Don't you get better control with a bigger tire in the front,

 

The new ITP Terracross tire is awesome. 25x8x12 front and 25x10x12 rear. If you go to a 26" on these new babies you'll need 14" rims. I run them on a 500 Cat and a friend runs them on his 800 Renegade as well as his Outty.

 

I will prolly step up to a 23" tire on the front when I put the 22" tire on the back. I have narrowed it down to the mudmachines, or the mudlites. Either one should be flinging some mud!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Fathouse

 

My cousin put the 23" Bandits on the front of his, to tall of a tire for woods/road, wobbled his front a lil at high speeds, its stick with 21" - 22" in fronts. If youd like to see a few shots of my quad u can see them on my myspace page - www.myspace.com/woehrle, my south dakota pics have the mud machines on, threw that clay-mud around like crazy! Yes they can slide, the treads r angled across the tire so when u spin them out if u keep on the gas it'll turn ur right around, fun in the mud and snow, but if u do it right u'll have traction the whole time, its a nice feature.

 

Isnt the front 23 stock? Should be no problem there

 

yall check out the outlaw mst at highlifter.com. it comes in a 22.5 for the rear. that would be a super tire for all around/mud tire.

 

I thought that the fronts were 22-10x7

 

Does anybody know if a 22-12-9 mud machine AT will fit on stock ds rims?

 

They will fit on a stock rim, the problem is with a 12" wide tire you will end up with a round tread from to wide of a tire. You will have better luck with an 11" wide tire.
Remember:
Flatter/Squarer tread design = more tire on the ground = better traction.

I myself have just ordered a set of the new ITP Trac Star radials in 22x11.00-9. I should have them by next week, but probably won't ride on them until the spring.

 

kenda knarlies 22`s are big heavy but they did have ok traction on my 400 ex but i figure that the ds would just roast those knarlies to peices, i run 22 inch bearclaws on the back of my ds and i like the drift effect too, they do drift alright after you wear them down a tad but excellent traction in all conditions but a tad heavy i would say but a great all around tire, however i would have rather stuck with the 20`s it seems you have alot more power but if you want 22`s then go for it, i bought 23 inch itp holeshots for the front and havent had a chance to give them a try since it snowed heavly