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Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 Test Results

2025 1 publication

Tested 1 times by independent publications, the Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 has taken 1 test wins with an average finish of 1st.

  • 1Independent tests
  • 1Test wins
  • 1Podium finishes
  • 1stAverage finish
  • 100%Field beaten on average
  • 1Publications

1 test in 2025

The latest test

2025 Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test P1 of 12

The Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 is a sport category tire that emerged as the overall winner in this comprehensive test. This brand-new tire excels with its exceptional cold-running behavior, requiring minimal warm-up time before it's ready to deliver optimal performance. Riders will appreciate its incredibly easy and precise turn-in capabilities and outstanding feedback both front and rear, creating what the testers described as a "heightened pleasure factor" when cornering. Its behavior at the grip limit is particularly noteworthy, with slides beginning relatively late and remaining highly controllable under skilled hands. The MK4 was the absolute fastest tire in wet conditions with the best wet lap time in the entire test, dominating both sport and hypersport competitors by a significant margin. Its exceptional wet handling is complemented by excellent braking performance and outstanding feedback in these challenging conditions.

Strong: Wet Handling

Record by discipline

Where the Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 finished in each measured discipline, across every test that measured it against at least two other tires. Field beaten is the share of the other tires it outranked in that measurement.

Record by discipline
Discipline Tests Avg finish Field beaten Firsts
Dry
Dry Handling 1 P9 of 12 27% -
Wet
Wet Handling 1 P1 of 12 100% 1

Performance Analysis

Drawn from 1 tests. Updated October 29, 2026.

The Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 won the 2025 PS Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test, finishing first of 12 overall in its only independent comparison. Wet handling was the clearest measured strength, with the fastest lap at 72.64 seconds across both sport and hypersport competitors. The testers also praised wet braking, easy and precise turn-in, feedback from both ends and a short warm-up period. Slides were described as starting relatively late and remaining controllable under skilled riders.

The overall win does not mean it was fastest in every discipline. Its dry handling lap of 82.64 seconds ranked ninth of 12, 3.5% slower than the best, in a field that included hypersport tires as well as its own sport category. That is a qualification to its outright dry pace, rather than evidence of poor dry grip in ordinary road use. With only one test, none of the strengths is yet a repeated result across different comparisons, and wear, noise and efficiency are not established.

Performance Strengths

  • Wet handling Minor in 1 of 1 tests
    Details
    • First of 12 at 72.64 seconds across sport and hypersport tires, 2025 PS test
  • Wet braking Minor in 1 of 1 tests
    Details
    • Excellent wet braking praised, 2025 PS test
  • Steering feel Minor in 1 of 1 tests
    Details
    • Easy, precise turn-in and feedback from both ends praised, 2025 PS test
  • Cold-weather grip Minor in 1 of 1 tests
    Details
    • Cold-running behavior and minimal warm-up time praised, 2025 PS test
  • Behavior at the limit Minor in 1 of 1 tests
    Details
    • Slides began relatively late and remained controllable under skilled riders, 2025 PS test

Performance Weaknesses

  • Dry handling Minor
    Details
    • Ninth of 12 at 82.64 seconds, 3.5% slower than best, mixed sport/hypersport field, 2025 PS test

Every test, newest first 1

Strong = top two of the field in that measurement. Weak = bottom two.

2025 1 test
P1 of 12 Beat 100% of the field

2025 Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test

PS 190/55 R17

The Dunlop Sportsmart MK4 is a sport category tire that emerged as the overall winner in this comprehensive test. This brand-new tire excels with its exceptional cold-running behavior, requiring minimal warm-up time before it's ready to deliver optimal performance. Riders will appreciate its incredibly easy and precise turn-in capabilities and outstanding feedback both front and rear, creating what the testers described as a "heightened pleasure factor" when cornering. Its behavior at the grip limit is particularly noteworthy, with slides beginning relatively late and remaining highly controllable under skilled hands. The MK4 was the absolute fastest tire in wet conditions with the best wet lap time in the entire test, dominating both sport and hypersport competitors by a significant margin. Its exceptional wet handling is complemented by excellent braking performance and outstanding feedback in these challenging conditions.

StrongWet Handling

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