Bridgestone AX41 adventure tyre first ride review | On & off-road, mud, gravel, twisties
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- How do the AX41's adventure tyres perform in a variety of conditions? Let's go on a real world ride and find out.
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Forgot to mention. I measured my tyre pressure at home. 21psi front and 20 rear. Thanks for watching 🤘
thanks for sharing. In too many videos the people just talk about the tires but not the pressure. I was told that 15 psi for the rear and 20 for the front should be a good pressure for such muddy ground.
@@michaelmarcic9636 no worries. I take it down to 15 front and rear if I'm really struggling
You sure did put them through the paces on that rip! Seems like that slick sticky clay would be tuff for most tires on the KLR. Really nice test vid! Kept me glued the entire time. Ride safe mate!! 👌🏼👍🏼
I like those tires!
Beautiful bike
The FMF sounds great! Once the tires fill up with certain types of mud ,they becomes slicks. I've never tried it ,but I've heard big block tires are good in mud.
It does sound good
I give them that it was wet but they didn't seem to clean themselves very well at all. This is good info as all I have heard is positive from 'professional' reviewers. Thanks and keep updating. 👍
Hey m8 from the states here, loving the klr videos, you're showing folks what the bikes are truly capable of.
Yeah you were seriously skating around and spinning.
However what I noticed is you were still making progress most of the unlike with those junk stock tires that just went tits up and left you stuck and pushing the bike.
Looks like a pretty good improvement over all, keep up the awesome content, you gained a sub 🤘🤘
Thanks mate. I hate to think how bad the stock tyres would have been!
Looked at these for my KLR, but went with Motoz GPS. I'm thinking the conditions weren't the greatest. Wet slippery clay is scary to ride on, hard work.
I ordered them out of all videos of these tires this was the actual best
Now this is a proper tire test. Loved it! I'm with you, thought the ax41 would be better in the wet
Cheers mate. Don't rate them in the wet
Still havent seen anybody test any bike like you do, LOL!
You really push that thing! haha. I just got out on my D-Sports for the first time yesterday and was pretty pleased with them both on and off the road. I think anything would be a pretty big improvement over stock though!
Not wrong there! I wish we got Tusk gear here in Aus. I might have to settle for some Motoz or 606's next time
Some mud and bike combos just don’t work. I had great luck with my 22KLR with a Kenda Trackmaster a couple weeks ago in mud with frost line beneath it. Some days are better than others! Thank you!
Good to hear mate. How is the wear on them?
best KLR content on RUclips. that bike gets beaten harder than a teenagers meat rocket.
🤣
Excellent review, mate… tanks! 😎
Alight I’m convinced, when the stock tires on my new KLR go tits up I’m buying those Bridgestones. Thanks for the reviews and you’re one hell of an off roader on that thing.
Forgot to mention that we don’t really have that clay stuff up here in the NW US.
Thanks mate. Yeah red clay is a nightmare
go with any of the Motoz tires so much better than any other tire ive tried.
Shinko 805 would paddle through that mud. Best off road tire for vstrom 650. Got me home and not stuck on several occasions.
If you got air at the Dag servo... yes quite an estimate..
hahahaha
Wet red clay and traction are mutually exclusive sets on any tyre.
Definitely challenging. The mt21 and scorpion rally grip pretty well on it
If you want good traction offroad with a klr you need an 80/20 tire
Yep, I've gone that way now
From your experience have you had tires that have performed better in those wet clay conditions? We have a lot of clay here in Tennessee, USA and it's slippery as hell
Of the ones I've had on my adventure bikes, the d605, 606 and TKC 80s were better. Look at the Motoz Rallyz, thats what I wanted but noone had stock
@@onthebackwheel thanks for info!
You ever try shinko 244s? might need something a little knobbier for the muddy sections.
Yes, I had them on my gen 1. Very good street tyre and for gravel riding
What helmet do you use? Do you ride with ear plugs? I’ve got the 2022 klr and I get a lot of wind buffeting. Any thoughts on getting a better windscreen
I have the AFX FX39 and wear earbuds when I ride. I get a lot of buffeting too, even with screen risers. In fact, it's better when I stand up compared to sitting down! No idea on a screen yet
man, I also have the new KLR, I put on a adjustable wind deflector on top of the stock windscreen, works great very little wind noise, 27 buck's from Amazon, I'm 6"1' in height !
Hey Curtis. Grant here from NZ mate. I sold my klr and bought a CF Moto 800mt. Bloody awesome machine mate. I'm keen as to hear what you reckon. I reckon awesome value for money. Going to go camping this Easter on the 800mt on some gravel roads so keen to check out the suspension and low down torque.
Gday Grant, great to hear you are enjoying it. I'm really keen to see how it performs. I'm going in completely blind. Let me know your thoughts if you get a chance
I don't know, man, it seems like you might be in the wrong gear going up those hills? Not criticizing you, just wondering. Are you still in 2nd gear when you slow down to a crawl? I usually pop it into first once I get that slow, and it seems to help, but maybe I'm wrong.
Nah I'm in first gear, not my first rodeo. I was briefly in second on the clay but noticed it and changed. The clay stuff is terrible on most tyres, the loamy stuff I expected. We'll see if different tyre pressures improve it
@@onthebackwheel I know you're an experienced rider. Just thought I heard 2nd gear instead of 1st and was asking. Thanks for the videos.
@@laeditor all good mate, can't hurt to ask! Thanks for the love, always good to hear I'm on the right track
Are you finding it a strain to get the bike up right after laying it down ???
Good exercise 🤪
@@onthebackwheel Thanks for the reply. I find my klr650 at the upper limit of pleasurably exercise 😂
To be fair, in slop knobbies are the only grippy option. 👍
haha not yet
Love my AX1’s but wear out very quick if drive much on pavement
Agree. Didn't last long at all
man, you're running to much tire pressure for off road !
I'll experiment with them. I usually run 20psi off-road
I agree that you can run less air pressure. I started out like you with 35 rear and 25 front and the bike followed tar snakes and uneven pavement and was annoying. I dropped the air to off road 21 rear and 19 front and then road the street too and it worked great. I now run about 21 front and 25 or 26 rear and it works great.
Factory speeds are 26psi in the front and 26-36psi in the rear depending on load. 30s feel good on the road but pretty slick off road. I run factory specs most of the time but haven’t had any mud yet.
@@larrylund1138 man, I also have the new KLR, my Manuel say's 21 cold front and rear if you're not carrying a load, I'm like you I run 19-20 front and 21 rear all the time, on or off road !
@@markcollins5026 I tried 21 on the stock tyres but it just destroyed the rear. I found 30 on road and 20 off was a good compromise
Sweet video man! I really expected them to do better off-road. But from other videos I've watched, the tread depth isn't quite as deep as most of the other adventure and off-road tires. At least there was no one around when ya stalled. I stalled in front of a bunch of people the other day. Lol. Trying to find my sister and her kids to watch the fireworks on the 4th. People everywhere! Lol. Have you noticed an improvement with the new exhaust coupled with the removal of the air snorkel? I noticed with the stock exhaust, it's a little stumbly from idle. At least with a cold start.
Check out this vid. ruclips.net/video/JpspbXIGc_I/видео.html
Hey mate. Yep nothing worse than stalling it in public! I think the fueling is slightly improved. Been a while since I've done it, but I remember thinking it revved freer
Come on, what tires caked up in mud are good.
True, but compared to other adventure tyres these are worse
That is some slimy mud. Just like my hood.
That wasn't that muddy really, looks like a couple inches of mud with solid ground under it.not impressed.you spent more time spinning and fighting and pushing than riding.staying stuck in the mud all day is not fun at all to me sounds like the fan was running the whole time and I've never seen my red light come on.how much did you pay for those tires? hope it wasn't too much.
Yeah that rear is a dud in the mud. Changed to a 606, much happier
@@onthebackwheel I just got a pair of mitas e 07 + but haven't spooned them on yet I was ok with the performance of the k750s but they didn't last long at all and they seem to be kind of expensive everywhere I looked.I have high hopes for the e 07s I need/hope to get about 7 or 8000 miles out of them riding about 75% pavement.
Georgia clay😂
Slippery shit
Hi, I find it very strange that you have pumped both tyres up to 35 Psi when the Owners Manual clearly states 21 Psi Front and 28 Psi Rear and depending on your weight the rear will be lower probably down to 23 Psi , I weigh 110 kgs and run my tyres at 21 and 24 and with extra luggage added I run the rear to 26 .
So I would state that all your tyre testing and results are false indications of performance and are basically inaccurate and not a fair indication in real world results especially with your inaccurate adjustments made during the review and for the sake of true results I believe you should start again and not give out wrong results for people who need information to make an informed purchase of tyres based on your review .
I can't believe you even bothered to post this video knowing that you were going to change the tyre pressures accurately with a tyre gauge and do it all again . keep it real !
There's a lot here and I'll try to answer it as best as possible. I am always honest and always will be, nothing I have ever done says otherwise. This is a first ride review and I openly stated numerous times I will need to do further testing and measure pressures with my tyre guage on the fly. Further to this, I measured my pressures when I got home and they were extremely close to the recommmended tyre pressures you mention (which are for the stock tyres, not the AX41's). In my full review I will be testing them with varying pressures, I can not see the off road performance changing much at all from this video though. If I wasn't keeping it real, why would I bag the AX41's (without a click bait title too)? These are pretty meh off road in a variety of conditions. Better than stock and good on road though