$78 Bridgestone BT023 Rear after rebate

[Constant Mesh]

https://www.americanmototire.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=33_82_87&products_id=5958

https://www.chaparral-racing.com/resources/pdf/bridgestone-rebate-fall-2017.pdf

Don't know how long these tires have been stored in a warehouse.

 

[El Toro Joe]

...no thanks

 

[exskibum]

Bridgestone lost me with the OEM skins they supplied on my '05 (very low mileage, bad scalloping, headshake inducing black turds). Bad marketing move for their entire line to provide those pieces of shit on a bike I otherwise love. We all upgrade, but c'mon, man!

 

[Spud]

I bought a budget set of 023's earlier this year. They were about 2 years old when I got them based on tire ID. Lots of winding roads on the rides I did and got over 8000 on the rear, but toast now. Front still OK. Handling is superb, no chicken strips on my back tire. I'm a big fan of the 023's. Consider this a counterpoint

 

[Abercrombie FJR]

Dennis Kirk is closing out the BT-016. Yesterday I ordered a set of 190/50-17 120/70-17 for the Ducati 999 and they were delivered today, WTF?. The total was under $190.00 minus the $70.00 rebate leaves me with a set of tires for under $120.00. A set with a 180 rear would be $110.00. The date code were last year 2316 and 3116 but they wont last long on the 999.

 

[Abercrombie FJR]

I bought a budget set of 023's earlier this year. They were about 2 years old when I got them based on tire ID. Lots of winding roads on the rides I did and got over 8000 on the rear, but toast now. Front still OK. Handling is superb, no chicken strips on my back tire. I'm a big fan of the 023's. Consider this a counterpoint

I agree the OEM 023 sucked donkey balls on the FJR but many like the ones you buy on your own. I've heard they are different???? A set of 023s for the FJR at Dennis Kirk would be $212.00 minus the $70.00 rebate.

 

[Spud]

I had 021's as OEM on my bike and they were really bad. All the 023's I've ever bought (quite a few sets) were really good, both GT and non-GT. The 023 I have on the back now was pretty thin but I took a long last ride 2 weeks ago. In Grand Junction CO I started getting a little worried, but rode a ton of twisties the fun way around to Moab. In Moab the wear bars were gone and starting to see the dreaded center lines appearing, not fun with 450 miles to get home. I tried to keep my speed at 65 or less the rest of the way home (tough on an 80mph highway). That tire treated me right and got me home with a the cords almost showing but I'm done for the year now...

 

[exskibum]

I had 021's as OEM on my bike and they were really bad. All the 023's I've ever bought (quite a few sets) were really good, both GT and non-GT. The 023 I have on the back now was pretty thin but I took a long last ride 2 weeks ago. In Grand Junction CO I started getting a little worried, but rode a ton of twisties the fun way around to Moab. In Moab the wear bars were gone and starting to see the dreaded center lines appearing, not fun with 450 miles to get home. I tried to keep my speed at 65 or less the rest of the way home (tough on an 80mph highway). That tire treated me right and got me home with a the cords almost showing but I'm done for the year now...

That's cutting it awfully close, yer honor; some might even allege it to be negligent

, but conga rats on getting it home after ~9 hours of worry. And you're right, by my recollection, that the 023 was not the OEM tire on either your Gen II or my Gen I. I just never bothered to keep track of Bridgestone model numbers after I took off the OEM turds.