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Best Tires for the Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5

Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 21,532 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 4owner reviews
  • 21,532 milescovered on them
  • 4different tires rated
  • 75%average tire score
Most fitted size - 1 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 Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 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 Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 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 Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 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 Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 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 Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 drivers say

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

97%
Bridgestone Battlax Racing R10 225-45-17- Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 20 miles December 22, 2011
Awesome tires.
Fitted for the last session of a trackday at Rockingham, replacing Pirelli Diabli Rosso Corsas. I built up speed slowly but don't think I needed to. By the end of the session I was the fastest I'd been all day. I don't think I was anywhere near their limit - I need to learn to hang off the bike a lot more for these tires. Have been playing with the rearsets to try and help me get off the side. Looking at the wear I was right on the edge of the rear and they were absolutely planted. Felt like they had hooks on them.

They just felt good immediately. I think you'd need to be pretty good to want more in the dry.

Conditions were warm and dry. Think I was running 30F/28R and I think they are medium compound both ends.
81%
Bridgestone Battlax BT 016 190-55-17- Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 1,500 miles June 5, 2010
I think i will get 1700miles great tires,shame rear will still have 3/400 left on it but front shot,still loads better than BSB's only got 1000 and front was gone at 800 very poor when cold,great if smooth road and hot
53%
Bridgestone Battlax BT 014 190-50-17-W Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 20,000 miles August 12, 2008
A few years old this tire now and i believe its being replaced with the BT016.
The front end was pretty vague with these tires on, and tire wear was alarming i think i was lucky to get 1500 miles out of the rear.
I've used them on track aswell and again they didn't give me that much confidence to really push.

Wet grip was below average although you could feel when you were running out of grip.

They have the nickname Woodstones, take from that what you will
69%
Michelin Pilot Power 2CT 180-55-17-W Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5 12 miles August 12, 2008
I've used the Pilot Power 2CT's on the road and on the track.
Moving from the BT014's to these transformed the handling of my 600 by giving me so much more confidence in the front end. Fast direction changes were handled with ease and they made you feel like you could really crank the bike over and still have plenty of grip left over.
On track is a different story, although all of the above still applies its the progressiveness that lets them down, you really will not know when your nearing the tires limit until it's too late and the back end wants to play a different game.

Tire wear, i would get about 4000 miles out of a rear and double that on the front.

Using them in the wet never gave me any issues on the road or on track, but then i didn't push them too hard

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