well..just got my 26 inch bearclaws put on..wow what a difference..both in ride and handleing..and in how much power is taken off the bottom end..guess ill have to do my snorkle and jet mods as well as the black spring..have to say that they ride WAY better than the dunlops..nice tires..bit heavy tho.

 

I have a set of the Bear Claws 27x10x12ft and 27x12x12bk.They are very good in loose dirt,mud,grabbing roots,water,etc.. But I think they are not to good on hard pack with lots of loose rocks. That may be my back tires being to wide. I had to cut the inner **** down, to keep from rubbing my fuel tank....
Iam going to try to trade my red 02 650 in on a camo 03 650 ,does any one have a ideal what they may ask on trading. Mine has about 450miles and is in very good shape. Me keeping all my bolt ons.

 

Metallikev; just want to know where you got the 26" Bearclaws and if they were cheap. I priced them from High lifter with ITP C series wheels and it was $550 delivered.

 

Hey Cammo..I got mine from a local independent guy..you must have some in your area too. I paid 62 for the rears and 45 for the fronts.

 

I got my Bearclaws put on, 26", and although I haven't ridden much, I like them a lot. They were certainly heavier than the dunlops, but so is everything else. And you can tell they will be tougher. My first big test will be in early October on a Colorado elk hunt. As I have said before, I am not going to rejet for the elevation, just going to put on the snorkle and a K&N.

The cheapest place I found for the bearclaws was Chaparrel (spelling?) out west. They advertise in the ATV magazines. One reason I bought the Bearclaws was that they were so much cheaper than other comparable tires. For 26", I paid like $42 for the fronts and $54 for the rears. I believe it was about $228.00 total with shipping. I took the rims to Walmart and had them installed, best $14.00 I ever spent! It took them almost 3 hours to take off the old Dunlops and put on the new bearclaws, even with their mechanized equipment. First, they couldn't break the bead on the Dunlops as the sidewalls are too soft and they just bent back without the bead coming loose. Then, they couldn't get the Bearclaws to seat over the bead rib that must be on the stock rims to keep the bead from breaking inadvertently. Glad it was them doing the job and not me!

 

Chief, keep us posted on how you like the claws.

FYI,

-I can't get dunflops off. My tire store had a very tough time getting them off. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
-The tire store's tire mounting machines sometimes aren't made to work well with our ATV wheels and cause bead damage(little rips and chunks removed). I won't ever take my tires there again, unless it is to remove dunlops.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

-I can mount any tire with one hand tied behind my back, or talking on a cell phone. They are so easy with the right tire spoons that I love doing it, and I do it free for my friends. It is fast too.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
-My bead breaker works excellent on any tire other than the dunflops. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Guys if you want to see your old tires come off in seconds with absolutely no harm take them somewhere that sell tires for mining equipment or cconstruction equipment like Bobcats and so on. They have a machines made specifically for the purpose of dealing with these tires and rims.

 

I have a set of 26" bearclaws also and am most pleased with their performance in the stuff that I ride in/on/over/through. I am not much of a speed demon (the guys that I ride with all have 450's or lower yammie's or honda's so speed is not a problem) I still run down my road to the gas station and have no trouble hitting 65. I didn't notice any drop in my low end torque, but maybe I was just too busy noticing that I actually had traction for the first time. I think that the bearclaws are a first rate tire at an outstanding price and I think that I will be sticking with them for a long time to come.

 

NO ONE EVER CONSIDERD MUD BUGS?