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!

 

[caprixosso]

Hello everyone, as I told you a couple of months ago, I made the trip to Nordkapp, in total it was 25 days, 12,523 kms. I was fascinated by these tyres, they returned from the trip with less than 50% of the tread worn. It is true that the front tyre in particular was a bit deformed, but you have to take into account that we were quite a few kilos overweight. The trip was made (with the exception of approximately 30 kms) off the fast roads, all on secondary roads and a little over 100 kms off-road. The behaviour both in dry and wet conditions was exceptional. In short, I am very happy and I will be putting them on my Super Tenere again. I wanted to share it with you in case it helps anyone when deciding on these tyres. Thank you very much and a hug from Spain.

 

[Boris]

View attachment 114578Hello everyone, as I told you a couple of months ago, I made the trip to Nordkapp, in total it was 25 days, 12,523 kms. I was fascinated by these tyres, they returned from the trip with less than 50% of the tread worn. It is true that the front tyre in particular was a bit deformed, but you have to take into account that we were quite a few kilos overweight. The trip was made (with the exception of approximately 30 kms) off the fast roads, all on secondary roads and a little over 100 kms off-road. The behaviour both in dry and wet conditions was exceptional. In short, I am very happy and I will be putting them on my Super Tenere again. I wanted to share it with you in case it helps anyone when deciding on these tyres. Thank you very much and a hug from Spain.

That is a serious amount of luggage . You had a passenger as well?

Do you have pics of your trip?

 

[SkunkWorks]

Now I don't feel as bad as when I rolled mine up onto the Truck-Scale fully loaded with me on it, and read the number........................

 

[Sierra1]

I don't know about the Tenere, but the RT and I topped out at 1082lb on a similar scale.

 

[SkunkWorks]

I got you beat...............and I'm not even a Gorilla! I'm just a Bear

Mine was somewhere around 1120-ish lbs with me on it.......about an hour or so before this picture was taken

 

[gv550]

Here's my Trailmax mission at 50,000 kms, still 4mm tread depth. Looks like I may get another 10 or 20k from it, which would be a new record for me.

Sorry about the dirt...... actually not sorry, she's a dirty girl!
The front Mission is gone, not worn out but howling really bad, replaced it with a Shinko e705 that should get me the rest of this season.

 

[Sierra1]

I got you beat...............and I'm not even a Gorilla! I'm just a Bear . . . .

Tatanka!

 

[caprixosso]

That is a serious amount of luggage . You had a passenger as well?

Do you have pics of your trip?

Indeed, my wife was in the back, I did some calculations and I was about 90lb overweight. It's not very responsible of me but I wasn't carrying anything I wasn't going to use. Luggage for 25 days plus everything we needed for camping. Also some food which was really great for us to bring.

 

[Little Joe]

I pulled my TMM tires off at 32000km (+\~ 20000miles

Front was pretty much shot and the noise was excruciating (even with ear plugs) between 45-60 mph.
Rear would have gone maybe another 4-5 k .

Put on Scorpion STR a month ago and now at 5000km (3100m).
The choppy rear kick from rear tire on rough pavement is now gone. (My back very thankful)
Just got back from Tennessee and am truly impressed with wet/dry handling.
Will report with mileage later. (Haven’t even had on gravel yet, lol , unexpected run south).

I have new TMM on sideline but will probably sell ( or try TMM fr with TMR rear).


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Little update to the STR tires.

Ended up pulling tires at 10,000km
In preparation for a Western trip
Sturgis, Whistler BC loop back to Eastern Ontario.

Front tire will be reinstalled. Rear good for about 3K more will not be.

Installed Pirelli Trail 2 ‘s for trip. 12000km later the front is absolutely toast. Rear good for another 3k.

Reinstalled front STR ( still more tread on it than a new Trail2). Expect to get at least another 10 from front with a new rear STR.
REALLY like the STR tires. They work in well in all conditions ( road and heavy gravel).
They ride much less stiff than TMM.
Feel more planted on heavy gravel.

Expect to get one front to two rears.


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[Cycledude]

Picture of my current rear Dunlop TrailMax Mission tire with 19,000 miles, so far have been very well pleased with Dunlop TrailMax Mission tires and plan to place an order for my third set very soon

 

[Silver Badger]

It's crazy the mileage those Missions are getting. What's the down side, if any? Wondering if they are bugger to spoon off and on?

 

[Paul466]

15K, some chunks missing from desert rocks, absolutely love them

 

[Little Joe]

It's crazy the mileage those Missions are getting. What's the down side, if any? Wondering if they are bugger to spoon off and on?

They are very heavy and stiff. If you have an aging back they take a toll. Its not big bumps, its the broken pavement stuff.


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