Hi I am looking at getting either 26" Maxxis Big Horn Tires on SS108 RIMS or 26" Mud Lite XTR Tires on SS108 RIMS for my new 700 GRIZZLY. Can anyone give me some feedback on which of these tires are better.

I mainly do trail riding, some mud, lot's of rocks and logs. Also, I am looking for something that will give me a smooth ride.

Thanks

 

The Bighorns will give you a slightly better ride, but are a bit heavier. The XTRs will be better in the slop, but I have heard that they have weaker sidewalls. Both are an excellent all-around tire.

I've got about 900 miles on my XTRs and have never even had a flat.

 

I too couldn't decided between the two, so I flipped a coin and got the XTR's. They ride so smooth and grip the trails like they were glued to it. They have been a great tire and have never got me stuck anywhere. I'll try the Bighorn's next time.

 

We have Bighorns on our Rhino, and XTRs on one of our Grizzly 700s. I think the Bighorns are a little better on hard pack, and in very rocky dry terrain. The XTRs are better everywhere else. In 700 miles use we have had one flat on an XTR, which was from a big nail. We took the tire to a tire store and they put a patch inside the tire, and it was leaking again the next day. So at that point I just plugged the hole in the tire with my own tire repair kit, and it has been fine ever since. We have never had a problem with the Bighorns.

DV

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: RSeb

The Bighorns will give you a slightly better ride, but are a bit heavier. The XTRs will be better in the slop, but I have heard that they have weaker sidewalls. Both are an excellent all-around tire.



I've got about 900 miles on my XTRs and have never even had a flat.</end quote></div>


I agree from experiance that the XTR's do have very week sidewalls. Within the last three weekends of normal trail riding & some rocks I had cuts full through on one front and one rear tire sidewall (2 diff weekends) good thing is that ITP is going to replace them under warranty but they want me to ship the the bad ones back on my dime.

My brother just purchased ITP Terra Cross (which IMO are great tires) we noticed while comparing the two the Terra have a very hard sidewall. I will go with the Terra'a next time the only drawback is they do not come in 27" as do the XTR's.

My suggestion is to go with the terra cross.

 

Here is what the 25" Terracross tires look like on a Grizzly 700. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
click here

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: DesertViper

Here is what the 25" Terracross tires look like on a Grizzly 700. [img][/img]

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Thanks everyone for there input. I have to throw in the Terracross in the mix they are sweet looking tires.

DesertViper, that is a beautiful looking special edition. Do you know what kind of SS rims those are???? What a great looking machine.......

Thanks

 

They are the SS 112 wheels that are available either in the chrome finish that I have, or also in an alternating polished aluminum and black pattern. I preferred the chrome wheel with the silver SE Grizzly. The pictures absolutely do not do the wheels justice. The chrome is show quality, and should be more resistant to fine scratches that occur in polished aluminum wheels.

DV

 

Here is a great article on the ITP site about TerraCross tires very impressive

http://www.itptires.com/newproducts.html

 

The interesting part of that article to me is that it answers the question about which is lighter, a 26" tire on a 12" wheel, or a 26" tire on a 14" wheel. The article says the 12" wheel and 26" tire is lighter.