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Best Tires for the Kawasaki Zx9r

Kawasaki Zx9r drivers have left 5 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 13,400 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 5owner reviews
  • 13,400 milescovered on them
  • 5different tires rated
  • 84%average tire score
Most fitted size - 2 reviews 190/50 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 622 190 95 17" 95 All 190/50 R17 data →

The best rated tires that fit the Kawasaki Zx9r

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Kawasaki Zx9r driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 190/50 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 Kawasaki Zx9r 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 Kawasaki Zx9r sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Kawasaki Zx9r 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 Kawasaki Zx9r 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 Kawasaki Zx9r drivers say

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

100%
Avon Storm 3D XM 190-50-17- Kawasaki zx9r 6,000 miles July 5, 2022
I'm on a kawasaki zx9r and I've gone to these tires following three sets of the storm 2 ultras, mileage on both have been similar between 5-7000, 7000 if you stick to back lanes and twisties, I take these tires right to the edge within the first hundred miles on a dry road, I've done the NC500 in pouring rain three times, one of those the water was actually bouncing inches off the road it was that heavy and the tire never flackered even at 80+ mph so god knows what the rest of these people expect from a tire in the wet. I've had the majority of makes over the years on this bike and others over 750 cc and once these are warm they stick like s*it to a blanket at any speed, I also ride throughout the Winter and though they do take longer to reach temperature the only slide I've had was in dodging a pullout not a mile from my home as I momentarily locked up the back end, the car braked and stopped right in front of me as I slithered into it till releasing both brakes and swerving around the guy. I have years of experience, was a dispatch rider for in London for several of those, I don't hang about in any conditions and for an all round winter summer sports/tourer tire these are phenomenal on this size/weight of bike. I notice the whiners on here were on lardarse busa's and what I would call an 'adventure' bike, no these tires very likely didn't suit an off road machine pootling along and not getting warm or an overweight fugly and anyone comparing a bridgestone to these is out of their depth, get your suspension set up properly and ride it like you nicked it and these are top totty.
84%
Continental ContiSportAttack 2 190-50-17-W Kawasaki zx9r 3,000 miles May 18, 2016
I bought these for my zx9R 02 as I commute 100 miles each day when the weather is ok. The tires are incredibly in the wet and you feel like you can ride as if in the dry. The only issue has been the life compared to the Dunlops that were on the bike previously and the price for two tires. Difficult to justify the extra when other brands last longer unless I am always riding in the rain when they are paramount for safety. If you ride at weekends only then these are great, but commuting kills them fast even though I use a very twisty route every day with less than 10% of dual carriage way.
98%
Continental ContiRoadAttack 2 Gran Turismo 190-55-17- Kawasaki zx9r 100 miles September 8, 2015
I bought these for my zx9r E2 and have only done 100 miles which I commute every day cross country on great biking A and B roads. When I rode out of the garage to start the scrub process they were actually twitchy for the first 30 miles like riding on ice. By 50 miles they felt normal but contiuned the scrubbing process. By 100 miles the confidence already feels very high but I can already feel that the grip in wet and dry due to conditions (fog, rain and dry intermittent patched) that they are truly planted. I cannot comment on lifing yet or the progressive limit but they feel very comfortable and absorb the poor UK road conditions well. I am hoping they last well but that is also down to how much right hand you dial in. Will keep you up dated. Not the cheapest but having been around the Conti factory as an Engineer visiting they are made in germany and the quality of finish is excellent. The rear tire required no weights it was perfect of a bike having done 20K miles. only 8grams on front so something they are doing is making them precise.

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