my go to tyre on my last few bikes.. 04 R6 09 FZ1 20 Street Triple 765 . just ordered a set for my 24 Speed Twin 1200. generally ride in all weathers when time allows and all year round. thought about trying a different tyre but while still available, cannot fault them
170/70 R17 Tyres
Everything we know about the 170/70 R17 tyre size: 4 owner reviews covering 19,500 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 4owner reviews
- 19,500 milescovered on them
What does 170/70 R17 mean?
A 170/70 R17 tyre is 170 mm wide, its sidewall is 70% of that width (119 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 670 mm.
| Section width | 170 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 119 mm |
| Rim diameter | 17" (432 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 670 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,104 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 475 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 765 |
Also written as
170/70R17 170/70 ZR17 170-70-17 170 70 17
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 170/70 R17 tyres?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tyres for that exact car.
What drivers say about their 170/70 R17 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
S22 OEM mt09sp is a fab tire for fast sport riders but boy do they wear fast, I have owned bike 3 years and went through 2 rears and one front in 5000 miles the center flat spots real fast on the rear with noticeable wear after 500 miles and the front shows good tred but road camber flat spots on tire makes it a bit disappointing as you would expect the tire to wear more even another issue is wet grip they never felt capable in damp or consent rain conditions I think due to tread pattern, they can't clear water fast enough, for that point I'm not putting these back on the bike as better harder wearing black hoops out there now
Outstanding tyres, never felt loosing grip both dry and wet roads. Very long mileage - 16500 km (10000 miles), half with luggage and passenger on mountain roads. Replaced with Michelin Pilot Road 4, also good tyres but very noisy compare to Dunlop. Definitely the best tyres I ever had on my Yamaha!
Fitted to a BIG tRIUMPH tROPHY 1200 and used "Sportingly", these bueaties have lasted well and really inspire confidence.
Bit disappointed to get 5,000 miles out of teh front and shoed significant wear on just the one side, but the rear is still measuring 5mm after 5,000 miles so can'tcomplain really.
Bit disappointed to get 5,000 miles out of teh front and shoed significant wear on just the one side, but the rear is still measuring 5mm after 5,000 miles so can'tcomplain really.
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Where this data comes from
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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Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.