The DT3 actually morphed from the Goodyear Eagle DT2, which itself came from the DT1, which began life as a roadracing rain tire and debuted in the late 1970s on dirt track machines ridden by guys with names like “King Kenny” Roberts.īut with the introduction of the all-new Dunlop DT4, which takes over from the DT3 as the official tire of American Flat Track, that wholesale change has finally happened, and we have the inside scoop on its development.īefore digging into the details surrounding the DT4, consider for a moment the wide range of performance a top-shelf dirt track tire like the DT3 has had to offer over the years: One tire has had to provide a high degree of traction, stability, feedback and durability on a wide range of motorcycles, from 300-plus-pound/100-horsepower twins to 200-plus-pound/60-horsepower singles. Hard to believe, but it’s been decades since there was a wholesale redesign of the world’s most well-known dirt track tire, and the tire used on all racing motorcycles in American Flat Track competition: Dunlop’s DT3. Many of the top racers in AFT were able to add their input in the development of the new Dunlop DT4 race tire.
With the all-new DT4, Dunlop remakes, replaces and improves the legendary-and four-decade-old-DT1/DT2/DT3 dirt track tire.
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