New tires and rims!!!!

[Slumlord]

NICE! VERY NICE! Like the new look better...

[Trever]

Well,,i figured I would give a little blurb to how my new Bighorns are treating me! First off I want to say is I am a very "Unbiased" person. I do not believe just because I own a particular item means its the best! I can only compare these tires to what ive owned before.

Ive wanted to get them out a few times before I posted my thoughts. Didnt want to base my opinion solely on one ride! However yesterdays ride really solidified my opinion of these tires. I had them in just about every condition except for peanut butter mud and deep snow.

The first thing I noticed is how SMOOTH they ride! A friend of mine who has a 660 Griz took my brute for a spin yesterday and he noticed how smooth they were as compared to before when I had dirt tamers and Mudbugs. I thought that was pretty good coming from a Yamaha guy. Lets face it,,one big thing Yamaha has over Kawi is comfort. Everytime I ride his griz im very impressed with how smooth it rides compared to my Kawi. In size comparison to his 26" mudbugs, my 26" bighorns measure a comfortable 1.25" taller all the way around. You search all the forums and thats one thing people say is how big they run. Well heres someone else commenting on how big they run! I would love to see how big a 27" is in person! We did a lot of side by side comparisons yesterday. Basically it turned into "bias ply vs radial" and we really got to see the differences. The amount of flex the bighorns have is incredible compared to mudbugs (or bias ply, what have you). Obviously this is was contributes to the smooth ride. The tire obsorbs little humps and bumps better then a bias ply.

Another thing I noticed is take off traction. Im not one for pulling wheelies but I popped a few up yesterday (some being completely by accident) and it really surprized me how much easier it was to do. They really "hook up". They grab so well you almost have to be careful. The extra traction can really surprize you and humble you quick if you dont take caution. I contribute this to be larger contact area of the tire to the ground giving more traction as my old bias ply tires would just spin. I experimented with pressures and found 5 psi all the way around the optimal pressure for my riding style. One bad thing about these tires is once I hit about 70km/hr the front end has a slight wobble. Not a real bad wobble just a slight one. They do have alignment marks on them to line up to the valve stem but mine are on the inside of my rim because I wanted white letters in. Maybe they are slightly off, im not sure. I will deal with the slight wobble to not turn my white letters out. lol. My starting tire pressure was 8psi and after dropping to 5 the wobble actually got a little better. Not sure why but im not going to argue with it.

So my over all opinion?!? They are allright,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,J/K. I love them!!
This is the only radial tire Ive ever had the opportunity to try out. Im sure other radial tires would do just as well.

Just ordered a Dynatek today! Looking forward to adding this to the package. Hopefully It wont be a waste of $$. I read good reviews on this product so im sure I will be happy.

[NMKAWIERIDER]

Well there you go...another Radial-Brute-guy. I was spoiled long ago wuth the xtrs and will be a radial guy from now on. The Brute needs them. I run 3-4 psi in mine. The wabble is just life with big-lug tires I guess. The xtrs were REAL bad on mine. Shake-the-bars-out-of-your-hand bad. These bajas are like glass though. With that new CDI, you will have to be even more carfull. We'll be calling you 650-Racksmacker...lol

We just put a new set of Bighornes on my friend's KQ but have not had it out yet. He just has shoulder surgery and it will be a while. Glad you like them Trev. They are a well liked and trusted tire.

[Trever]

"650-Racksmacker"....LMAO. I like that handle! lol

[BrianMc]

Glad you like them

radials do ride good, I just dont like the fact that when they go flat, they are rigth flat on the rim. ive been able to run my swamplites out of the bush 50km with no valve stems and not damage the tire since they dont really go "flat" if you know what i mean. I disinigrated one of my xtr's running it flat back to the truck with a ripped sidewall.

[highcountryrider]

Look good I like the machined look. Looks beefy.