Maxxis Tyres

[pietpetoors]

What do you guys think of the Maxxis tyres, they are still rather new in South Africa. Not so many people bought them yet so they all have mixed feelings. It was like that when Cooper came into the country, nobody knew them and only a couple of people bought it, now every second serious 4x4 guy have Coopers on.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I love them...

I'm a bit biased, Maxxis was a major sponsor of ours for the 3 years I competed in competitive rockcrawling (UROC Pro series). They held up amazingly well to all the abuse we tossed at them.

On a personal level I am on my second set of Bighorns, great tires and I've paid retail for both, so I'm not pimpin' freebies

 

[Spikepretorius]

Piet check this thread http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7173

 

[Spikepretorius]

My Bighorns
(please excuse the swear word on the bash plate)

 

[pietpetoors]

Kurt

Kurt, what I have read is that the side wall is not as thick as the Coopers. This seems to be an advantage when deflating it for sand driving since it bulge better. Did you ever experience problems with rock driving?

By the way tyre pressure for rock driving always seems to be e lenthy discussion, when you do these rockcrawling competitions, at what pressure do you do that?

Spike, thanks for the other links, will have a look.

 

[Nullifier]

I love my big horns so I say go for it.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Kurt, what I have read is that the side wall is not as thick as the Coopers. This seems to be an advantage when deflating it for sand driving since it bulge better. Did you ever experience problems with rock driving?

By the way tyre pressure for rock driving always seems to be e lenthy discussion, when you do these rockcrawling competitions, at what pressure do you do that?

Spike, thanks for the other links, will have a look.

I've had my Bighorns aired down to 10-15, but never lower than that, I don't get into enough sand to worry about it as such.

Our rockcrawling setup was a bit different... we were running competition spec Maxxis Creepy Crawlers and Trepadors... often aired down to 5-8 psi, and often filled with several gallons (or more) of water. They conformed very well!

 

[BigAl]

I've had my Bighorns aired down to 10-15, but never lower than that, I don't get into enough sand to worry about it as such.

Our rockcrawling setup was a bit different... we were running competition spec Maxxis Creepy Crawlers and Trepadors... often aired down to 5-8 psi, and often filled with several gallons (or more) of water. They conformed very well!

Sorry to go off topic, but can you post a link or pics of your buggy. I've been going to a few events every year as a spectator, uroc and neuroc, you guys kick ass

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Sorry to go off topic, but can you post a link or pics of your buggy. I've been going to a few events every year as a spectator, uroc and neuroc, you guys kick ass

I no longer compete... my last event was Supercrawl 06', I drove and my part-timer Sully spotted. I usually spotted for the rig owner Carl Whitmore. A couple of pics:

 

[4Rescue]

How do the Bighorns ride on teh street? This really throws a wrench in the works cause I had convinced myself to go with a 33x9.50 AT and now since I was looking at Maxxis Before (I have run alot fo their MT bike tires) and they have a 33x10.50 I'm back to thinking of them. BAHHHHH o well, I need to order gears and my locker first anyway...

Cheers

Dave

 

[Ursidae69]

I really like my Maxxis Bighorns. I have about 23k on them and they are wearing about as I expected, not bad, but I won't get 50k out of them. The noise was lower at first and is now slightly higher, though that is anecdotal. I need to buy a sound meter to get some empirical evidence on the next set of tires. For the money, they are a great tire.

 

[CYi5]

I'm running the 255/85 bighorns and love them so far! Skinny tires are definitely easy to transport

Unfortunately i've only been able to take them on mild trails due to a busy schedule, looking foward to seeing how they perform in the snow this winter.

Once these wear out or I decide to sell, i'll be running the 33x12.5 bighorns. For around $600, it's hard to beat the deal on these tires!

 

[Spikepretorius]

33x10.50

Man now there's the ultimate tyre for me. Unfortunately we don't get them in our neck of the woods. This width thing is a **********.

looking foward to seeing how they perform in the snow this winter.

I did a trip recently which included heavy snow and a bit of a blizzard an my tyres gripped. Up till that trip I was still having my doubts about the tyre but i ended up cruising blissfully while some of the other guys were sliding all over the place.

We did rainy tar, rainy muddy gravel, dry gravel, snow, sleet, rocky river beds, deep water with slush below, thick deep mud, rocky mountain trail. I didn't have the slightest problem. I couldn't be happier. The road noise and harder ride is a small price to pay.

 

[erin]

Hey Chuck, how are they holding their balance/roundness? You are at the point where I have started to have some issues with my BFG's, constantly out of balance, and rougher ride. I'm having to definitely rotate every 3k, where as before I could go 5k.

 

[Ursidae69]

Hey Chuck, how are they holding their balance/roundness? You are at the point where I have started to have some issues with my BFG's, constantly out of balance, and rougher ride. I'm having to definitely rotate every 3k, where as before I could go 5k.

I don't have any vibration issues. I rotate every 5-7k.