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Tires RIKEN or OEM Honda
Tires like the Riken Raptor are a soft tire and performance minded, but not full on track tire (300tw). They perform quite well, but at the same time, are dirt cheap.
Pros: perform quite well
Cons: not full on track
Vehicle:
Mazda
I'm a City owner, and the OEM tires were terrible and noisy. Since switching to UC6s, I have zero complaints.
Pros: zero complaints
Cons: terrible and noisy
Vehicle:
Honda City
my biggest complaint, and probably my only real one, is the road noise. The interior can be pretty loud, especially on the freeway. I’m fairly confident that most of this comes down to the stock tires, because otherwise the car feels tight and well put together.
Pros: car feels tight
Cons: interior pretty loud
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Mileage: 30000 km
In my experience the best bang for your buck summer tire is the Riken Raptor. They're about $100 a pop and have great dry grip. Downside is that they're not amazing in very wet conditions.
Pros: great dry grip
Cons: not amazing in wet
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Riken Raptor ZR A/S RF. These tires were under $400 for a SET (about $86 per tire). 300tw. Aggressive tire pattern. And they are a solid performer for canyon carving. I drove them about 4000 miles over a week this past summer around MATG including some pretty aggressive backroad driving and they held up VERY well. Insanely well given the price.
Pros: solid performer, aggressive pattern
Cons: grip suffers a bit
Mileage: 4000 km
All that carbon fiber to make it light and easy to flick into corners - yet bro's never been past 15° lean. Waste of good rubber.
Pros: light and easy to flick
Cons: waste of good rubber
Vehicle:
Honda
Eu am Riken Snow pe mașina de la lucru, pe uscat zici că e pe șine, nu zice pâs dar pe ud am niște emoții de nu-i adevărat ???? nu doar odată era să fac piruete cu ea la viteze de nimic și stai că astea-s bune că am avut pe masina de la lucru inainte un set blanao de viatti brina, dădeam scârb 1-2-3 pe ud cu 1.4 aspirat, babaiatule...
Pros: pe uscat zici ca e pe sine
Cons: emotii pe ud
Vehicle:
Suzuki Vitara
Yearly, some of the big expenses are tires (1000 a set if you buy the OEM tire from Honda) and gas (gets around 20-25 depending on where and how you drive).
Cons: expensive tires
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
My little Honda Fit is so light that even with good snow tires I can't get anywhere if the roads are slick.
Pros: good snow tires
Cons: can't get anywhere
Vehicle:
Honda Fit
Uzeo sam pre 2 godine all season riken i za prvih godinu dana nisam primetio nista lose, medjutim od skoro su pocele da se ponasaju dosta lose, drze krivinu solidno dobro ali na gas i kocnicu proklizavaju bas dosta
Pros: drze krivinu solidno dobro
Cons: proklizavaju bas dosta
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Which tires to choose — RIKEN or OEM Honda?
If choosing tires across many manufacturers, check the part ranking. If your choice is down to two brands, the PartReview part comparisons help.
We compare tires across these categories:
- PR Score.
- Overall ranking.
- Vote balance.
- Average rating.
- Number of reviews.
- Feature ratings.
- Car owners’ choice.
Which tires are better — OEM Honda or RIKEN?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires OEM Honda were overall better than RIKEN.
- RIKEN received a PR Score of 71 out of 100, and OEM Honda scored 74 points.
- RIKEN ranked 55 in the overall ranking, and OEM Honda ranked 41.
- The average rating is higher for OEM Honda (3.8) than for RIKEN (3.6).
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Tires OEM Honda have better feature ratings than RIKEN:
- Ride comfort - owners believe, that this property for RIKEN is better than OEM Honda.
- Noise - drivers claim, that this property for RIKEN is outperforms OEM Honda.
- Grip - reviews suggest, that this property for RIKEN is preferred to OEM Honda.
Which tires are more popular — RIKEN or OEM Honda?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires OEM Honda were overall more popular than RIKEN.
By vote balance, tires OEM Honda surpassed RIKEN:
- For RIKEN, the ratio of positive (35) to negative (14) votes is 21 vote.
- For OEM Honda, the ratio of positive (41) to negative (14) votes is 27 votes.
By number of reviews, tires OEM Honda surpassed RIKEN:
- For tires RIKEN there are 15 reviews: 9 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negative.
- For tires OEM Honda there are 17 reviews: 11 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negative.
Which tires do car owners prefer — RIKEN or OEM Honda?
In March 2026, according to PartReview, tires RIKEN and OEM Honda have not taken top places in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding your review about these manufacturers.
Other comparisons of tires
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For example, comparisons of tires RIKEN with: MICHELIN, Continental, Pirelli, Falken, BRIDGESTONE, Goodyear, Nokia, Hankook, YOKOHAMA, Toyo.
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