BRIDGESTONE BATTL AX ADVENTURE A41
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portion of the market missed out.
Now, there are 16 sizes in total, so
every adventure bike, from a BMW G
310 GS to a KTM 1290 Super Adven-
ture, will be able to get some Bridge-
stone adventure love. And if you're a
lucky ducky buying a new Honda Af-
rica Twin, BMW F 750 or F 850 GS,
or BMW R 1200 GS or GSA, you'll get
these A41s as standard fitment.
For the new Battlax Adventure
A41, it was more a case of improving
the breed, rather than reinventing
the wheel, so Bridgestone's focus
was to further improve wet weather
grip, increase mileage, gain better
high-speed stability and increase the
rider feel via a new tread design and
compound construction.
I
t's one of the big problems fac-
ing the modern adventure rider:
what's the best rubber that lasts
a long time and performs well on the
street, with enough dirt prowess to
get you to most of the places off the
beaten track you bought the bike for
in the first place?
Bridgestone's Battlax Adventure
A40 has been a leader in this area
of quasi-adventure since the first
110/80R19 front and 150/70R15 sizes
were launched back in 2015, noted
for excellent wet-weather grip and
long-lasting mileage from bikes that
spend a large part of their time on tar
getting to the dirt. The problem with
the A40 was there were only four
sizes in the rear tire, meaning a large
Eve r yd a y
O W N A N A D V E N T U R E B I K E B U T D O S T U F F O T H E R T H A N
H A R D C O R E O F F - R O A D I N G ? T H E N , L I S T E N U P : B R I D G E S T O N E
H A S A T I R E T H AT M I G H T B E P E R F E C T F O R Y O U .
A d v e n t u r e
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIDGESTONE
