New here-tire help
 

hello everyone. just started riding. like 4 days ago lol. just bought myself my first bike, a 2001 yamaha yzf-600.

i need a new rear tire. does anybody have any recommendations for me. only looking to spend at most 150. i obviously dont need a racing tire. just a quality tire, with great tread.

Are you the guy I sent here? welcome

Rear tire size 160/60-ZR17. I dont think the ZR is a necessity, because the Z rating is a lower rating than most current tires. Someone else may need to back me up on that one, but I think that is correct.

Bridgestone Battlax BT-021 Rear Tire. - $155 Replacement for the stock OEM BT-020

Michelin Pilot Road 2 - $125

Michelin Pilot Power - $113

Pirelli Diablo - $120

Dunlop Sportmax Q2 - $130

Anything else will be too expensive, or are off brand. I always buy online, get the free shipping, and have a small shop put on for real cheap. Saves a ton from big dealer full pricing and labor prices....

yes i think so. u had the 954 lol

pork chop- the tire size is a 180/55/17 if that matters

Q2s are great

What tire is on the front and how old is it? There's more to a tire than the tread depth. Make sure there aren't any cracks or dryrot on the front. You do NOT want a front tire blowout, especially if you've only been riding for a very short time. I'm also not a fan of mixing different tires front and rear, but some will say it's not a problem.

Pilot Power $117 (my vote)

Continental Conti Motion $105

BT-090 $135 (even though I am personally anti-Bridgestone)

Metzeler Sportec M3 $117

Pirelli Diablo $117

I'm like that too...

Continental tires are bout $180 for the set...

http://www.tiresunlimited.com/ALL%20...nti_motion.htm

im going to go with those dunlops. read great tests and reviews on them. no bad marks.

Welcome to the forum. I ride a yzf-600 as well, I have a 170 bridgestone bt-016 on the rear and a stock size matching tire on the front, and have no complaints. If youre interested in a bike specific forum as well, PM me. I dont post there but Ive been reading it since I started riding and its great for anything you could want to know about the yzf. As far as general riding and bikes, this forum has a lot cooler people on it.

thank u jojo. i actually have 180/55's on my back. stock i think is 160. guy i bought it from said that those are the tire sizes from the r6.

Yes and yes. The stock for the yzf600 is a 160. A lot of people put 180s on them but I didnt want to change the handling characteristics that much so I split the difference at 170.

with this being my first bike, i dont know what kind of change it woulda been from 160-180

There's a question of how that affects the seating of the bead by running wider tires on a narrower rim... Normally, if you go with a wider tire, the handling becomes dull and the bike fights you more turning in... However, the profile is altered when you put a wider tire on a narrower rim, so it can actually quicken the turning... Take all this with a grain of salt, I don't have any personal experience here... just what I've read.

That said, the engineers put a 160 on there for a reason... I'd probably just get a 160 and be done with it.

psycho, i love ur animation!

Dunlop are good tires.