Bridgestone has announced the launch of some exciting new rubber for off-road Adventures. The Battlax Adventurecross AX41 is aimed at riders seeking to take their ADV machines beyond the pavement, offering dirt-biased performance while maintaining on-road durability as much as possible.

The new Adventurecross AX41 features Anti-Irregular Wear technology to reduce the effects of heel and toe wear at the trailing edge of the block. According to Bridgestone, the new block profile counters the deformation under braking boosting durability of the tire.

New block profile reduces deformation during braking increasing tire durability.

Bridgestone engineers have used a very specific block design and positioning to attain greater offroad grip and traction. Part of this achievement is the redesign of the overall tire dimensions which allowed them to increase the total number of tread blocks on the tire. According to the Japanese manufacturer, the new tire sports a 30% increase of the cross section area, relative to the previously released Adventure A41.

Compared to that tire, the AX41 uses a higher strength compound. This boosts block rigidity and is designed to help achieve a balance between tire longevity and off-road performance.

On and off-road performance compared to the on-road biased Bridgestone A41 and dualsport Trailwing Series.

The new Adventurecross AX41 has a 40/60 on-road/off-road rating and is expected to go on sale in January, 2019. Bridgestone plans to make this tire available for a wide variety of Adventure bikes. The first sizes released will cover larger bikes like the BMW R1200GS and the Africa Twin. In 2020, 15 additional sizes will be released to further expand the range.

2019 Line-Up:

• 100/90-19 M/C 57Q TL – Front
• 110/80 B19 M/C 59Q TL – Front
• 120/70 B19 M/C 60Q TL – Front
• 90/90-21 M/C 54Q TL – Front
• 130/80 B17 M/C 65Q TL – Rear
• 140/80 B17 M/C 67Q TL – Rear
• 150/70 B17 M/C 69Q TL – Rear
• 170/60 B17 M/C 72Q TL – Rear
• 150/70 B18 M/C 70Q TL – Rear

For 2020 line-up list click here.