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Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV Test Results

2025 1 publication

Tested 1 times by independent publications, the Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV averages a finish of 5th.

  • 1Independent tests
  • 0Test wins
  • 0Podium finishes
  • 5thAverage finish
  • 64%Field beaten on average
  • 1Publications
Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV

1 test in 2025

The latest test

2025 Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test P5 of 12

The Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV is a sport tire that shares many characteristics with its hypersport sibling but is more oriented toward everyday sporty usage. The extremely transparent feedback—described as allowing you to "feel everything precisely"—and short warm-up phase make the Rosso IV tremendously enjoyable to ride. Like the Metzeler M9 RR, hard pushing creates some movement in the rear, but the resulting slides remain well-controllable. It demonstrated impressive wet handling capabilities, ranking fifth overall in wet lap times among all tires tested, making it one of the better wet-weather performers while still maintaining strong dry-track capabilities.

Winner: Dunlop Sportsmart MK4

Record by discipline

Where the Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV 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.

Discipline Tests Avg finish Field beaten Firsts
Dry
Dry Handling 1 P8 of 12 36% -
Wet
Wet Handling 1 P5 of 12 64% -

Against its own line

The same record for the tire it replaced and the tire that replaced it.

Tire Tests Wins Avg finish Field beaten
Pirelli Diablo Rosso III Predecessor 0 - - -
Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV This tire 1 0 5th 64%

Performance Analysis

Drawn from 1 tests. Updated October 28, 2026.

The Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV has one independent comparison, finishing fifth of twelve in the 2025 PS Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test. Its wet handling was also fifth at 74.64s, 2.8% slower than best, placing it among the stronger wet performers in this mixed sport and hypersport field. Dry handling was eighth at 82.04s, also 2.8% slower than best, so outright dry lap pace was less competitive than its overall placing.

The testers described a tire aimed at everyday sporty riding, with precise feedback and a short warm-up phase. Harder riding created some rear movement, but the resulting slides remained controllable. That makes feedback and behavior near the limit better-supported strengths than a claim to leading dry-track speed. The written verdict still regarded its dry capability favorably, so the lower dry placing is a relative limitation within this field rather than evidence of poor road grip. With only one test and no wear assessment, neither long-term performance nor a pattern across comparisons is established.

Performance Strengths

Performance Weaknesses

  • Dry handling Minor
    Details
    • Eighth of twelve at 82.04s, 2.8% slower than best in a sport and hypersport field, 2025 PS motorcycle test

Every test, newest first 1

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

2025 1 test
P5 of 12 Beat 64% of the field

2025 Sport and Hypersport Motorcycle Tire Test

PS 190/55 R17

The Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV is a sport tire that shares many characteristics with its hypersport sibling but is more oriented toward everyday sporty usage. The extremely transparent feedback—described as allowing you to "feel everything precisely"—and short warm-up phase make the Rosso IV tremendously enjoyable to ride. Like the Metzeler M9 RR, hard pushing creates some movement in the rear, but the resulting slides remain well-controllable. It demonstrated impressive wet handling capabilities, ranking fifth overall in wet lap times among all tires tested, making it one of the better wet-weather performers while still maintaining strong dry-track capabilities.

WinnerDunlop Sportsmart MK4

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