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Dunlop Struggling with IOM Coming Up - TriangleRider - 05-17-2022
Bad news for Dunlop (both the company and Michael) at the NW200. It will be interesting to see what they can do to give some confidence back to riders with the IOM less than two weeks away.
Dunlop's Rear Tyre EXPLODES In North West 200 2022 - YouTube
https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-north-west-200-results/
RE: Dunlop Struggling with IOM Coming Up - Lee - 05-17-2022
Wow
RE: Dunlop Struggling with IOM Coming Up - Harry - 05-19-2022
I was at the race and it did take the shine of the last race a little, although Michael Rutter still went out in the last race on Dunlops. Brilliant days racing though and wonderful weather on the Saturday which is unusual
The extreme conditions the tyres face at this race are immense the bikes are spinning the rear wheel in top gear at 200mph going from Portstewart to Coleraine.I agree it is not great PR for a tyre company such as Dunlop, I think the other incident with Davy Todd's tyre was a puncture rather than the tyre delaminating. Scary though Michael Dunlop would probably have been doing almost 180mph when that tyre went.