet conditions. Max 4000KM. I'm not a road warrior anymore. But sport touring tires today are so good. What I especially like about Dunlop tires (and in a lesser degree continental tires) is the feedback that you get and the gentle way they slide. Not chack but sjoof. That is why I used harder rear tires before tires became so good.
Just replaced my bridgestone t32 on my Yamaha FZ 1 Fazer, with the dunlop rs4, HUGE DIFFERENCE. Ride is softer and smoother straight away
It's either the Dunlop roadsmart 4 or the Michelin roadmaster 6 for me. I commute in a f3 60miles(100km) both ways. I need something that will last.
In my opinion which is baised on observation. Michelin tires are known for how long they last like the sidewall cracks before the tread pattern runs through. Dunlop i dont know much about seems like performance tire with racing background. Michelin too. Ill be looking to see if there are videos about the history of Dunlop because i like that stuff.
I think ill be getting the Dunlops because they look good. Thats a good looking tire compared to the radical tread pattern of the Michelin. I think id like the look of the Dunlops on the f3. Classic look really
You should buy tires because they perform well. Even if they don't look that good. This is an opinion. But I get your point...
Dang it. I just put the Road Smart 3 on my 2018 Concours. I didn't realize that there was an updated version available. Well... looks like I'll go to the 4 in about 7k miles.
Just fitted a set on my R1250RT let's hope they don't distort as bad as Michelin.
Good review.
If they're good enough for Mossy they're good enough for mere mortals.👍
Seems like a good tire, but stiff as hell and impossibly hard to mount at home. I have mounted many tires, and obviously so has my shop, but I couldn't do it and my shop charged me extra to mount. If you do it at home, proceed with caution, but if you have it done at a shop, you might be ok.
Are they better tham michelin road 6 ?
Not for all round use the road 6 is better in wet but power 6 is mint in dry and good in wet
Also scrubbing in didn't do any just rode them no issues
5 years is too long to develop a modern product. If they started competitor testing in 2018, they’re testing RoadSmart iv against tyres which are out of date. Competitors have had one or two iterations since 2018.
Depends. A really good tire every 5 years is better than mediocre every tire two or three. New has to be better.
If it grips more on wet it does less on dry. So optimal tmeps use case etc? Yo did not say nothing important about 3 and 4 differences + and - etc. You are experts ?!
All you Brit testers go on ENDLESSLY talking about how tires (or bikes) are in the RAIN. Okay okay.. we KNOW you live in an exceptionally damp nation; not everyone else does. BESIDES RAIN PERFORMANCE... whaddya got?
A lot of good riders who don’t just ride litre bikes in straight lines ;-)
Sojnds more like propaganda than an objective review..