Hello everyone. Need advise choosing a tire. I'll be taking my 03 raptor on a Baja trip soon. It's time to replace the OE tires. Any suggestions on tires? I am looking towards Holeshots or Razr. I am only looking to replace the rear OE tires that are Dunlop 20X10X9. Can someone also explain what the tire size mean and what will happen if I go with a different size. Thanks in advance

 

tire diameter x tire width x rim diameter

 

The bigger the tire the more topend you have and the less torque. I have 20's and they work great. If your going on a Baja trip I would STRONGLY reccomend getting a 6ply tire, being the heat and rocks and all the weird stuff you will be running over. I have holeshot HD's all the way around and they hook up amazing. You should look into those. They are a tad heavier (not as much as everyone says) and about 5-10 bucks more a tire but well worth the investment. They will last a few years riding fequently. List your mods and we will be able to help you with tire size and gearing suggestions. You want alot of topend on baja trips.

 

Get some Razr II's. I am going to replace my holeshots on my KFX with them when they are all wore out. I think the Razr II's are the baddest looking turf tire out there and they are 6 plys so they will be tough too.

 

I would also reccommend staying with a size 20. Alot of people run 22's and like them but I tried a set I had on my 700 and like the 20's alot better. If you want different gearing change your sprockets.

Tires i would look at would be Holeshot HD's, Razer ll, I Razers or Holeshot XCR's. I think Ive decided to go with the XCR's my self as they still hook up good and allow for good cornering. They are also a little lighter than the rest of these choices.

 

razrs....

 

I asked Maxxis about a good desert tire by e-mail several months ago. They said the Razr II is designed for wet loamy conditions, like GNCC east cost races. The regular Razr would be a better choice for Baja, and the i-Razr is also a good choice. We run the i-Razr tires for desert racing on the YFZ 450, and they work well (my son just trophied at a desert race today with the YFZ).

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Kenda Knarly XC Rears and Kenda Klaw XC fronts. They are great 6 ply tires for around $200 from RMATV

 

Here is what I got below. A local dealer suggested 22X11X10 XCT Holeshots. Any thoughts on this? It's a jump up in size from the original 20X10X9. How will this affect the ride?