My Son got $100.00 for Christmas and want s to buy some paddle tires for his 05' Polaris Phoenix 200cc four stroke. It doesn't have all the power in the world. I don't want him to spend a lot of money on the tires because were going to up-grade him to a Blaster soon. We're looking at the Kenda Tracker "V" paddles size 20 X 12 X9 his stock rear tires are size 20 X 10 X 9 My questiona are; Will his four wheeler have enough power for paddles? Is it worth the money to buy him some paddles? Will that size work on his four wheeler? Any info e=would be great! I would hate for him to buy a set and find out it hasn't worked for him. Thanks again! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I would wait for his Blaster and paddle that one. He will be on it for some time and it would be more worth it, in my opinion...

 

yeah wait for the blaster unless you want to remount the paddles on different rims later......

 

The trakkers are somewhat heavy for a paddle tire IMO and may rob horsepower from his 200 not to mention they have a very hard carcass. Not what you want in a paddle tire. I have a set with those very dementions that I used about 5 times. I took them off because they absolutely sucked on the DS. Being on the opposite end of the power/weight spectrum however, they may be ok on the Polaris
If your son has developed the need for paddles, in other words, he gets stuck alot in the sand and its interferring with his riding, I would not wait to get the paddles. As far as the Trakkers are concerned, I would look somewhere else like at the ITPs or Sandskate II before making a choice.

 

Topper,

I had the same experience as JSsDS. Hard Carcass, short paddle, wide tire with low profile sidewall. Not good. I do believe they would work well on the 200 but I found running stock dirt tires with very little pressure had equal traction.

Ron