off road dumper tyres

[Baloo]

boger123, be very careful using quad tyres they are not rated for the weight of the buggy.

Simon

gee's how heavy are these freestyles then ?  my 800 polaris  quad comes in a little over 600kg fully loaded never had a tyre go pop on me 
l find it difficult to belive quad manafactures fit tyres that cant cope with the weight of the bike ?

Andy

[biddleboy]

well andy mine was about 750kg total

[Baloo]

well andy mine was about 750kg total

750kg  jeepers creepers that is heavy, how heavy is a mini or a metro then ?

[boger123]

thanks for the advice about the tyres but like Andy said some of these quads are big and heavy i don't think there be any trouble with the weight of the free style i took mine around the waist ground at the back of my house and i warnt impressed with it every time i hit a pot hole the front end bottoms out and every time i rev it the gear selector wackes me in the leg ill have a little mess this week and see if i can sort it out can any body else tell me how they support there engine and do there buggy bottom out on the front end and whats the best exhaust to  uses bike or car heres a few updated pic of what my buggy looks like now just gotta fine some cheep quad tyres  as im running 15inch vectra wheels at the min

http://photobucket.com/dave_060

[esdebe]

you may need to add some gearbox steadies to it, one connects from the speedo housing end to the subframe (back of the car) and the other connects from the sump housing forwards to the subframe.  That should prevent the gear selector moving when you rev it..

I once had a problem with the steady bracket snapping and after that I couldn't get 2nd or 4th as the whole engine would rock when I changed gear....  This was also due to worn engine mounts...

Simon

[Baloo]

hi Dave

if you are going to stay with 15" dia wheels it opens up offroad type tyres desiged for 4x4's,  second hand 15" tyres tend to be nice and cheap and will certainly be tough enough for the job, only problem l can see is that it might throw your gearing out a bit if you are using a mini gearbox designed for 12" wheels or there abouts

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and those are mild plenty of much more aggressive tread pattens out there, but they might limit where you can take you buggy to run it as some sites dont like alligator or dumper type tyres

Andy