varadero 125 tyre help

[fiveus]

hello all
my varadero is going to be needing some new tires soon.at the moment it has those adventure type tires which came on it from new.i am wanting something more road biased to replaced them with.any help and recomendations would be gratefully received the tire sizes are Front Tyre size is 100/90 - 18 and the Rear Tyre size is 130/80 - 17
regards john

[LeeR]

Well having been looking at tyres lately and those for the XL125V, I notice that they come OEM fitted with Bridgestone Battlewings, which is an appalling tyre given Bridgestones ability to make such good tyres.

I notice on the Varadero forums that the Bridgestone BT-45 was rated as a good road tyre, and when I used them on my 650cc 1cyl I thought they were excellent.

At the moment I use Metzler Tourance on my DL1000 and for a dual-purpose tyre I don't reckon you can get better, though opinion will differ.
I'm not sure how they'll behave on a smaller bike, but they're perfect for heavier machines, cost around £150 - 200 fitted and will do 8,000 - 10,000 miles (more from the front but it's not worth it).
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[fiveus]

thanks for the reply LeeR will have a look at the bt-45

[Carvel]

+1 on the BT-45's, they're good tyres
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