Tyre Test
Dunlop Trailmax Raid
The chunky-looking Raid is a 50/50 tyre specifically designed to be used in both road and off-road environments. I went to Italy at the beginning of the year to test them on a variety of bikes on the twisting roads and trails of Tuscany and, as I was so impressed with them, I had them fitted on my V-Strom 800DE long-termer, clocking over 4500 miles on UK roads and some green lanes since. I haven’t been disappointed. I’ve even done a couple of track-day sessions on them, so I think the Raids are probably the most versatile tyre I’ve ever tried.
These types of tyres are some of the most challenging for any manufacturer to get right. The fact is, it’s almost impossible to get a single type of tyre to cope happily with such hugely contrasting environments. As we
