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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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have 26"vampires on rear 25"on front,bike runs good,but when in muddy ruts bike gets real sluggish! bike is a 300
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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It's just simple physics. Big tires are heavier and taller so they raise your effective gearing....so what you lose is low end power!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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reconranger is right. so there's 2 ways to fix this...bigger machine or smalle tires.
 
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