A while ago I purchased front & rear White walled Avon Cobra Chrome for my 2002 Harley Sportster XL1200c. One afternoon there was a slight drizzle making the roads damp. I was doing between 25-30 mph. Going round a gentle bend on a main road. The back wheel slipped out sideways. I dropped the bike, ending up facing in the opposite direction to which I was going. The bike suffered an amount of damage. (Bent Handle bars. Broken front Brake lever & cracked fluid reservoir. Smashed both mirrors. Bent the front mudguard & forward Exhaust downpipe, cracked Headlight glass)
Ever since this scrape I am frightened to ride the bike as it should be. I'm no way a novice rider. I've ridden Motorcycles since the age of 13. I am now 62yrs. I just don't trust these tyres
230/60 R17 Tyres
Everything we know about the 230/60 R17 tyre size: 1 owner reviews covering 500 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 1owner reviews
- 500 milescovered on them
What does 230/60 R17 mean?
A 230/60 R17 tyre is 230 mm wide, its sidewall is 60% of that width (138 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 708 mm.
| Section width | 230 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 138 mm |
| Rim diameter | 17" (432 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 708 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,224 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 450 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 724 |
Also written as
230/60R17 230/60 ZR17 230-60-17 230 60 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 drivers say about their 230/60 R17 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
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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.
About the TR Score
The Tyre Reviews Score rates each tyre out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
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.