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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 12:59 PM
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im looking to buy this quad but the tires look backwards....am i wrong?

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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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I saw the pic you had posted before and thought the same thing.

I could be wrong, but they look that way to me.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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lol well i guess i can get the offer down a little bit more...i hope he didnt do anything else assbackwards
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:25 PM
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It just seems too simple to me, so there's probably something wrong with my logic, but couldn't you just switch the whole tire/rim to the opposite side?
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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i was thinking that just flip them and i should be good
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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Heck, maybe they don't know that.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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Thinking about it more, seems like a few have ran them like that in the sand. I could be wrong about that.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Was probly a dune drifter look, no sprocket/rotar gaurd
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 02:20 PM
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Scooter is right. You just need to swap left and right and they'll be turning the right way. I have heard of people running their tires backward in the snow for some reason. I never tried it.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Leave it like that you will have much more traction backing out.
 
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