130/70 R17 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 130/70 R17.

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Pilot Street (22) 74% 55% 57% 63% 69% 70%
Avon StreetRunner AV83 (2) 75% 70% 65% 55% 40% 60%
Bridgestone Battlax BT45 (1) 50% 50% 50% 50% 10% 50%

130/70 17 Tire Review Highlights

Michelin Pilot Street rated 59% while driving a Yamaha MT 125
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 spirited miles
These tires are decent in fine weather, and I have had no issues with response, feedback, wear or anything else. However these tires can easily get you killed in the wet. Very poor wet grip and can be felt slipping quite easily. If it never rains then maybe get these tires, but you ride in the rain then please do not use these. It’s not worth your life.
tire reviewed on 2024-07-16 07:32:22
Michelin Pilot Street rated 59% while driving a Yamaha 2015 MT 125 A
Driving on mostly country roads for 5400 spirited miles
Dry Grip - never had any drama or issue's. They were flawless, however never gave a feeling of security, likely due to the harder compound and vague feedback.

Wet Grip - very poor for the type of tire this aims to be. I found that I would often have "oh sh*t" moments with these in the wet, and frequently it'd feel like I was going to lose the front even at a slow pace. Look elsewhere if you want good wet weather performance.

Road Feedback - I felt these offers poor feedback until they were on the edge of grip. They hardly let you know what is going on until they are starting to slip. In the wet for example, they do not communicate anything until they are starting to slip. At this point however, they actually communicate quite well.

Handling - these tire's tip in nicely and are quite predictable once you get used to their numb feedback, as they are very consistent tire's.

Wear - very disappointing for sporty commuting tires. I got just over 5k at the rear when I needed to start thinking about replacing them, was barely 1mm off of the minimum depth indicator, on a sub 140kg 125cc with 15hp... Not impressive at all.

Comfort - not amazing but not bad, feels overall like a pretty stiff tire but isn't outright uncomfortable.

Buy again - personally, I was looking at getting different tire's near enough the whole time I had these on my bike. I wanted something with more confidence, the only thing that stopped me was the fact I was going to be selling the bike and wouldn't get my money's worth out of a new set. The 100/80/17 130/70/17 sizing of my bike's tires also made it difficult to find many higher end tire options. But I wanted to get some Pirelli Diablo Rosso III's. However, for the price and how much grip they have in the dry, as well as they relatively playful handling, these are definitely the not bad.
tire reviewed on 2023-07-11 09:34:57
Avon StreetRunner AV83 rated 43% while driving a Kawasaki Z250SL
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 average miles
Dealer fitted this tire on second hand Z250. Dissapointing tire, performance is okeyish but definitelly not inspiring. Have this tire on the rear, it keeps sliding in the corners (even after 1000miles).
tire reviewed on 2021-06-10 15:42:22
Bridgestone Battlax BT45 rated 39% while driving a Suzuki GS500F
Driving on for 1200 average miles
Bought the bike used 3000k's on clock with a pair of BT45's on them, by 6000 the rear tire had quite extensive cracking in the sidewalls so I replaced them thinking it was probably due to age with another pair made 31st week of 2018, but after only a year the same thing has happened. Damage to the sidewall of a tire is serious and renders it unroadworthy. I keep the tires properly inflated, 33/38, store the bike out of direct sunlight, and don't use tire shine on them. In my younger days I fitted tires for Bridgestone onto cars and never saw anything like this problem. I can only attribute it to poor quality control from whoever makes these tires. Furthermore Bridgestone Motorcycle Tires aren't handled by Bridgestone but a different company McCleod Accessories who know nothing about their products, quality control, warranties, and just import them into Australia with seemingly no responsibility whatsoever to the customer. McLeod Accessories can only refer you to the shop you purchased the tires from for any problems and Bridgestone can only refer you to McLeod Accessories! Once regarding Bridgestone as one of the best I now regard them as one of the worst and will never buy from them again because I cannot trust a tire company with such an irresponsible approach to tire safety. They seem to be answerable to no one. Hence why I am posting this review so that maybe other riders don't end up with these dud tires or worse end up injured or dead.
tire reviewed on 2020-12-08 05:29:40
Michelin Pilot Street rated 99% while driving a Honda 1.6 I DTEC
Driving on mostly town for 0 miles
Excellent
tire reviewed on 2020-01-28 00:25:50
Michelin Pilot Street rated 86% while driving a Yamaha R15
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
the best tire i have used till date, would definitely buy it again considering i haven't used pirelli diablo rosso 2
tire reviewed on 2014-08-30 12:18:15
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