Blake
Hagerstown, MD
BT-016's
I Recently replaced the stock DIABLO CORSA III's on my 2008 Ducati 1098. I ride fairly aggressively, usually with a couple of track days thrown in. I decided to try the 16's as a replacement for more street riding and bump absorption, fewer track days. After only 100 miles I can say grip has been very good with no unusual handling characteristics after scrubbing them in. These tires warm up quickly and have impressed me to this point. I would highly recommend this tire for any sport bike as a replacement. I do not ride the Duc in the rain, so I did not rate it.
Jimmie Davis
Laytonville, CA
BT-016
Hey all, I picked up a new 160/60x17 BT-016 for the rear of my 03 SV650 Suzuki and have only put a couple of hundred miles on it so far. I have been running Pilot Powers for a few years and loved them until I started to melt them on hard rides with my buddies. So I went with Power Races, med rear and PRC soft front. And those have worked excellent for me. I ran over something and killed my good rear race and thought that I would give the rear 016 a try. First off I noticed that the bike handles very similar to the way it did with races front and rear (very stable). On a ride with my bros who were running full race tires I had no problems at all with the rear sliding. It stuck great and gave good feedback. It's too soon to tell how it will wear, but it only looked slightly used after the 200 miles. I have yet to try it in the rain, but will soon. :-( I am an Ex AFM class champ and push a little harder than most street riders. I rate this tire excellent and would recommend it to all levels of street/track riders. I will buy another rear as needed. And a front as soon as I wear my PRC out. Bridgestone has an excellent product with their new BT-016's
Mike
Albuquerque, NM
BT-016 rear tire
The best, most advanced tire yet! It's almost like you're on a rail they stick so well. The multi-compound design is truly something derived from MotoGP!
Alex
Jamestown, CA
Battlax BT-016
Well it’s a great tire; it handles very well through corners, straights, and the twisties!!! I love this website they have everything you need at great prices. I have not ridden in the rain yet so I dint know what kind of traction it has on wet roads
Jean-Pierre Vazquez
Midland, GA
An awesome tire
I have these tires stock on my '08 gsx-r600. The day after I got them they had enough grip to only leave about half a centimeter of "chicken stips"/wax. After only a month there was no wax left. The tires are incredibly sticky. I have almost 5600 miles on them and I'm getting a new back tire tomorrow. There's still tread left on it though. I've gone very fast on the highway and leaned as far as I can go; with these many miles I can do that. I would recommend this tire to anyone. Good tire life (for a racebike), great adhesion. I'm sure that other tires last longer so that's why I rated tread life as a '3'.
Martin Collie
Danville, VA
BT016
I have enjoyed the Bridgestone Battlax BT016 very much. So far it has the best performance I have put on my bike.
Nathan Shipman
oceanside, CA
Great Tire
I bought my 08 CBR 1000 RR with the battlax 015 on there and I went through those in 2500 miles it tore right through them and I put the 016's on there and they are great with all the power I am still tearing the center up coming out of corners and the edges are going pretty quick to I have about 1200 miles on them and they probably got about 2500 miles left and they heat up very very quick but they do get greasy so you have to watch your self but i would recommend them to any one
Q
Detroit, MI
Nice Tire
I just put the BT-016 on my CBR 1000RR and the tire handles great.
Kody Cherry
Wilcox, PA
Battlax BT-016
I just put my tire on about 400 miles ago, but it seems to be a pretty great tire so far! I drive 35 miles, each way to and from work, in the rain the majority of the time, and the tires have good bump absorption, traction for laying down the power, and excellent cornering grip! But, still not sure about tread life. Would recommend to anyone.
cesar
bloomfield, NJ
Brigestone by-016
I have put about a thousand miles on the new tire and I'm very satisfied with them no problems in the rain and they grip really well even cold, they also absorb a lot of shock. I have a 07 r6 and its a stiff ride but the tire helps on bumps
Thomas
portland, ME
sticky
After using Pirelli’s for the last few years I was unsure how these would react, but as O.E. On my zx10r they really do handle quite well. I also have to say the triple compound is no joke, as you wear the tire in you can actually see the softer compound on the extreme outer edges. After a hard 1000 miles I’m noticing wear at the edges but the middle seems to have plenty of life left. Overall I’m very pleased with these as the stock tire.