Advantages: Range of compounds available, good grip in a straight line, cheap Disadvantages: Poor durability and poor cornering grip
I've had D208s on two bikes, a Honda VTR1000F Firestorm and a Triumph T595 Daytona. Both had the standard D208, not the RR or the SP versions of the tyre.
The Honda came with the Dunlop as standard fitment from new in a 180 section, the Triumph had a 190 section put on briefly as an aftermarket supplied item. The Honda got through three and a half pairs, the Triumph just the one. Before anyone asks why I kept the standard ones there were two reasons, firstly the tyre shop recommended them for the VTR, secondly they never wore out as a pair, the front lasting about 1/3 longer than the rear. I only change brand as a pair and the front was always too good to just bin.
For me there are three categories of factors when judging a bike tyre:
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Cost
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The Dunlop has a bit of a split ...
Advantages: GOOD RIDE Disadvantages: WEAKNESS IN STRAIGHT LINE
I HAVE FITTED THESE TYRES TO MY RENAULT MEGANE 6 MONTHS AGO. ORIGINALLY THEY WERE MICHELINS AND THEY LASTED 35,000MILES FOR THE FRONT AND 50,000MILES FOR THE REAR. I DRIVE OVER 1,000MILES A WEEK ON OVER 80% ON MOTORWAY. I FIND THESE DUNLOP TYRES WEARS SLIGHTLY QICKER THAN THE ORIGINAL MICHELINS. I HAVE COVERED 28,000 MILES SO FAR AND THE FRONT ARE ON THE LIMIT. I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE FRONT SET WITHIN THE NEXT 1,000 MILES.
I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT FROM THE DAY ONE THAT ON THE FAST DRIVING THESE SETS OF TYRES ARE NOT VERY GOOD IN STRAIGHT LINE DRIVING. IT DOES NOT LIKE TO DRIVE STABLE STRAIGHT LINE THEREFORE IT MAKES DRIVING A LITTLE MORE TIRING. THE RIDE IS SLIGHTLY SOFTER THAN THE MICHELIN AS WELL.
OVERALL I DOUBT I WILL BUY ANOTHER SET OF THESE DUNLOP TYRES. ...
honestfeedbacks 18.02.2007
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Advantages: A good idea for reworking "Rear Window"... Disadvantages: ...but it had a poor script and lost a lot of what made the original plot so good
Rear Window (1998) - FILM ONLY REVIEW
Certificate: PG (UK)
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Voyeurism is the act of observing the lives of others, often, though not always, for sexual gratification; it is a process by which the observer gets more satisfaction from viewing others than from experiencing their own lives. There is a little bit of this tendency in all of us, as what is watching a film if not opening up a window on the lives of others, be they real or fictional? It is no surprise, therefore, that the film industry has from time to time chosen voyeurism as the subject of its stories. A widely regarded classic of the theme is Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film "Rear Window", an engrossing and suspenseful examination of what it is like to be a voyeur, first enforced by circumstance and later pursued ...
Collingwood21 13.09.2009
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