What tires would be the best to replace my stock tires?
I do mostly trail riding and only ocassional mudding.
I would like to stay with the 25 tires.

I'm wondering if Mud Lites would be a good fit?

Thanks

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Lites would be good, but they are allitle softer than other tires. I'd look at dirt devils or bearclaws.

For an 03 trail machine I would also stay with the 25's.

 

They would be great. If you are planning on doing mostly trail riding you might want to check out the Bighorns.

 

mud bugs are a great tire.
and there good in snow mud hard or soft terrane and there the best price also.
there an awsome tire. tire.

 

if you are looking at getting mud lites i believe the 26 inch mud lites would give you a way deeper lug then the 25 inch better for when you need it and it would wear longer before needing to be replaced. on the 500 i would go with the 26 inch you wouldn't lose hardly any power. besides you would gain a half inch of ground clearance.

 

Good point weez, 26" mudlites are a lot different then the 25".

 

I'm really happy with my 26" Dirt Devils so far...

 

They have deep lug 25 lites now.

 

Oh good, then the 25" would be a good choice too. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

If you are doing mostly trails then why change tires just adjust your tire pressure and suspension for your riding pleasure. If you are getting into mud then FORGET what the manufacturing advertisements say that lighter and wider is better.

Basically when the water level reaches the top of your tires your machine will just about float and the only thing keeping in down is your body weight. So heavy wheels and heavy tires will keep your tires on the ground. Narrow tires will dig down better than wide tires (they displace less mud, and sink easier). How much traction will you get from water - very little... What makes up mud, water and dirt. You won't get much traction from mud either (so forget about riding on top of mud unless your tires have 6" paddles for tread) you get traction when you get down below the mud to solid ground. And when you are on solid ground tread depth makes little difference, and deep treads are harder to sling the mud and keep the groves clear. Width between the tread is more important than tread depth, ability of a tire to NOT pack up the groves. Deep lugs (while looking impressive) inhibit a tire from cleaning the groves quickly.

Narrow, wide lug, HEAVY tires are what works best in the mud. This is the main reason that tractors liquid fill their tires.

I have pulled many 4x4 out of the mud that run light wide tires (26x10x12 on the front and 26x12x12 on the back), then put them to shame buy driving right through where I pulled them out of (and I don't even have a locking front end).. I have 25x8x12 on the front and 25x10x12 on the rear (12 inches of clearance from the CAT helps). What makes the differene is the narrow tires, they always sink down to solid ground. A narrow, heavy rock will sink down through mud before a light, fat baloon will.

A good all around tire is the GPC dirt devil, good weight (around 22lbs on front and 26 on the rear), good tread design (wide groove) and ability to displace mud out to the sides, with side lugs to sling it out of the hole, good angle of tread (always have tread to the ground, no thumpy, bumpy ride) 6 ply and not much money.