Tires that fit the NC700

[MZ5]

Shinko...

The Advance and the Raven look interesting, but not a lot of reviews posted.

I had Raven on my CBR600 when I bought it. The rear was showing cord within about 100 miles, so I bought another and left the front alone. They were decent tires. The rear flat-spotted pretty quickly in my commuting service, but they were decently grippy and certainly low priced.

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added the Shinko Steath and Raven

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Metzeler Karoo 3 Tires 70% On Road / 30% Off Road

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Continental Trail Attack 2 -Dual Sport Radial 85% On Road / 15% Off Road

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Dunlop Trailmax TR91 80% On Road / 20% Off Road

 

[ziggie]

Alot of tires.now which do i get?

 

[Old Can Ride]

"Alot of tires.now which do i get?"

You nailed it. We all use our NC700 in a different manner. Only you can decide the tire that works for the type of driving you will be doing. We all need something different.

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Metzeler Tourance 85% On Road / 15% Off Road Tire

 

[Gigs]

How about these babies ContiRoadAttack 2 EVO

 

[searsboy]

OCR, thank you for this thread...what a great idea!

 

[Old Can Ride]

Thank you, Gigs. Have added the ContiRoadAttack 2 EVO to the list.

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added to list: 90% On Road / 10% Off Road

Avon Distanzia Supermoto
Front tire - 120/70HR-17 Retail $188.99 Vdr Part # 90000001216
Rear Tire - 160/60HR-17 Retail $279.99 Vdr Part # 90000001219

 

[Old Can Ride]

I found this very good article - Webbike World talks about tires:

Many riders mistakenly figure that "wider is better" when it comes to motorcycle tires. It's not.

In general, you want to stick to the exact tire sizes recommended by the factory. It's usually not a good idea to try and out-guess the engineers when it comes to motorcycle tires. Larger tires may fit but are usually not equivalent, and they will usually affect handling -- a problem to avoid on a motorcycle.

Unfortunately, many/most motorcycle tire manufacturers don't publish exact dimensions of their tires (e.g., width, sidewall profile and overall diameter) after proper inflation. This makes it very difficult to compare tire size changes.

The biggest problem is that a wider and taller (or shorter, like the 80-series aspect ratio) will change handling, turn-in and probably speedometer and odometer readings..

While I'm in critic mode, how about the forums where the very first thing dual-sport riders are concerned about is the mileage they are getting out of a tire?

Pick one: you can have grip in the dirt; grip on the street; grip in the wet or mileage. You're not going to get grip on the street, in the dirt, in the wet AND high mileage. It's a dual-sport tire -- forget 10k life spans and buy the tire that works for the majority of your riding (most likely, the street).

 

[buckshot]

What a beaut of a thread. A few tires I didn't see:

Pirelli Angel ST, both front and rear sizes available
Bridgestone Battlax Hypersport S20, both sizes available

Given the choice between the two Angels, I'd take the GT over the ST. I really like the ST rear that's on my bike now, but every review on the GT I've read says it outlasts the ST.

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added the Bridgestone Battlax Hypersport S20 Tire

90% Street / 10% Track

Bridgestone S20
Front tire - 120/70 ZR17 Retail $186.99 Vdr Part # 024175
Rear Tire - 160/60 ZR17 Retail $226.99 Vdr Part # 024158

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Michelin Pilot Road 4 Standard Street Tires

Michelin Pilot Road 4 Standard
Front tire - 120/70 ZR17 Retail $223.95
Rear Tire - 160/60 ZR17 Retail $270.95

I have not seen the Michelin Pilot Road 4 GT tire for sale yet. I know this is the tire lots of folks want to see. If you see it anywhere for sale, let me know where.

The GT will be used on the New BMW Adventure 1200.

Michelin Pilot Road 4 GT
120/70 ZR 17
120/70 ZR 18
170/60 ZR 17
180/55 ZR 17
190/50 ZR 17
190/55 ZR 17

 

[Old Can Ride]

Added Michelin Pilot Road 4 GT

Front tire - 120/70 ZR17 Retail $237.95
Rear Tire - 170/60 ZR17 Retail $343.95

 

[Osomxl]

Does anyone have the rim widths in inches so a wider array of tires can be posted? I find that real off road tires are listed in inches and they are much more affordable like $100 per set compared to $400 for dual sport tires. I don't mind tearing up a pair of dirt tires that cheap on the road and can swap for street tires when not playing in the dirt. Been looking at Motorsport.com and they have a lot of tire combos listed for the nc700x but most widths for the more aggressive dirt tires and measured in inches.

 

[Osomxl]

Is it as simple as 120mm divided by 25.4 = 4.72 front and 160 divided by 25.4 = 6.29 rear?

 

[SergeantChuck]

I found this on the internet a while back. Saved it just in case.

Diameter = rim size + (width * aspect ratio * 2)

Example: 120/70-17
17" = 432mm
432mm + (120mm * .70 * 2) = 600mm = 23.622 inches


600 mm = 60cm
1 in = 2.54 cm
60 / 2.54 = in.
600 mm = 23.62 in

So for your question.

120 mm = 12cm
1 in = 2.54 cm
12 / 2.54 = in.
120mm = 4.72 in