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160/45 R17 Tyres

Everything we know about the 160/45 R17 tyre size: 2 owner reviews covering 22,500 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.

  • 2owner reviews
  • 22,500 milescovered on them
160/45 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 576 160 72 17" 72

What does 160/45 R17 mean?

A 160/45 R17 tyre is 160 mm wide, its sidewall is 45% of that width (72 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 576 mm.

Section width160 mm
Sidewall height72 mm
Rim diameter17" (432 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 576 mm
Circumference≈ 1,809 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 553
Revolutions per mile≈ 890

Also written as

160/45R17 160/45 ZR17 160-45-17 160 45 17

Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.

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What cars use 160/45 R17 tyres?

The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tyres for that exact car.

Kawasaki ER6F 1 reviews in this size

What drivers say about their 160/45 R17 tyres

The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.

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Avon Storm 2 Ultra 160/45 R17 18,000 miles December 1, 2016
Hi I'm a 100 mile a day commuter that breaks down to 70 miles motorway and fast A roads around a constant 80 mph and 30 miles a day through London 20mph
If I'm lucky I currently ride a er6 but had these on my 600 hornet they are a great all round tyre last for ages the ones on my er6 have done 17000 miles so far and there's still life in them they haven't squared off too much I'll probably change them at 20000 or there about a the stock tyres that came with the bike were rubbish handling and were worn out in 8000 miles these Avons are the business take it from me ( someone who actually rides their bike)
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Bridgestone Battlax BT 021 160/45 R17 Kawasaki ER6F 4,500 miles June 26, 2012
I've seen a lot of reviews of these tyres and they have been pretty shocking. I think this is partly down to people running the wrong pressures. The Kawasaki manual recommends 32psi front and 36psi rear. Running these pressures the tyres are shocking, to the point of not wanting to ride at all. However I emailed bridgestone and they told me the pressures I should be running. This has transformed the bike beyond belief. Lots of grip wet or dry, and I'm looking to hopefully get 5500 miles out of them. I wouldn't get them again as I want to try roadsmarts, but if I bought a new bike and 021s were fitted I'd leave them on.

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Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tyre, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tyre tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.

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