I have tried many tires over the years with different atv's, with my Brutes I have had the Mudlites, Bighorns, Terracross, Grim Reapers and of course the stocker's. Other than the stock 25" tires, the others were either a 26" or 27" tire and the Grim Reapers 8ply radial were 26" with 14" wheels. I had the 8ply Radial Roctane XD on my Wildcat in the 25" stock size. Presently my 19BF has the Radial Ripsaw 25" tires, these look very aggressive and deep lug's but I have read mix reviews on them.
The Mudlites I didn't care for at all, pushy in the tight fast corners and overall traction was not up to par for my needs, the Bighorns with all of the high reviews were even worse when riding fast in the loose dirt and on curves, the Front Bighorns would slide outward in the fast corners and really give me a big scare-almost slammed into a big pine tree on one ride. For an 8ply radial tire the Grim Reaper's just never impressed me but NMK Loves them. The 8ply radial Roctanes on my Wildcat were disappointing too, they were terrible in the snow and overall riding with them I give them a 5 out of 10 and they wear too fast.
The ITP Terracross 6ply Radial for my riding needs, riding style, pushing my Brute fast through the curves makes me feel I am riding on rail's. Doesn't matter what dry/wet surface I am riding on, not the best tire for deep snow but I really don't do the deep
snow riding anymore, mainly because the gates are all locked here in the local Mountains during the Winter months.
I upgrade to the 26" size(26x9/26x11x12) and I usually went with the aftermarket wheel but this time I will just use 1" spacer's and use the stock mag look wheel. Somehow though my used Special Edition 750 has the Black Mag wheels instead of the shiny Mag wheels, you would think I could find a full set of the new looking shiny wheels at a decent price from someone who upgraded to an 14" Wheel but so far - Nothing is out there.
Dennis Kirk had the lowest price on tires which blew me away, so after adding my state tax, the additional small fee for the extra weight of all 4 tires I still paid $70 less than any of the other listing's I looked at. Some of the listings were ridiculously high cost, hopefully others will research before buying at those prices. Even Ebay and Amazon best prices were no match to DK, heck Walmart prices were even lower than Ebay, go figure. Discount tire was overpriced as well.
I check with other off-road atv/utv listings as well, even places I have dealt with in the past including Rocky Mountain atv and DK still had them all beat.
So, with one 26x11 on BO with DK, not a problem for waiting for it to come in as the other 3 have already shipped.