Dunlop Mutant Rear Tire - 150/60ZR17 66W TL Let's be honest—it is a massive pain to swap out tires just because the weather decides to turn ugly or your weekend route ends up hitting a nasty gravel detour. That is right where the Dunlop Mutant comes into play. Dunlop basically built this thing as a "crossover" tire... they literally took the aggressive, blocky look of a supermoto or flat-track tire and mixed it with the high-grip performance of a proper hypersport street tire. It’s made for guys who don't stop riding just because it starts pouring or the temperature plummets. Before you head out into a freezing morning commute, you check your path, tweak your Kuryakyn Phantom Mirrors, and take off knowing this rear rubber is actually going to hold its line without any sketchy slides.How it Handles Real Roads This isn't one of those basic sport-touring tires with deep grooves cut into it just to look cool for marketing. The Mutant's tread pattern actively pumps water away from the contact patch, giving you wet-weather confidence that honestly feels close to running a dedicated track rain tire. Dunlop threw their Multi-Tread (MT) tech into this rear carcass. That means you get a harder, tougher compound right down the center so the tire doesn't flatten out from thousands of miles of upright highway cruising. Then, they put softer, stickier rubber on the shoulders so it grabs hard when you lean the bike over into a tight corner.Key Features & Why They MatterTrue 4-Season Compound: Dunlop packed this rubber with high-surface-area silica and special resins. It keeps the tire pliable and soft even when the asphalt is freezing, so it warms up almost instantly instead of feeling like hard plastic on winter mornings.M S Official Rating: Yes, it actually has an official Mud & Snow stamp. The chunky tread blocks bite right through dirty asphalt, gravel patches, and unpredictable winter road debris without spinning out.Jointless Belt (JLB) Build: They wound a continuous belt around the radial frame. Getting rid of the usual overlapping plies means the tire doesn't distort or balloon under heavy acceleration, keeping your ride smooth and planted.Dynamic Front Formula Profile: The rear shape is intentionally matched to pair up perfectly with the Mutant front tire, keeping your steering feeling incredibly light and predictable when transitions get quick. What Bikes Does This 150/60ZR17 Fit?The 150/60ZR17 rear size is a super popular choice for lightweight sportbikes, naked commuters, supermotos, and smaller retro scrambler builds.You’ll regularly find this exact size running on machines like:KTM Duke 390 and the RC 390Kawasaki Ninja 400 or Z400 naked modelsYamaha R3 and MT-03Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 / Svartpilen 401Tons of custom drz400 or European supermoto conversions running 17-inch rear wheels. Part Numbers / Variants: dun45255201, dun45255210, dun45255202, dun45255208, dun45255203, dun45255204Quick Questions Riders AskDoes this mean I can take my bike motocrossing? Not quite. It’s still a street-biased tire at its core. But while normal sport tires spin and slide the second they touch dirt, the Mutant's aggressive blocks and M S rating mean you can confidently cruise down hard-packed dirt roads, fire trails, or loose gravel without panicking.What's the deal with it being a Tubeless (TL) tire? Tubeless tires run significantly cooler than old-school tubed setups, reducing your risk of a sudden blowout. Plus, if you manage to pick up a nail out in the middle of nowhere, you can easily fix it in five minutes with a basic roadside plug kit and keep riding.Do I absolutely have to buy the matching front tire?You don't have to, but you really should. Dunlop designed the front and rear profiles to complement each other using their DFF tech. Mixing it with a different front tire can make your steering feel heavy or awkward when tipping lanes or corners.
