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Bridgestone Battlecruise H50

  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Put a set on the slim S, only had a short ride so far, always an improvement when you fit new rubber, even so tip in effort is pretty easy and the grip feels solid not sketchy, dunno if they will do the miles of the dunnys, the dunnys are ok in the dry, still skip out under duress but in the wet they are an arse puckerer, riding to Cooktown next weekend so good chance I will get to see how these go in wet conditions, way luck runs.
    Used these sizes....
    Front
    130/90B16 M/C 73H RFD TL
    Rear
    150/80B16 M/C 77H RFD TL
    Will give a milage commentary as time goes by.
    Anyone got miles on these? Opinion?
  • Ken in Cairns
    Ken in Cairns
    4 years ago
    Only have about 700 Kay's on the rear Bridgestone, but was told that they are very good mileage wise.
    Enjoy the ride to Cooktown, bloody hot out there mate.

  • Choco
    Choco
    4 years ago
    Best tyre I have had fitted to my bike. I can't see myself fitting a different brand tyre again the Battlecruise will be staying on my bike.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    You obviously rate them Choco, I was considering the Avon Cobra Chromes but went this way in the end, I've run Metzler 880's and Nightdragons in the past, both hang on ok but the rear wears out quick, that was on my Dyna and the slim is far more brutal in power delivery so they would last even less on it, I got about 12000 out of the last 402 but it went on when I did the last engine upgrade and it's copped a fair amount of hard launches, time will tell with these but I do like them so far, they tip in nice and seem predictable when turning so far.
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    2 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 21 Nov 2019 06:55 AM

    Put a set on the slim S, only had a short ride so far, always an improvement when you fit new rubber, even so tip in effort is pretty easy and the grip feels solid not sketchy, dunno if they will do the miles of the dunnys, the dunnys are ok in the dry, still skip out under duress but in the wet they are an arse puckerer, riding to Cooktown next weekend so good chance I will get to see how these go in wet conditions, way luck runs.

    Used these sizes....
    Front
    130/90B16 M/C 73H RFD TL
    Rear
    150/80B16 M/C 77H RFD TL
    Will give a milage commentary as time goes by.
    Anyone got miles on these? Opinion?

    hi GM how are these Bridgestone H50 tyres going for you, i am in need of a new rear for my Lowrider s (180/70-16) i have been using the Metzeler Cruise-tec which has been a great tyre but the place where i get my tyres from cannot get this tyre until sometime in October (bloody covid shipping issues) but I need one now and are considering the Battle-cruise tyre, I was wondering what you think of these tyres since you've had them on a little while now, other options were a Nightdragon, Metz 888 or a Avon Cobra 
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    I really like them, will put another set on when these are done, tyres seem such a personal thing and it probably really depends how hard you push them grip wise but they seem a good all round sort of tyre, wear well, grip well, in the wet you still have to be careful of the throttle in sharp slow corners but I don't think any tyre would not spin on the back of this thing if you test it too much, way worse out there.
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    2 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 11 Aug 2021 03:19 AM

    I really like them, will put another set on when these are done, tyres seem such a personal thing and it probably really depends how hard you push them grip wise but they seem a good all round sort of tyre, wear well, grip well, in the wet you still have to be careful of the throttle in sharp slow corners but I don't think any tyre would not spin on the back of this thing if you test it too much, way worse out there.

    Thanks mate i went and got one yesterday and after a small ride home they feel good, although i have noticed they don't do a 110/90-19 front which is a bugger, I noticed a couple of reviews also stated they were a little slippery in the wet, i try not to ride in the rain anyways
  • drod
    drod
    2 years ago
    25,000 on the last set. The front was knackered, the rear had heaps more tread but had squared off, 
    I ordered a new set after 20,000 kms  this year. The rear came in after a month but couldn't get the front til 3 months was up. (Fuck covid)
    So i waited. why pay similar prices for dunlop or metzeler and have them only last a third of the distance.

    Extremely happy with H50s. They handle great in the dry and are a very good tyre in the wet. Of course you can get them to let go in the wet if youre that way inclined.

    I'm with Choco, best tyres i've fitted to my bike