DUNLOP Q3+
PRODUCT LAUNCH
P98
their appearance, they are de-
signed to put as much rubber on
the ground as possible but still
give decent wet-weather grip,
something we didn't test out
when we rode on them in Texas.
All up, Dunlop says the Q3+
gives 25 percent more grip
exiting the corner, a 25 percent
improvement in corner stability
and 15 percent more edge grip,
as well as better thermal stability
for faster warm-up to go with the
claimed 20 percent improve-
ment in mileage.
We spent a day running
around greater Austin, Texas,
and an hour with Circuit of The
Americas all to ourselves to put
the Q3+ through its paces.
It's always a bit of a guessing
game with brand new tires on
the street because new rubber
almost always feels pretty good,
no matter what the brand. The
Q3+ was no exception, offer-
ing great stability over some
pretty rough roads and good
turn-in performance, but we
barely managed 120 miles on the
hoops, so all we could give was
an initial interpretation.
Transferring the riding to the
track bought the performance
of the tire into the light. These
are still predominantly a road-
based tire, but the Q3+ still gave
impressive performance over the
course of an hour at CoTA.
Initial turn-in on the front was
unsurprisingly smooth, a known
fact given the front Q3+ is al-
The front Q3
is an excellent
tire, so much
so that the Q3+
is almost the
same thing.
