- In the warehouse today
we have the long awaited Maxxis Razr AT.
This tyre is so fresh off the lot
they don't even have it on the Maxxis USA website yet.
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So this is the new Maxxis Razr AT
which takes after, it's part of a family
I guess you wanna say of the Maxxis Razr MT
which has actually been highly received
in Australia and around the world.
People are actually frothing
about the MT version of this tyre.
And so Maxxis taking that as a bit of direction maybe
they might have even planned it,
have released an AT version of that.
And this is something I've been badgering Maxxis
locally about for quite a long time.
And I'm actually really excited to see it
here in the warehouse.
And this is actually going on my car for a long-term test.
So I'll report back on that in about 10,000k's
but also leave in the comments anything,
have you used Maxxis tyres before?
Are you excited for the AT?
Let me know 'cause I'm always curious
to talk about big chunky rubber.
So the AT is a aggressive all-terrain tyre.
It's not necessarily more road oriented tyre,
but they are saying that it should be fine for the road,
it should be relatively quiet.
Most of the marketing materials
about how good it is off-road.
So let's focus on that.
So basically they're saying that it's got
blade-shaped tread pattern,
which we can talk about later on lightly.
Anyway, let's move on.
Aggressive side biters.
Actually lets just not read off that.
Let's come over here, and we'll have a closer look.
So looking at the shoulder,
it's this alternating pattern of sort of crowns,
I guess you're gonna say if you're looking at that
as the centre part of the crown,
and that is the outside part of the crown.
Which mean that they're reasonably aggressive
like they're certainly offering more protection
than your average all terrain does these days.
And they're gonna help you dig out of holes.
And they've also got this alternated scalloping
part of the tyre here as well.
And just looking at them, they actually feel chunky
in comparison to an all-terrain tyre.
And also while we're here you can see
there's little stone ejectors and grot ejectors.
So they've actually got a fair bit of space
in the shoulders, but that space actually carries
pretty much all the way through the tread pattern.
So let's have a look at that.
Wuh wuh they're quite heavy by the way.
So as you can see here,
how this open space carries all the way
through the tread pattern.
So it'd be interesting to say how these fare
in terms of noise on the road I mean,
they're saying as much as manufacturers do
they're actually not as loud as some on the road.
But actually looking at these blocks
this really interesting 3D siping in here as well.
So you can sort of see that these little sypes
will actually go right down to the bottom of the block.
And so there're saying these sort of blade-like patterns
are gonna help people off the road.
They also, you know, it's funny,
but it also just looks cool.
It's like some of the manufacturers
have actually worked out the tyre needs
to actually look good, as well as actually,
you know, be good for the road and off-road
and all that sort of stuff.
So actually docking back to the sidewall again,
there's a couple of things I've forgot to mention.
There's actually a three ply sidewall,
which is gonna be better for that cut and chip resistance.
And there's a bit of a rim protector on there,
but not serious, really.
And also they're saying, which is interesting,
there's a higher elasticity in the lower sidewall
filler compound, which is supposed
to make it more comfortable for passengers.
So that's something I'm fairly attuned to,
with my suspension being relatively
like a couple of wooden blocks.
So I'll be sure to tell you all about that one
in 10,000 K's when I come back to do the long-term review.
So that's the Maxxis Razr AT
not the MT the AT
and yeah, tune in 10,000k's don't forget to subscribe.
And I'll give you our long-term review.