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how do those realters work on the sand in comparison to a nobbie and paddle if you know what i mean ?

 

well... most will say realtors flat out suck, but i am 50/50 with them. I feel they are an excellent tire for a place we ride called the badlands (its mostly pea gravel...but you cant run paddles because the rest of the place is a regular dirt hard pack) so it works out perfect there, and i also like them in snow.

if they wern't so heavy they would be much better. (total weight for two mounted on douglas .190s is 54 pounds...) total mounted weight for stock (of course stock dosnt have nearly as much tread, and is only a 20 inch tire) is somthing like 34.

i think i would still buy them again, but only for a DS or other high torque machine. (i dont feel a HUGE difference with them on, so i still use them quite often) but for smaller machines like some of the new 450's they just cant push them. (my friend bought some at the same time i did for his used to be warrior, and liked them, now he has a yfz and dosnt use them at all)

for sand, they are so-so.... they do work a lot better than my knobbies, but definatly dont hook like my sand stars.

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im wondering, did pure sport go out of business? i noticed i cant find bandits/realtors anymore.

 

Thanks for the review
i am looking at some mini desert tracks right no but i have always thought the realter looked like it would be a good dual purpose tire. but that is a lot of wieght.
i also need a tire that can take some small areas of hard pack but im on sand 95% of the time I think i willl stick with the desert tracks.

 

ya if you spend that much time in the dunes, definatly go with the desert tracks or the terrain tracks.

oddly enough i just emailed skat trak about the weight of those tires about 6 hours ago, so once they respond ill post the info if you want it.

 

If i remember correct i think they are about 12 pounds in there uncut form

 

The ignition system on a ds requires battery voltage in order to fire. I can't remember the minimum voltage right off the top of my head.

 

That battery is the best mod ive done so far,Yea i know not very exciting.
If i remember right it took three days from florida to Mi.

 

I got my PC545 today. I got it from Ebay, seller odyssey_world It was $70.55 shipped to my door UPS, since he was somewhat local to me, I got it the next day!

Ebay PC545

 

I just ordered me one to cant wait for it to get here


mike

 

Thanks for the link!