Howdy yall,

Just a couple questions in regaurds to bias ply vs radials. I am really looking for a tire that can help my old ladies wolverine 450 handle whooped out trails better. I have tried every suspension setting and aired the tires down about as far as you can safely go, but the machine just teeter-taughters on bumps and bucks like a bronco. She's only about 120lbs which I know is on the lighter side. But it will still do it to a certian extent with my 240lb fat **** on it. It's forsure far worse than my renegade. Any one have exprances to share if going to a bias ply tire would help at all? Or maybe a tire suggestion even? She's not a crazy fast or mud rider, so the tire tread isin't that big of a deal.

 

If you want to go lower with the tire pressure you can put tubes in the tires,then even at 2- 3 psi they will still hold air. I would think the Radials would be a firmer tire than the regular tires,wrong way to go by the sounds of things.

 

TLC,

That machine has the factory radial (Maxxis Lynks) tires. I am looking at swappin em out for the bias ply's.

 

Well it is not so much an issue with radials you have, it is more of a ply issue......

Stock tires are generally only 2 ply, whereas after market are usually 6 ply (the good ones) in either radial or bias.....

I run radial Maxxis I-Razr's all around on my z400, and everyone who rides it comments on how smooth it rides. And it's not because I have better suspension, or softer settings, it is because the radials with 6 ply, eat small bumps better than a bias ply tire with an equal number (6) of plys....

So no matter which aftermarket you get, radial or bias, they will handle much better than the stockers. I have become a big believer of the radials, at least on the front of a sport machine.... All my buddies run Razr2 tires, and the rears tear things up nicely, but a couple have said they are switching to the I-Razr for the front, since the tread pattern in almost identical to the Razr2 which is a very popular choice for racers too....

I would stick it with a nice set of 6-ply radials.... but a nice set of 6-ply bias will also improve handling and puncture resistance....