22" with 9 paddles is waaay too much. I've ran 21's with 8 paddles, and that is way too much paddle. It will totally bog your bike down. I've got some 6 paddle 21's coming right now, hopefully they'll be about right.

 

Alright sounds like ya better go with what these guys say. Their opinion will over ride mine. But whatever... BTW whoare you farmstud? you look wayyy framilier. I think I use to talk to ya on aim alot. my sn is cory400exquader
whats yours?
thanx

 

i have a 2005 honda 450 and i run 21 tall 12 inch wide wit 8 paddles and the paddles r like 1 inch tall and if the sand its packed it hook extremly well but if the sand is dry and loose then all i do is spin so depends on a dry or wet condission

 

Sorry I didn't realize the sand was that different there..I guess you better ask more Oregon people. I know a lot of people run over paddled and it will actually slow you down.

 

yeah i know exactly what u mean... But hey I'll admit, I could be wrong... But from people that I know, that set-up works great.

 

I know when the sand is wet at where I ride I'm way over paddled. If it's dry and loose then it's awesome. Sand conditions do play an important role in choosing a paddle tire. Got to get those tires spinning.

The question for JSmall. I think that the ITP Sand Star is an excellent tire for the YFZ. It hooks good and is a great play tire. I know lots of people with them and they think they are IT. They won't break your pocket book either.

 

I ride the Oregon dunes, ride a YFZ450, and run 20"X10"X10" 8 paddle haulers.
I don't do much drag racing, but do pretty much all of the tree-shots at Winchester and Florence.

Air them down to about 3 1/2 lbs and get it jetted correctly and you should be fine.

I know a lot of the drag racers use 6 and 7 paddle tripple buffs and so forth, but if you are a recreational duner and like to do many other types of dunning besides drag racing, I think the tires listed above will work fine for you.

For reference, I have a DR D slip-on, airbox lid removed, and re-jetted.

I think Sickrider can attest to my ability to get in and out of the tree-shots without too much trouble. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

yes yes.... You are an awesome rider and can do **** that most people wont even try... just look at his pics people! I do my fair share of suprising people too.

 

Thanks for the complement Cory, but I was actually not fishing for one.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

All I was trying to say is that the tire/paddle combination that I use will work better in the sand than many would have you believe.

I also have to admit that you and your friend really did surprize me to see you two coming out of that one hole!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]
Very impressive indeed!

BTW SickRider,
What tire and paddle combo are you riding?? In your pics it looks like you are running 8-paddle haulers???

 

well I've used 20-10-8 8 paddle haulers and 20-11-8 7 paddle extremes. The extremes are the ones that you saw me using. Since then I switched to 22-11-8 8 paddle extremes bead to bead since now I have more power. They work better than you would think. Oh and my front are sandstars 22".