I going to buy a new Rancher and the dealer wants $499 to upgrade me to 25" tires. Isn't that a little stiff if I give him my old ones. maybe I should keep old ones and sell them. Advise Please

 

The Rancher is intended to be a light trail quad. You throw bigger tires on it, and you are going to ruin all the great handling qualities of this machine. If you wanted a monster machine with huge ties, get something else!

 

tell the dealer to forget it!!! go here http://www.kgmotorcycletires.com/atv_big_foot_kits.htm

you can get most sets of 25" bias ply tires and aluminum wheels shipped to your door for $500.

 

if what Recon said is true then why do they put 25" tires on the Foreman- it weights within a few pounds of a Rancher and is only larger by an inch or two.

 

I have 25/10/12 on back and 25/8/12 on front. For rims I have the vision 161 style. The offset is about 1.5" per wheel wider than stock. Handling if anything is improved from stock. Discount tire has the Goodyear rawhide r/s tires for $25 each listed at the Colorado site (closeout). When I bought this whole set it was $320 Out the door. I don't believe they still have the wheels. This was originally on my Big Bear so I kept the tires when I sold it. The machine looks totally transformed when I had it at the dealer they all made comments about the wheels.

 

Doesn't the Foreman come with 25"???

Everybody is on this big tire craze, and I understand because I was there myself once....but learned an expensive lesson! I rode my Rancher a while with the stock tires, then switched to 25" Holeshot ATR Radials on ITP 12X7" rims (which have a greater offset). It was a step backward in terms of handling! The steering would fight me (like it had lockers), there was a lot of bump steer, it ruined the agility of the machine (made it clumsy like a 700 pound Polaris), etc., etc.

If one truely needs bigger tires from a performance standpoint, you needed to get a bigger machine to start with! Learn from my mistake or make it yourself....whichever you like!

A lot of the motivation is to get a certain LOOK. I know guys who put big tires and a lift on their trucks, and they never leave the pavement. They just want their trucks to LOOK off-road worthy, and I think that is a lot of what's going on with the big tires on the little quad thing.......

 

I think bigger tires are better [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] I put some Mudlites and Maxis on my little TRX and it is a lot more stable then the stock ones, plus I don't get stuck as much. Only down side is that they dig into the ground more and leave a bigger mark.

But to answer your question, yes your dealer is ripping you off. That is a LOT!!!

 

25" tires are not big for a ATV and its uses, its more like 24" are small. Mud running guys would laugh at 25" tires . $499 is crazy ,My friend just bought a new set of 25" 6ply Mudlits off e bay for just over $250. You do not need new rims to go to 25" tires do you?

My old 350 came with 25" tires stock in 1990 now they have larger ATV with 24" tires in the name of handling but more for the reason of cost cutting in truth.

P.S 25" 6ply mud lites probably weight the same as your stock 2ply 24" stock tires.

I would not worry about power loss, My 450(433cc) Foreman could turn it,s stock 25" so easily through Mud and snow that I was going to get 26" tires for it before I sold it.

 

Don't just focus on the height of the tire here! All these aftermarket tires are way larger in width and probably weight than the stockers, so that has to be an issue as well........

 

But, you can chose any width you like with aftermarkets as well. Remember also the big 1" and over lugs only are a avaiable on the 26" tires and Up. For example with Mud Lites The 22 inch to 25 inch Mudlite ATV tire has a tread depth of 11/16 of an inch.

The 26 inch Mudlite XL ATV tire have a tread depth of 1 and 1/8 of an inch.
This it true with many other tires as well so going from 24" to 25" is not nealy the same shock as jumping from 25" to 26".