Ride a mixture of everything terrain wise so looking for an all purpose tire besides a Maxxis Bighorn. Want a whisker more mud capability than a Bighorn provides but not a mud tire either. Ride lots of hardpack, gravel, and chips and dust mixes. Note: The Outlander max’s were still Gen 1 frames in 2012 so tierod clearance is more of a concern on the Gen 1 when trying to go oversize width on front with stock rims.
My machine is stock and I consider myself a fast/aggressive rider. I plan to keep the stock rims and not really interested in a clutch kit either. My Quad originally came with 26x8x12 and 26x10x12 factory but the Carlisles run short and are nowhere near that.
Been reading for days now: I think I have my choices narrowed down to two:
A) GBC Grim Reapers in 25x8x12 and 25x10x12 (I wish GBC’s did not run typically short. I like the rim guard and the tread pattern).
b) Kenda Bearclaw HTR (Lots of rave reviews on here. I like that these run oversize a bit expecially since I already going smaller than factory size at least by numbers anyway. Lack of rimguard and I less impressed with the tread pattern visually but my opinion is meaningless if it works good).
Help convince me one way or the other…..
