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Best Tires for the Honda CB650R

Honda CB650R drivers have left 2 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 2,850 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 2owner reviews
  • 2,850 milescovered on them
  • 2different tires rated
  • 81%average tire score
Most fitted size - 2 reviews 180/55 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 630 180 99 17" 99 All 180/55 R17 data →

The best rated tires that fit the Honda CB650R

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Honda CB650R driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 180/55 R17 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire.

Summer tires

No Honda CB650R driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Bridgestone Battlax BT 023 is our highest rated, at 8.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in Honda CB650R sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Honda CB650R reviews
1 Bridgestone Battlax BT 023 8.7 All your sizes Be the first →

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Fitment comes from each tire's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

Tire sizes Honda CB650R drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.

What Honda CB650R drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

63%
Metzeler Roadtec 02 180-55-17- Honda CB650R 1,850 miles February 5, 2025
These tire have fantastic dry grip. They transformed the way my bike handles and gave me so much more confidence. That’s where the positives end. The front tire is super noisy. You probably won’t notice it if you have good hearing protection but I noticed it straight away when I put them on. Also the rear is already about half worn in the middle after just 3,000km. I thought these were supposed to be sport touring tires with a harder center tread? I don’t do any motorway riding. I live in Wanaka, New Zealand so all of my riding is on mountainous roads. I do commute to work and back which has some straight road and roundabouts but it’s only about 5km each way. My rear tire has a big wide flat spot through the middle 1/3 of the tire width and I’m down to about 2.5mm of tread in the middle measured at the wear bars. I have about 3.5-4mm left close towards the edges. I check my tire pressure regularly with a Topeak digital gauge. I’m running 33/39 F/R. I ride a Honda CB650R. So yeah these tires feel great but wear way faster than a sport touring tire should. It needs harder rubber in the middle.
I’ve only ridden them once in the wet and I wasn’t going fast so I can’t comment on wet grip.

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