Dunlop Mutant vs Michelin Road 6 — Compared

“Michelin Road 6 Short Life Put a set of Michelin Road 6 tires on my '25 MT-09 SP after reading rave reviews. They handle well enough, and have enough traction to put down the power, but at only 2,156 miles the rear is about shot (the front is perfectly fine though). The wear looks pretty even/normal, just premature. I ride fairly aggressively, but I never do burnouts and rarely do power wheelies. I got about 2,000 miles out of the factory S23's before it started showing belt. I ride the same as I did with those tires but I was expecting to get way more life out of the Road 6's. I ride the twisties quite a bit, and have pretty small chicken strips. I go for long rides a lot, and am beginning to wonder if the roads here are made of sandpaper. Even on my DR650 with Shinko 705's I only get like 1,500 miles of pretty tame riding. Anybody else have a similar experience?”

“I have them. They’re very good. You’ll have to break them in for about 100 miles before getting on it because like most tires they’re slick when new but these are even more slick because their compound is harder for longer road life. So far I’m happy with them. They’re on a 636. A few years ago they had some issues with delaminating but I don’t see that issue being posted anymore. I would purchase again because I’m not tracking my bike. There are better options if you’re tracking like the power 6’s. I chose them because I commute with my bike and my perelli diablo rosso 4 (which I do love) lasted 4000 miles because their compound is much softer. Hoping to get 10k miles with the road 6’s.”

“Yes no problem, Road 6 is actually a really good tire for a safe trackday in the slow to medium groups as it warms up fast (allow 1-2 laps) and grips even at colder temperatures and on a wet track. If the temperature gets warmer and you get more speed you might start to feel greasy. I'm mounting Road 6 on my street bike V-strom 650 and I put Dunlop Sportsmart mk4 on my SV 650 Trackbike. When I did trackdays 10y ago on a GSXR I ended up using Pilot Road 4 as rain tires, they worked really well and they didn't melt away in one session if the track dried up like those expensive rain tires do!”