I have an issue that I have to believe many others out there have ran into. So here it is. I put new Maxxis Bighorns on my 2014 XP 4 1000 about 800 miles ago. Mostly logging road riding with a few trips to the local dunes. Then last week we had a rear tire go flat. Whatever I ran over punctured the tallest part of the tread and put a good size hole in the tire. So much so that I put several plugs in the tire, had the tire patched, put in some slime and then finally a tube just to get the tire to hold air. So I ordered a new tire. When it arrived I measured the tread depth on the new tire and the other rear tire. There is about 3/16" difference. The new tread obviously being taller. So my questions is this: What do you all do in this situation? Is it safe to run with that much tread difference? Do you have to buy tires in pairs every time you get a flat?

I have an issue that I have to believe many others out there have ran into. So here it is. I put new Maxxis Bighorns on my 2014 XP 4 1000 about 800 miles ago. Mostly logging road riding with a few trips to the local dunes. Then last week we had a rear tire go flat. Whatever I ran over punctured the tallest part of the tread and put a good size hole in the tire. So much so that I put several plugs in the tire, had the tire patched, put in some slime and then finally a tube just to get the tire to hold air. So I ordered a new tire. When it arrived I measured the tread depth on the new tire and the other rear tire. There is about 3/16" difference. The new tread obviously being taller. So my questions is this: What do you all do in this situation? Is it safe to run with that much tread difference? Do you have to buy tires in pairs every time you get a flat?

I have an issue that I have to believe many others out there have ran into. So here it is. I put new Maxxis Bighorns on my 2014 XP 4 1000 about 800 miles ago. Mostly logging road riding with a few trips to the local dunes. Then last week we had a rear tire go flat. Whatever I ran over punctured the tallest part of the tread and put a good size hole in the tire. So much so that I put several plugs in the tire, had the tire patched, put in some slime and then finally a tube just to get the tire to hold air. So I ordered a new tire. When it arrived I measured the tread depth on the new tire and the other rear tire. There is about 3/16" difference. The new tread obviously being taller. So my questions is this: What do you all do in this situation? Is it safe to run with that much tread difference? Do you have to buy tires in pairs every time you get a flat?