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120/70 R19 Tyres

Everything we know about the 120/70 R19 tyre size: 4 owner reviews covering 14,600 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.

  • 4owner reviews
  • 14,600 milescovered on them
  • 28tyres made in this size
120/70 R19 To scale, mm
Ø 651 120 84 19" 84

What does 120/70 R19 mean?

A 120/70 R19 tyre is 120 mm wide, its sidewall is 70% of that width (84 mm) tall, and it fits a 19 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 651 mm.

Section width120 mm
Sidewall height84 mm
Rim diameter19" (483 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 651 mm
Circumference≈ 2,044 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 489
Revolutions per mile≈ 787

Also written as

120/70R19 120/70 ZR19 120-70-19 120 70 19

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 120/70 R19 tyres?

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

BMW R1200GS 2 reviews in this size Triumph Explorer 1 reviews in this size

What drivers say about their 120/70 R19 tyres

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

40%
Pirelli Scorpion Trail II 120/70 R19 600 miles February 18, 2026
These tyres came as OE equipment on my Ducati.
They were slow to warm up and adequate in the dry. In the wet I nearly lost the front end three times. I was running the bike in so I was absolutely not pushing things. I threw them away after 600 miles. I would avoid like the plague unless you are in dry, hot conditions where they might make sense. Definitely not for wet, cold roads.
36%
Metzeler Tourance Next 120/70 R19 Triumph explorer 3,000 miles December 11, 2019
the 120/70/19 next on my new triumph explorer basically disintegrated after 3000k.neither triumph or metzler australia were willing to take any responibility. very poor tyre verging on dangerous. i got 20000 out of michelin road 4 trail,s
63%
Michelin Anakee 3 120/70 R19 BMW R1200GS 7,000 miles June 12, 2018
These were the OE tyres on my R1200 GSA, very noisy (hence the poor comfort score) but quite hard wearing. I replaced them at 7,000 miles with plenty of life still left in them because I never really felt I could trust them. In the dry they lacked feedback, in the wet they felt very scary, on white lines in the wet very scary. Many riders have nicknamed the Anakee 'Panicky' because that's they feel. I replaced them with Michelin Pilot 4 Trail, a huge improvement in every area except life.

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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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