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Best Tyres for the Yamaha YZF R125

Yamaha YZF R125 drivers have left 4 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 18,350 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 4owner reviews
  • 18,350 milescovered on them
  • 2different tyres rated
  • 57%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 1 reviews 160/80 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 688 160 128 17" 128 All 160/80 R17 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Yamaha YZF R125
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Michelin Pilot Street 5.6 49% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tyres

Highest weighted owner score from Yamaha YZF R125 drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tyres for the Yamaha YZF R125

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Yamaha YZF R125 to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.

Summer tyres

The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Yamaha YZF R125 is the Michelin Pilot Street - 49% from 3 owner reviews across 18,050 miles.

Summer tyres ranked by Yamaha YZF R125 owner rating
# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Michelin Pilot Street 49% 3 18,050 miles 5.6

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TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.

Every tyre reviewed on the Yamaha YZF R125

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 1 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Yamaha YZF R125 drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Michelin Pilot Street Summer 49% 3 18,050 miles

Tyre sizes Yamaha YZF R125 drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.

What Yamaha YZF R125 drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

83%
Avon StreetRunner AV83 160-80-17- Yamaha YZF R125 300 miles February 11, 2019
I brought front and rear for a Yamaha yzf r125
The tires are very good in both wet and dry
Iv done 300 miles on them so far and am very pleased with the Avon brand. I will get these tires again when I need a new set
43%
Michelin Pilot Street 225-45-18-P Yamaha YZF R125 50 miles January 31, 2017
Truly dreadful tyres. Whilst they are a good grippy tyre in wet and dry the manufacture is desperately poor.
The Michelin Pilot Street front tyre 2.75 18 had such a bulge or offset moulding the bike could not be ridden faster than 25mph without massive vibration and the handlebars banging up and down. The rear Michelin Pilot Street 90/90/18 was only marginally better. As a new biker it took me a while to discover what the problem was. It never occurred to me that tyres could be so mishapen.
My replacement Continental tyre is perfectly formed and smooth as silk.
67%
Michelin Pilot Street 225-45-17- Yamaha YZF R125 6,000 miles July 12, 2016
I have Michelin Pilot Street as rear tyre on my R125. Pretty bad in wet conditions, and slips doing hard cornering on dry ground. Impossible to kneedrag with these tyres.

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