Maxxis Testimonials for the Bighorns & 255/85R16
"The MA-761 is Maxxis' newest all-terrain tire"
Maxxis offers the above statement to lead off their web page about their 761 AT tires. I don't know how new this tire is but I can't find any info about it anywhere other than on their website. Even their pages of testimonials are mostly filled with comments about their aggressive traction tires (not surprising). From those pages I pulled the testimonials below from 2006 about their Bighorn MTs, one specifically about the great 255/85R16.
I feel obliged to try and popularize this tire size, primarily by choosing to buy them. As readers of this forum know from Scott Brady's excellent 'narrow tire white paper', it is a great 33-in. size. I have been using 255/85 since about 1998. Unfortunately they are not as popular as other sizes and I fear some day fans of this size may have even less choices than we do today. Maybe the 255/85 sells better in other countries where people are more concerned with performance than image and Maxxis just offers them to us here in the U.S. too?
Maxxis Testimonials:
Bighorns 7/11/2006
Well what can I say, I have a 60 series Landcruiser and after my last set of Maxxis tyres (Buckshot Mudders) I was extremely impressed, so I thought I would stay with them. I went and purchased a set of Bighorn tyres and man did I get the shock of a life-time. I stopped in a mud puddle hoping to rooster my mate but instead it just bit in and nearly gave me whip lash. They have the best grip I have ever had in the mud and up rocky hills. Out of all the brands I have had they are by far the best. I recommend them to anyone.
Bighorn Tires 6/21/2006
I am planning on purchasing a set of Bighorns solely because you sponsor offroad racing (and offer contingency money). Know that your reputation of tough tires (especially sidewalls) for offroad racing is selling tires (especially when compared to other tire brands which are known to have flats even though they offer good pit support). Your prices are very good- please keep them that way. You offer a LT255/85R16 tire size. Please do not discontinue this size since it is just tall enough to be effective (33.5") but is also narrow (10") which is great for offroad traction and performance (a narrow tire has less rotational inertia for quicker acceleration, etc). As a suggestion... even better would be to offer the Bighorn in a 35 X 10.50 size, that would be perfect. Your cross marketing of truck tires and mountain bike tires is a real marketing incentive to those of us that spend a lot of time in the outdoors. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Bighorn Tires 2/14/2006
I have put a set of Maxxis Bighorn Radials on my Landrover 130 (255-85-16) and I took them through the deep snow in Poland at -15 degrees Celcius. The performance is absolutely great. They are highly predictable and they have never let me down. The grip outperforms any mud tyre I have ever used. I use them without spikes and they still take me anywhere I want to go. Great !!
