Bar tread tyres, cost and where to find?

I asked someone in GY/Dunlop (in a position of authority, not just a bloke at the pub) about the RTMs not too long ago. I was told that the ones that were made in Malaysia until circa 2008 were actually not really made by Dunlop at all, it was a local company that obtained the rights to the name, I think through a series of restructures and outsourcing, or something like that.

So the upshot was that Dunlop cant, even if they wanted to, remake or even do a once-off run of new RTMs because (ironically) they don't presently hold the rights to the name.
(this may also explain why the pattern isn't reproduced elsewhere either, but in fairness I didn't query that aspect)

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Originally Posted by QRS40

I asked someone in GY/Dunlop (in a position of authority, not just a bloke at the pub) about the RTMs not too long ago. I was told that the ones that were made in Malaysia until circa 2008 were actually not really made by Dunlop at all, it was a local company that obtained the rights to the name, I think through a series of restructures and outsourcing, or something like that.

So the upshot was that Dunlop cant, even if they wanted to, remake or even do a once-off run of new RTMs because (ironically) they don't presently hold the rights to the name.
(this may also explain why the pattern isn't reproduced elsewhere either, but in fairness I didn't query that aspect)

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So the question is....who owns the rights (and the moulds) and how can we contact them ???


Colin

hi all,

Deestone in Thailand manufacture both the D502 heavy tread and the bar tread. sometimes you find both in resellers here but i have my mates in our thai factory chasing down an agent and costs for me....will post more after my next trip over there in about a month