Hi guys,

I have a May 2011 CBR 250R. The stock Conti tyres are really scary on almost any surface other than dry, hot and smooth. Any idea if there are better options available, Indian or imports?

Thanks in advance

Go for Michelin

Hi guys,

I have a May 2011 CBR 250R. The stock Conti tyres are really scary on almost any surface other than dry, hot and smooth. Any idea if there are better options available, Indian or imports?

Thanks in advance

get pirelli sports demon . best option than stock

Hi guys,

I have a May 2011 CBR 250R. The stock Conti tyres are really scary on almost any surface other than dry, hot and smooth. Any idea if there are better options available, Indian or imports?

Thanks in advance

Hello Guys,

I have an Yamaha SZR and am planning on getting the stock TVS tyres replaced by the time monsoon starts so I still have about 4 months to plan for tyres.
My stock tyre looks like this:


I am basically looking forward for good grip on highway and dusty roads as my present tyre I have felt above 50kmph it doesnt easily slow down.
There seems to be not much choices for me with the 17" rims the only option I see is MRF Zapper C 100/90-17.
Aneesh had recommended me CEAT Vertigo Sport 100/90-17 as a good choice. Anyone care to support and give review about it?

Any other tyre recommendations? I am not looking into costly affair, also do you think a TL is better? As per my research through the threads its good, but many recommended that for my bike a tube tyre is better suited. What do you suggest?

Also do I need to change my front 2.75-17 tyres too to MRF or the TVS is okay? I have only run 2000km till date and maybe cover another 5000km in coming months. So if I can fetch resale value for the tyre now I'll be happy to buy now or if difference is not much i shall wait for 2-3months.

Best option for u is MRF Zapper Q 100-90-17, Cost is Rs.2250, the tyre has superb dry grip along with good cornering capabilities.THe wet braking is decent too.It is a tubeless tyre, u can use it as a tube type by puting in a tube, but my advise would be to use it as tubeless by adding a tubeless valve. As it is always easy to repair a TL tyres puncture as compared to a tube type provided u have a shop or the kit with u. (note- i have ridden a apache 160 fi with same tyre for abt a month). Video of the tyre has been posted by me before 2 pages check it out.


Im nt sure that will the 100-80-17 mrf zapper S (r15's rear tyre) will fit in your rim or not. If it does u cant get anything better, its just pure fun with the tyre no matter what the surface is will post a detailed review on the tyre soon. The price is Rs.1720. It is also a tl option

Now some other options are
1.Mrf zapper c 100-90-17
2.Ceat vertigo 100/90-17
3.Mrf meteor 100-90-17
4.Michellin Pilot sporty 100-90-17 (this one has some really good reviews, refer to the pics above and check out the post by rahul barik )
5.Michellin M45's will make ur bike heavy and it will only be good for off road.


Note:- Best trick to get original price from mrf dealers is, tht enquire abt the price from the dealer, if u feel its higher than what others get, come back home, open the mrf site, go to contact us or something like that, u can send a email to the mrf official from the site itself. Wait till u get a call from MRF confirming that what is the actual price and from which dealer u can get it. (this method have worked wonders for me)

Thanks a lot for the review. I have few questions here if you dont mind answering.
1. Why is the zapper q costlier than zapper s?
Really no idea, but maybe that a softer compund would be cheaper than a good medium compund, plzz dont laugh if this seems funny .

2. from what you have said about the r15 tyres, the soft compound gives grip but lasts less km and gets punctured more and skid on roads with slimy mud, sand or dust. I dont like the tvs tyres for same reason of loosing grip on water or mud road, otherwise they are also okay.
U got it a lil wrong bro, first of all punctures can be on any tyre any time and there's no poin t using a harder compound to avoid puncture. And most importanly tvs tyres and mrf zapper s is not at all comparable, nd the mrf just slips on mud, not sand or water. Both dry and water grip is excellent and dry here means the sandy roads of india. The only thing it cant handle is mud mud and mud, in all other aspects its a charm, total vfm.

3.what about ceat vertigo, how does it perform on highway, my ride is 90% highway so do you recommend those button tyres?
Ceat tyres have some decent reviews and is cheapest of the lot. Here the same 100-90-17 is just rs 1680. See it really dosent matter that whether its higway cruising or city cruising, unless the tarmac is different. U just need good grip and braking. So ceat not recommended .
4.I shall try and go through others review of michilin pilot, I am not planning for m45 or siriac.

If u dont want to slip on muddy road then u need off road tyres, as michellin pilot sporty has this issue more than the zapper s.

5. Do I need to change tyre in pair? Or is it fine to keep the tube type TvS in front and go for tubeless MRF for rear?
Thats no issue , but its always recommended to change both the tyres at the same time, tubeless rear and tubetype front is not a issue though. Still its not a issue to change tyres one by one

6. I currently put 28 in front and 34 rear. Do we need to change if I go for tubeless? Also arent tubeless tyre prone to more punctures?
The air pressure is same unless and until u change to a bigger or smaller size, though front needs 24 and rear needs 32 with a pillion for the exact balance of inflation and grip. And secondly this is totally hypothetical that tubeless tyres get puncture more frequently, i dont believe in this as, my bike hass been running with tubeless tyres from day 1 and even after 9k kms there has not been even a single puncture in any of my 6 tubeless tyre used and being used.

answers above. I think u shld go in for the zapper s if u want a real vfm, and plzz dont compare tvs tyres with mrf as they have a difference of zameen and asmman

1.You helped me a lot to make my job easier to decide on the tyres.
2.I wouldn't laugh at your answer.
3.I have decided not to buy michilin pilot sporty after reading a lot of reviews pg 430 onwards that the tyre gives superb grip but only lasts about 8k-9k km and gets lots of punctures.
I cant loose time gettting puncture fixed, it must be no hassle i.e push my bike on highway for long distance, frequently its irritation thus dropped the idea of those.

So now I have decided to enquire and find about:
Front: MRF Zapper FS 2.75-17 TT
Rear: MRF Zapper C 100/90-17 TT/TL
MRF Zapper S 100/80-17 TL

Guys.. any feedback on Shinko's.. planning to get 120/160 pair....