http://www.bikespeeduk.com/tyres-tubes/bridgestone-tyres/battlax-bt023/pairs/cat_35.html
Thats what im running mine on at the minute and they seem to be a good tyre .
They seam cheap enough .
You'll need to have them fitted at a cost .
Not used any battlax tyres for a good few years but they'll be fine I'm sure .
I run Pirelli Angel gt's now days .
Came from them to the Pirelli Angel's and would not put them on again. Massive difference between them both, and would always pay the extra now for the Angels.
Our weather conditions might make a difference, but that's my experience between them.
Battlax tyres.... that takes me back a bit. Not used them for well over a decade.
023's were a good tyre in their day, but technology has moved on quite a bit since then with tyres like the Angel GT's and Pilot 5's
never been a Bridgestone fan, car or bike. each to their choice but tried them, didnt like.
Had Bridgestone for years - never an issue.
Went over to Angel GT's after reading good review on here. And I just fancied a change.
I refuse to even consider them as 020s were bad & 021s even worse.
I've just had a new 023 on the back of mine, to match the nearly-new 021 on the front.
It's OK - I don't ride like Rossi so I'm not a great judge - but then anything would have been an improvement on the 021 that was on there before. It was a bit scary yesterday in the pouring rain, I was very careful but I still had a few wiggles from the back end (both me and the bike...).
What it really needs is scrubbing in on hot dry tarmac if it EVER STOPS BLOODY RAINING.
I had an original 021 on my red/black k5 when I got it I think it was the 2nd tyre ever fitted to that bike and was ok in the dry but tried to kill me if there was a cloud in the sky.
I thing a brand new one should be ok as long as it's not new old stock.
:doh:
Had 21's on the bike when I first got it.... changed pretty damned quickly to 23's and found them OK... next up was T30 evos... Improvement over the 23's but not significant. Now on a new set of Angel gt's... not been out yet but will post back once I've done some miles on them.
To be honest ...the 23's were fine and that looks like a great price!