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160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire

a small market ($55K/yr) — 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Ranks 5,081 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −5 vs the category median of 49

Market size 14Growth 68Conversion 20Competition 44Returns 100Price range 16Avg price 59Brand share 34Review moat 72Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 7,287 niches

Is 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire is a $55K/yr Amazon United States market (23K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +48.7% over the last 90 days and 1.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$55K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr500
Search volume / yr+48.7%23K
Conversion rate1.6%
Avg price$148.76

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 51
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market15%
Avg brand age81 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement58%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews607

Top 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$3K$6K$8K$11K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Pirelli38%
  • Kenda23%
  • MERXENG11%
  • DUNLOP7%
  • GarveeTech6%
  • Shinko6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume23KCVR1.6%Products19Brands9Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate5.7%Rating4.6★Reviews607Avg BSR#141
700500Spike '26May '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • 160/60zr17 motorcycle tire6K/yr
  • 160/60-17 rear motorcycle tire8K/yr
  • 160 60 17 motorcycle tire5K/yr
  • 160/60zr173K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Wheel Quality43%

Good tires for the price

Quality-Overall20%

Great quality item

Value For Money10%

Good tires for the price

Durability7%

They look durable and nice

Size-Overall7%

the right size

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Heating25%

you need a tire that warms up fast

Adhesion/Stickiness25%

Not very sticky

Quality-Overall19%

you can have your key chain back not advertising for a low quality product

Durability6%

I definitely am not impressed with the durability

Value For Money6%

300 bucks for 2000 miles seems like a short life to me

160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

81%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
71%
2Compatibility-Overall
13%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%
4Quality-Overall
3%
5Functionality-Overall
3%

Common 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire 44/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $55K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +48.7% over the last 90 days.
160/60-17 Rear Motorcycle Tire buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Heating, Adhesion/Stickiness, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.