I'm in the process of purchasing a Prairie 650, I need some advice however on tires,rims and weather or not to install a lift kit.

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Congrats on purchasing new 650, I love mine to death..

Advice on tires, well that is a hard one that requires more information from you. What type of riding will you mostly do? Trail/Mud/Rock/Hardpack ? Really matters which type of riding you'll focus on to determine which type of tire will best suit you.

As far as a lift kit goes, one is not required. Any tires up to 28's will fit on the prairie and not give you a problem with needing a lift kit. With some wider sizes though, you may be required to get spacers. This will probably only be so with new rims that have a different offset and may cause the front or rear tires to rub. They will however not rub in response to fender clearance, you're fine in that department. I've got 27x9.75x12 and 27x12x12 Magnum Bi and Tri-claws on my 650 (stock height) and do not have any clearance issues whatsoever.

Hope this information helps.

 

Mainly mud and trail riding.

 

For me, the bi's and tri's were the best fit for my riding style.

I needed a tire that wouldn't wear quickly on pavement as I do a fair amount of pavement riding. The bi's and tri's are an aggressive tire and do well in mud and also ride fairly well. They aren't near as rough as the outlaws which are a pure mud tire and don't wear near about as quick as outlaws do.

If you want a tire that will get you through the mucky places and also be smooth during the trail/hardpack riding.. then I would suggest Bi and Tri's.. I am probably gonna get another set of tires soon, in addition to my bi's and tri's.. the new set will be 28" EDL Vampires, i'm gonna experiment with them and see how I like em. The ground is a little too soft around here for them, but I know I'll have some fun with them. I've gotten stuck twice with the bi's and tri's since I've gotten them. The first time was kinda on purpose, I was trying to climb a mucky sand hill on the edge of a creek which I knew was a bad idea. I can barely walk through the stuff, much less try and drive a quad through it. The second time was today, I was riding the creekbed through all the slews and had a rider on back with me. The extra added weight proved to be a little to much and caused me to dig too deep, had pure soupy mud up to the rear fenders.. After we jumped off and I got a little dirty, the 650 made it out under her own power when I wasn't on her. All in all, I love the bi's and tri's and if I had to do it over again I would buy the same set again.

Hope this helps... You can look at pics of my 650 and the bi's and tri's on it by clicking on the link in my signature.

 

Don't lift it...........you'll be sorry!!!! (unless ALL you do is swap ride, ALL)

 

Hey--I've got some advice for ya son-don't buy a prairie

 

Stolski, Congrats on buying the most powerful 4x4 you can get!!! I have a custom made 1 1/4 inch lift in my 650 and have had no problems with it whatsoever. You don't need to lift it to run bigger tires. They will fit without any worries. The only reason I lifted mine was to gain a little clearance for riding in the snow. As for tires, it all depends on how and where you ride i.e. hillclimbing, rockcrawling, mudbogging. It all depends on that and how aggressive of a rider you are.