FAQs

Dunlop does not recommend flipping the front Dunlop Q5 Sportmax tire. The Dunlop Q5 Sportmax rear tire is ok to flip in the dry.

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Storing your dunlop race tires in a hot environment will not deteriorate your tires.

However dunlop motorcycle tires must be stored in a temperature above 38 degrees Fahrenheit (3 Celsius).

Keep the tires separate from any chemicals or heat sources (such as motors).

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Dunlop Tire Warmer Procedures

Dunlop recommends that tire warmers be set at 158 – 176F

Dunlop motorcycle tire pressures may vary based upon current track conditions but these are base recommendations:

Download Dunlop Tire Pressure Cheat Sheet PDF

Dunlop motorcycle race tires do not have issues with “heat cycling” that may affect other tire brands.

If Dunlop tires begin to lose grip it is more of issue of a loss of rubber than heat cycling.

New Dunlop tires are their maximum traction level as the level of rubber on the tire is highest. The tires run hottest at this point in the tire’s life. As Dunlop tires lose rubber they begin to run cooler and slowly lose their maximum grip.

Dunlop racing tires are designed in their Buffalo, NY headquarters and manufactured in their Buffalo, NY manufacturing facility.

Dunlop is the only manufacturer of motorcycle tires in North America.

Dunlop racing tires are then developed at the highest level of motorcycle racing racing in the United States.

Dunlop also has the only motorcycle tire test facility of its kind in North America called the Huntsville Proving Grounds.

If the Dunlop race tire is marked Bi-Directional (see FAQ above) then that tire may be mounted and used in either direction.

When Dunlop mentions Bi-Directional is essentially means that those particular Dunlop motorcycle tires can be mounted in any direction. Sometimes this is known as flipping. Some tracks may favor right or left hand corners such as Palm Beach International Raceway or Jennings GP and being able to reverse the tire direction can give riders potentially more options.

Dunlop DOT race tires such as the Dunlop GP-A Pro tire represent street legal race tires. DOT is short for Department of Transportation so those tires marked as DOT represent Department of Transportation approved for public road use.