Dunlop was kind enough to send me a set of their new Trailmax Raid ADV bike tires...so of course I immediately decided to test them in a place they were pretty much in no way designed to go: some local muddy singletrack trails.

Taking my Honda Transalp 750 on singletrack trails is maybe not the smartest thing I've ever done, but I've never let that stand in the way of a good motorcycle test video.

Admittedly, the Trailmax Raid tires are not designed for super deep mud like this...and they did fill up with sticky clay pretty quickly on the singletrack trail, but they did amazingly well on the loose gravel and mixed gravel/mud surfaces I rode on this ADV tire test. Neither these tires nor the 2024 Honda Transalp XL750 were designed for these types of conditions, but both did pretty dang well under the circumstances.

My initial Dunlop Trailmax Raid review is pretty positive in terms of on-road performance and mixed surface off road prowess. The only real negative points so far are deep sticky mud performance and sand traction.

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