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Maxxis Bighorn’s Mounted

Lots of you guys advised to get new tires but I sort of shrugged it off as I already thought "its good enough" and I will try when the stockers wear down a bit.

Well I ride on a lot of sloppy rocky trails and ended up puncturing a tire and by the time I got home it was nearly flat. Hole was in the side and it just didn’t seem like a good idea to plug it so I came on here and did some research. Went with the maxxis bighorn tires in 26×9-12 and 26×12-12. They are a little wider and offer more protection for the wheels although its too late for that as mine are already all chewed up.

I was impressed by the tires when I first saw them. Super aggressive compared to stock. It wasn’t until the tire shop gave me back by original tires when I noticed how squishy and weak they felt. I know the Bighorn’s are tough and thats exactly why I went for them.

Anyways no real feedback just yet but I plan to update when I have some riding time on them.

**Anyone know what will remove the blue lettering?**

Maxxis Bighorn’s Mounted

Lots of you guys advised to get new tires but I sort of shrugged it off as I already thought "its good enough" and I will try when the stockers wear down a bit.

Well I ride on a lot of sloppy rocky trails and ended up puncturing a tire and by the time I got home it was nearly flat. Hole was in the side and it just didn’t seem like a good idea to plug it so I came on here and did some research. Went with the maxxis bighorn tires in 26×9-12 and 26×12-12. They are a little wider and offer more protection for the wheels although its too late for that as mine are already all chewed up.

I was impressed by the tires when I first saw them. Super aggressive compared to stock. It wasn’t until the tire shop gave me back by original tires when I noticed how squishy and weak they felt. I know the Bighorn’s are tough and thats exactly why I went for them.

Anyways no real feedback just yet but I plan to update when I have some riding time on them.

**Anyone know what will remove the blue lettering?**

CST Ancla 26″ review

This will be a thread with my thoughts on the CST Ancla tire that I bought for my 550 Grizzly.
Have in mind that in Sweden where I live we ride a bit different from USA. We don’t have the trail system that you have. With the offroad laws that we have it’s only legal to ride offroad if you do it for work.

I choose the Ancla tire for different reasons. First I looked at the Pitbull Growlers, but I couldn’t use my spikes on them. Then I looked at the Blackwater, but they are expensive here where I live.
The Ancla had a fair price for me (about 620 USD) and the lugs made it possible to use my Best Grip spikes.

A friend helped me to put them on my original Yamaha 12" rims. A bit stiff, but they got on. Very well balanced according to his tire balancing machine.

Inflated them to 5 psi in the front and 4.4 psi in the back. With that pressure the wheels meassure 25 2/3". The lugs are 1" in height.

I did do the clutch spacer mod a couple of weeks before I bought the wheels and I have not ridden with the original tires with that mod that much. It works really well with the Anclas thou. They do not feel heavy when I hit the throttle.

Right now we have mostly snow and ice where I live, so no mud or skag or anything like that yet. Had a really fun experience in the snow today thou. I could go where I wouldn’t have a chance to go with the original tires. Full wheel spin and the tires just spun thru the snow with ease.

It has a directional pattern and you feel that you have worse traction when you hit reverse.

My riding is mostly slow riding. Plowing the snow in the winter and pulling out logs from the woods on a trailer in the summer.
Not that much high speed riding. I will put the tires thru some tests for this review thou.

Went up to 40 mph with great comfort on hard packed today. No wobbling. Maybe a bit stiffer than the original tire, a more sturdy feeling.

Next week I will do some work in the forest in the southern parts of Sweden, so then I will experience more mud like conditions.

I will fill this thread with all my opinions on this tire as long as I ride with them.

New owner, need help getting tires/wheels

So I picked up a 98′ Grizzly 600 about a week ago, it needs new skins. This is my first ATV, pretty excited about it.

BUT…. the tire sizing is making my head spin a bit.

So currently I have at25x8-12’s on the front, and at25x10-10’s on the rear. (I think they are the stock steel rims)

Well I’d like to upgrade the rims/tires.. Did a little looking around and it seemed like ITP SS312’s were the "cool" thing to do, (And they look good)

So I’m looking at getting the K299 Bearclaw 26×11-12’s for the rear, and K299 Bearclaw 26×9-12’s for the front..

Here is the question, I’m having a hard time finding the rims/tires that match/fit together, while making sure they have the 4/110 bolt pattern.

AND I live up here in Alaska, which makes sites I order from limited due to shipping (one site wanted $130 PER TIRE for shipping) D:

Thanks!

2015 OUTLANDER XT-p 1000 Crank case drain tube question

Just washing my can-am and while getting the underneath i noticed a tube with some brownish liquid coming from the front of the crankcase. I grabbed the end of the hose that was not connected to the crankcase to drain it.

I wasn’t paying much attention to location it was going. So I am not sure if I put it in the correct location. Anyone have any suggestions about the placement or does it not matter?

Seems odd that the tube going to the motor would have a short tube and not a long one like the diffs.

see attachment for details

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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