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160/50 R17 Tyres

Everything we know about the 160/50 R17 tyre size: 1 owner reviews covering 400 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.

  • 1owner reviews
  • 400 milescovered on them
160/50 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 592 160 80 17" 80

What does 160/50 R17 mean?

A 160/50 R17 tyre is 160 mm wide, its sidewall is 50% of that width (80 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 592 mm.

Section width160 mm
Sidewall height80 mm
Rim diameter17" (432 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 592 mm
Circumference≈ 1,859 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 538
Revolutions per mile≈ 866

Also written as

160/50R17 160/50 ZR17 160-50-17 160 50 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 160/50 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 160/50 R17 tyres

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

33%
Pirelli Angel GT 160/50 R17 Kawasaki ER6F 400 miles July 8, 2016
I had a set of the Angle ST and they were great, 14000K and still going when I sold the bike, and they handled good.

I am riding a Kawasaki 650 Ninja now and replaced the stock tires with the Angle GT, big mistake, ruined the handling - with tire pressure at recommend 32 and 36 the rear tire felt flat and tame, with 32 and 40 it improved the lackluster tracking of the rear tire coming out of a turn but the lively switching of the stock tire is still gone. Might get you good mileage, but not worth the loss of handling on a sport bike. All the pro reviews are only interested in getting to do another review down the road.

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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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