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170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Ranks 5,591 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −7 vs the category median of 49

Market size 30Growth 84Conversion 24Competition 20Returns 90Price range 39Avg price 68Brand share 4Review moat 43Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 7,287 niches

Is 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire is a $133K/yr Amazon United States market (57K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

170/80/15 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 +82.6% over the last 90 days and 1.9% of searches end in a purchase.

$133K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+82.6%57K
Conversion rate1.9%
Avg price$121.66

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 58
Top-5 product click share76%
Open market2%
Avg brand age76 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 · 13 products

Sponsored placement62%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,161

Top 170/80/15 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 capture 76% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$13K$27K$40K$53K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • AR-PRO57%
  • Kenda18%
  • DUNLOP16%
  • Shinko Motorcycle Tires5%
  • MICHELIN3%
  • DURO2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire demand & seasonality

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

Volume57KCVR1.9%Products13Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate2.0%Rating4.6★Reviews2,161Avg BSR#135
2K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Top 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire search terms shoppers use

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

  • 170/80/15 rear motorcycle tire42K/yr
  • 170/80-15 motorcycle tire5K/yr
  • 170 80 15 motorcycle tire6K/yr
  • 170 80 154K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Quality-Overall25%

Good quality product

Value For Money21%

Great deal

Wheel Quality14%

Very nice riding tires

Tread Pattern Pitch9%

Good tread pattern

Grip7%

grips great in turns

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Leak-Proof27%

that's where it leaked

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%

Not as described

Functionality-Overall20%

This tire did not last nearly as long as the original D404 on my bike

Quality-Overall7%

extremely pour quality so I inspected the second tube

Adhesion/Stickiness7%

very sticky when it comes to wet roads

170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire return rate & reasons

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

1.2%

Return rate

58%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
51%
2Functionality-Overall
8%
3Defective Material/Parts
6%
4Compatibility-Overall
6%
5Leak-Proof
6%

Common 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire questions

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

Flapen scores 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire 42/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $133K/yr across 13 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +82.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 170/80/15 Rear Motorcycle Tire on Amazon United States peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 3.3× the quietest.