Has anyone had any experience with Maxxis Big Horn tires? We are having a very rainy season and the All-Traks just arn't cutting it so I'm thinking about trying out the Big Horn. Penland swears by them but they also pay him to promote the tires on his quad but he took a first in class in the mud and Scott Kilby won overall and they were both running Big Horns. My questions is how are they as an all around tire.

 

I talked to a Maxxis rep 2 weeks ago, & funny thing is he didn't reccommend them for woods racing ??? I like the tread pattern myself, being a tire guy, & with that tread pattern & radial design, I'd think they work really well...one thing I've been doing latey also is, spin balancing my front tires...ATV wheels & tires are very untrue... a brand new magnum billet wheel & new ATR took 4.5 ounces to balance, on one of my fronts...now its as smooth as glass... us "old" guys need all the help we can get...WAM

 

A friend of mine has been using those on his grizzly for months. They are pretty good tires.

He likes them a lot overall. Great dry traction. Durable. Long lasting. Not bad in mud. He compared them to the Rawhide Grip, which is slightly better in goo, but cant grab logs or rocks nearly as well.

They flip mud up from the sidewalls more than most any other tire. I think he said they stink in the snow, but I have mudrunners for that.

I can't decide between them and the ITP ATR. Penland says he wouldn't use the ATR due to lack of durability. I don't ride like he does. I'm not very old (30's), but I ride like an old fart due to past accidents and fear of pain.

I am leaning toward the bighorns.

 

NYROC, are those the regular big horns or the "new soon to be released" radial big horns ??? WAM

 

It's my understanding that all Big Horns are now radials. NYROC, several of my buddies have the ITP ATR and they have all had bead sealing problems and a few of them have even broke the beed while riding and the wheel just spun inside the tire. That's why I'm leaning towards the Bid Horns.

 

I would have purchased them already I knew that they were radials. Maybe I will can them and ask them.

Oldman, do you know for sure if the radials say "Radial" on them? Do you know how to tell if they are radial for sure?

 

NYROC, let us know, if you call them, when I talked to them a few weeks ago, they hadn't been released yet ( radials ) ...A guy can never have too many sets of tires & wheels ...LOL ...WAM

 

If you go to the Maxxis web site the part numbers for the radials is M917 and M918 and when I ordered the tires from Motorcycle Specialties, which was the only ones I could find that listed those numbers, they listed the Maxxis Big Horn's as factor part number M917 and M918. So if they come in and are not radials I'll be pissed!!!

 

I have a set of douglas wheels that have no tires on them now. My stocker wheels have mudrunners on them. I am throughly happy with the mudrunners for certain rides.

I gave my sur track tires to my bro, and I sold my mudzillas.

 

I was also interested in the big horn radials , but now that I see the weight difference between the two it makes me wonder if it would be worth the having the radials or the lighter weight of the bias ply .

Weight " BIAS PLY "
(lbs.)
Front 19.2
Back 20.1



Front 21.4
Back 27.1

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Mark