Do most of you woods racers run beadlocks all around or just on the rear?

 

I race a 250R on MX and ride a 400ex agressively to practice in the woods in fast technical terrain and run Maxxis Razor tires with 15lbs. of air and have never had a problem. The higher air pressure even with my 4-ply model tires allows for little, if any, sidewall flex, and the tires turn on a dime and give you change back!!!! Try running your favorite tire with more air pressure and save the money you would spend on beadlocks for something else. On the rear they are a must to race, but fronts aren't necessary unless you have extra money to spend. (who has too much of that???)

 

yea most people just run them on the rear......usually just normal rims with reinforcing rings on the front.

 

Holy kidneybelts Batman!.... 15psi - Ouch!

Unfortunately I have been forced to run 9psi in my RAZRs at the track to keep from crushing my rear wheels when landing jumps - they will beat a person to death and don't hook up well with that much pressure - 5 to 6 psi is much more reasonable, use body english for the corners (guess that comes from my 3-wheeler days)....

To answer the beadlock question. I don't run them. They are only necessary for keeping the tire on the wheel in case of a flat that you plan to keep riding on - they also add strength to the wheel - nice, but not necessary for woods riding. Where the extra strength is nice is on the MX track, you can run less pressure in your tires with less worry about smashing the insides of the rear wheels when landing jumps.

<rant mode>Why do 9" red label wheels cost $50 a piece and 9" red label wheels with simple reinforcing rings cost minimum $120 ea? This is totally beyond me. $70 extra dollars a piece for cheezy rings heliarc'd to a $50 wheel? Criminals!</rant mode>

Personally, I am just interested in the strength, so I am going to break down and get some reinforced ring wheels, but I am going to try to modify the ones I have first before giving them their criminal price for new ring wheels. Not that the price in the big scheme of things makes much difference, it's just the principle that bothers me.

 

i have them on the Rear Damn 15 lb i run 6

 

I run beadlocks on the back of my 400ex with 20x11x9 holeshots with 3-4 lbs. air. I run them cause to me it's a smoother ride.

99 400ex
98 Suzuki 500 4x4
97 CR125