Very good grip, especially on the dry and good handling, but the back tire wears quickly. 5000 miles and your almost on the mark..
Best Tires for the Yamaha XJR1300sp
Yamaha XJR1300sp drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 42,500 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 4owner reviews
- 42,500 milescovered on them
- 4different tires rated
- 86%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Yamaha XJR1300sp
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Yamaha XJR1300sp 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 Yamaha XJR1300sp 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Yamaha XJR1300sp reviews |
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Bridgestone Battlax BT 023
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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 Yamaha XJR1300sp 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 Yamaha XJR1300sp drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Excellent tires. I had heard that the front wears un-even but that wasn't the case with me both tires wore evenly. I had also been told you will change 2 front tires to one back tire but that also wasn't the case with me. Very confident on tight bends with these tires. The bike is a heavy machine but I could get the knee down once these tires had warmed up. I had a different xjr before with different tires and I never felt the confidence that I got from these. Now that doesn't mean you can bump up the price on them because there good. I did notice they have gone up this year by 40 euros a set. And if they go up anymore il be switching to pirelli to try them. I honestly can't fault these tires I've 10,700 km done and there's probably another 200km left in them. It's predessecior I did have a problem with, trying to plug a hole and it was having none of it, would not take the plug nó matter what I did.
Absolute confidence in this tire although I thought the compound was K2 not K3. As the rating I dictates found it sweet progression with very positive traction even through the sparse light gravel off the swept lane area. Wore fast comparatively but love the tradeoff for handling traction & predictive behavior. Bit of care in the wet .
I ride Yamaha xjr1300 and have used these tires for the past five years going through two rear and one front tire a year - give great road feedback great in the wet and don't think ill change from Avon storm any time soon -
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