160/55 R17 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 160/55 R17.

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Road 5 (23) 89% 87% 85% 80% 83% 89%
Bridgestone S20 (13) 82% 72% 76% 82% 50% 80%

160/55 17 Tire Review Highlights

Michelin Road 5 rated 100% while driving a Unknown Unknown
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 spirited miles
Unbelievable tires. In fact I literally mean that. They’ve somehow combined dry grip of track tires with magical wet grip that’s just as good! I think because they use different compounds for the centre and edges of the tire. Which leads on to how they last so long. I did about 6000 miles on them and they only seemed half done when I sold my bike. This included on the autobahn and a mixture of country roads. Never had a flat centre on the tire. And never slipped on the edge at all
tire reviewed on 2020-12-07 11:44:48
Bridgestone S20 rated 87% while driving a Suzuki Sv650s
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
I am really pleased with these Battlax overall performance. They are probably the perfect match to my riding style. My Suzuki SV650 is already light and fast to fall into the curves, so I was looking for a predictable and progressive tire behaviour, yet able to sustain a good pace in mountain roads. The shape itself is really reassuring. These tires provide plenty of confidence to the driver and also cope really well with not perfect roads or wet. They reach a good temperature quite quickly, although they wear a bit too much if you keep a very fast pace or do a lot of highway. Anyway I would recommend them for fantastic value for money.
tire reviewed on 2017-02-28 12:52:44
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