Maxxis Victra Sport 6

The Maxxis Victra Sport 6 finishes eighteenth with competitive dry braking and a low purchase price. However, wet handling is rated as imprecise, with vague behaviour reducing confidence in wet cornering. Tread wear is high - one of the highest in the test - which contributes to an elevated cost-per-km figure and limits the value proposition of the low upfront price.

The Maxxis Victra Sport 6 picks up where its predecessor left off, with mostly decent performances across the board, but fails to break into the top half against such a quality field. Its star performances were in rolling resistance and the road route, where its refinement earned joint third place. On the wet handling circuit, while it lacked the outright grip of the best, it did everything right with superb traction and a useful dynamic balance. It found a settled poise to tackle tricky infield sweeps confidently and offered useful fine adjustment via the throttle to tailor lines precisely elsewhere – it just lacked the bite to climb higher. In the dry it was arguably more impressive, feeling really confident: poised, grippy and accurate, locking onto late clipping points from a long way out, accepting the hustle and providing useful adjustability. It rolled quietly over rough surfaces and took the sting out of ridges. A good tyre that found itself up against a whole heap of excellent tyres.