Excellent tire in wet and dry conditions, but they lasted only 8000km. That's the only problem
Best Tires for the Honda Honda CB600F Hornet
Honda Honda CB600F Hornet drivers have left 6 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 41,800 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 6owner reviews
- 41,800 milescovered on them
- 5different tires rated
- 78%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Honda Honda CB600F Hornet
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Honda Honda CB600F Hornet 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 Honda CB600F Hornet 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 | Honda Honda CB600F Hornet reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bridgestone Battlax BT 023
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8.7 | All your sizes | 1 |
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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.
Every tire reviewed on the Honda Honda CB600F Hornet
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 4 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlop Roadsmart Replaced by Dunlop RoadSmart III | Summer | 84% | 2 | 8,200 miles |
Tire sizes Honda Honda CB600F Hornet 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 Honda CB600F Hornet drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
These are the only tires I tried on my hornet my 2011 as they are the standard ones. Too hard and too fat, they are heavy and not precize. The compound suffers of the hard downshiftings of a fowr cilinders and often slides or loose traction. It was ok when the the hornet was 25kw but since I changed it to full power they can't handle it. Very difficult on wet surfaces and absolutely no grip on painted parts as road crossings. After 6000km it is possible to see the central part of the tire a bit flat because of the use. I think they will last 1000km more as maximum. Never got to reach the end of the tire on sides because it starts to feel uncomfortable more one or two centimeters far from that.
i have a honda hornet 600 when i first got my bike it had a dunlop set up i couldnt be more unhappy with them however the 023 is proberly the best tire on the market for someone who dose alot of miles and plays on the week end my mate has the same bike as me and runs the 016 and corners make no odds wether thts due to the rider or not how ever her is a good rider too about 8500 miles rear n 10000 on front i have no chicken strips at all :@
New shape Honda Hornet (2009). Bike came with Michelin Pilot Power E, which I had to change at 7800 miles due to the rear squaring off and on the legal limit.
I ride a mixture of roads, ranging from the odd commute into Central London (15 miles each way), some motorway/fast A road slogs, but I enjoy playing along B and country roads.
Tires are quite neutral steering and are very firm at correct front/rear pressures. Grip in wet is much better than the Michelins, however in the dry there is less feel although within 100 miles I was leaning over right to the edge of the tires. VERY hard wearing (took 800 miles to remove all of center chicken strips!).
Overall the tires are very good but I don't think they suit the way I ride this bike. I like to feel the rear tire bite into the tarmac when I give it the beans, which I have now lost. The firmer construction may suit heavier bikes and/or those looking for all round/commuting/longer life tires.
I ride a mixture of roads, ranging from the odd commute into Central London (15 miles each way), some motorway/fast A road slogs, but I enjoy playing along B and country roads.
Tires are quite neutral steering and are very firm at correct front/rear pressures. Grip in wet is much better than the Michelins, however in the dry there is less feel although within 100 miles I was leaning over right to the edge of the tires. VERY hard wearing (took 800 miles to remove all of center chicken strips!).
Overall the tires are very good but I don't think they suit the way I ride this bike. I like to feel the rear tire bite into the tarmac when I give it the beans, which I have now lost. The firmer construction may suit heavier bikes and/or those looking for all round/commuting/longer life tires.
I've had the Hornet since June last year, the standard tires for it are bridgestones apparently, but mine was fitted with 2CTs when I picked her up. Not used any other tire, but riding in the wet feels little different from the dry when commuting.
On track they stood up to a fair amount of abuse.
On the 1st set I got about 7k miles out of them (I was a new rider at the time) the 2nd and 3rd sets both got punctures within 600 miles or so :(
I'm thinking of trying the Avon Viper Extremes next to see how they compare.
On track they stood up to a fair amount of abuse.
On the 1st set I got about 7k miles out of them (I was a new rider at the time) the 2nd and 3rd sets both got punctures within 600 miles or so :(
I'm thinking of trying the Avon Viper Extremes next to see how they compare.
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