After an outstanding year of wins, from the Isle of Man TT to the 200th consecutive win in the 250 MotoGP, Dunlop has done it again with their Sportmax Roadsmart tyre being named Best New Tyre at the annual Motorcycle News (MCN) Awards.
On 10th November 2008 in Bikes & kit
Recently crowned Derby Phoenix Pre Injection 600 champion, Erol Ahmet
has proven just how well the Sportmax GP Racer D209 adapts to racing.
Primarily designed as a track day tyre, Erol use the GP Racer to beat off all other competitors, who were on full race tyres.
On 10th November 2008 in Motorcycle Sport
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Joe Baker wins the 2008 British Expert Trials Championship Following on from winning the 2007 series, Birkettmotosport rider Joe Baker on his Scorpa SY250R has secured the 2008 British Expert Trials Championship. He dominated the series with 5 wins and 2 second places beating the 2008 European trails champion Jack Chalinor on the way.
For 2007 and 2008 championships Joe used the Dunlop D803 trials tyre proving its ability at the highest levels of competition.
On 10th November 2008 in Motorcycle Sport
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AMA Pro Racing today announced that Dunlop has been chosen as the sole tyre supplier of AMA Road Racing.
Use of Dunlop tyres will be required in all of the series' road racing classes, including American Superbike, Daytona SportBike, SunTrust MOTO-GT and SuperSport, beginning in 2009.
On 10th November 2008 in Bikes & kit
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