Dunlop Trailmax Raid vs Trailmax Mission - An Honest Review

[Mad_Matt]

I wish everyone had access to a moto gear shop as epic as Performance Cycle of Denver.

 

[cyclemike4]

I put trailmax missions on my bike and have a few hundred miles on them now. Im very impressed. They are turning in good and have a very nice nutral feel and ability to hold a nice line through a curve with minamal input. I do like that a lot. They also will haul down for emergency stops. I bet i have had at least 15 hard stops for deer and they did well. Last night even had hard swerve and brake to weave 3 deer in a blind corner. I was only riding about 40 and was ready for evasive action but still did very nice. They are heavy and at low speeds i feel a lot more of road undulations.

 

[BMW_Rider]

SkunkWorks: Excellent review on both the TTM & TMR. Very well written too.

I have used TMM F&R on a 1250 GSA and liked them very much. I concur with your views on the tyres.
I had 2 front tyres split across the whole tread from edge to edge. Both happened at circa 5,000 kms. I think they were de-laminating on the tread over-lap join. Both were replaced but could not get a third replacement as none available and they ended up being unavailable for 2 years. Only just become available recently.

The rear TMM was an excellent road tyre and a good off-road tyre. Quiet, excellent wet & dry grip, lasted longest time of any rear tyre i have ever used (15,000 kms) in 56 years of riding and surprisingly good at eking out grip in all types of unsealed surfaces. Used 3 rear tyres.

Just put a TMR on the front of a new BMW F850 GS. Michelin Anakee 3 on the rear unfortunately.
I wear ear plugs and can not hear a lot of noise off the front TMR, maybe because of the howl from the rear Anakee 3.
I am getting used to a 21" front wheel/tyre both on & off-road but i find the front TMR has great edge grip on dry sealed and amazing grip when wet for a tyre with this tread pattern.
On unsealed i feel much more confident but i am still sussing its limit out. There is less feedback to what i am used to but this probably because the tyre is calming & stable relative to 19" GSA front wheel.

I am stoked with the low level of wear with your front TMR.

With the rear TMR wearing so quickly, i will likely run a TMR on the front & a TMM on the rear. I am not that fussed by the rear wheel getting out of shape but i need the front to go where i put it & it stay there.
This combination may end up being ideal for me.
Though, because i like trying different tyres and different tyres are continually being released, it is likely i will try a different combination in the future.

cheers

 

[Pdrhound]

I got the Mission rear mounted. When I got it I thought "Man, this is a heavy, stiff tire." My initial thoughts were confirmed when it came time to mount it. It did not want to pull down into the center and stay, even with my considerable bulk on top of it. Fought it for a good hour before heading out to get some bead buddies. Waited for morning to start again. Started with putting a heater on it. Used the bead buddies and added some strap clamps and blocks to push and pull it in. Toughest tire I've mounted. It also took quite a bit of weight to balance. It is nice to see a tire with an American flag on it.

So blessed to be able to hit Woody's for a same day tire mount. $25 bucks is well worth mounting and balancing tire. Especially with a quick rim/spoke inspection. Pull wheels, swing into performance cycle at opening time for better than internet pricing and drop it off at Woody's.

 

[Treeman]

I use Metzeler Tourance which are quiet on the road,excellent wet tarmac grip,and fine on hard packed forest tracks,but went with the Mitas EO7+ for 2023.The noise from these were fine on roads going through towns and villages,but on motorways at 70 mph I found them a bit noisy.However the wet tarmac performance was great,boots touching down was easily done on wet roads.I rode from Wales to Croatia on them and by the time I got back they had to come off as I could not live with the noise,I always wear ear plugs.But they were no where near as bad as the noise from those Dunlop trailmax raids on the vidio on here.Im back on the Tourance now.By the way the Dunlop trailmax mission cost around £355 a pair in the UK.plus fitting.So they are expensive tyres to buy here.The Metzeler Tourance are approximately £220 a pair plus fitting.The milage wear is similar between these tyres.

 

[Boris]

I use Metzeler Tourance which are quiet on the road,excellent wet tarmac grip,and fine on hard packed forest tracks,but went with the Mitas EO7+ for 2023.The noise from these were fine on roads going through towns and villages,but on motorways at 70 mph I found them a bit noisy.However the wet tarmac performance was great,boots touching down was easily done on wet roads.I rode from Wales to Croatia on them and by the time I got back they had to come off as I could not live with the noise,I always wear ear plugs.But they were no where near as bad as the noise from those Dunlop trailmax raids on the vidio on here.Im back on the Tourance now.By the way the Dunlop trailmax mission cost around £355 a pair in the UK.plus fitting.So they are expensive tyres to buy here.The Metzeler Tourance are approximately £220 a pair plus fitting.The milage wear is similar between these tyres.

Also a big fan of the Tourance, used the base version, the EXPs and NEXTs, never had any issues. Wet and dry grip is good.

 

[Avalanche123]

I got 5500 miles on my tractionator adventure with a true 50/50 mix. It was a great tire. Too bad the front was done at 3500. I feel like I'd mount up that ADV before I'd do the TMR. I'm guessing the ADV would have better off road traction.

Performance cycle in Denver will match any advertised price as well.

I'm currently running the TMM for the 3rd time.

My front Tractionator Adv developed a bulge after 9000km...the rear is ok so swapped out the front to a TMM. So far so good!