I was wondering if anybody else has noticed that the stock polaris carlisle PXT tires that come stock on sportsman atv's shimmy at higher speeds. I was riding a stretch of dirt road that turns into pavement for a while and the shimming was terrible. Is there any way to balance your rims? The tire shop looked at me like I was crazy when I asked them if you could balance them.

 

yes you can balance them. mine came balanced from the factory.

 

You know I really didn't notice it on my SP800 PXT but on my former SP450 with the 25" Carlisle I would notice some vibration and it seemed to me it would pull to the left.

Since my SP800 I haven't noticed with Stockers nor the Mudlites 27".

Thanks,

R'

 

iv got the same issue. not to mention there an atv off road tire not a high speed car tire. mine shakes like a la earthquake. but for the amount of weights its gona take to get it to ride smooth. it gona cost. if it could be balanced. i personaly dont think it can be balanced. for as much as mine shakes. if yours is shakes as much as mine good luck.

 

i take some of that back. a light shake yes. a big shake i can see no.

 

my 08 800 the front wheels came balanced from the factory.went heavy duty mudding and ripped the weights off of one side .doesnt appear to have made any difference so far

 

the pxt radials are a big differnce in the ride and handling department in my opinion as wear they are radials vs. bias tires. just a side note, but make sure the rim is nt bent or anything else. maybe even jack that area up to make sure the wheel is turning freely and its not any other issues like a bad bearing. imo

 

ATVs are not meant at all for paved roads so there is no way to eliminate all vibrations. The balancing of tires is a joke for ATVs and will never be true like a car wheel. If you don't notice the vibration while in the dirt, it is probably not significant enough to be fixed.

 

My 2008 500 is the only one that shimmies. I noticed my 08 has no weights on the front rims, but my 2007 500 has weights on both sides and that machine rides smooth no shimmies at all.Both have the aluminum mags from factory. Just wondering why popo didn't balance all of there wheels from the factory? That shimming in time just wears stuff out in my opinion.

 

The wheel shimmy was pretty bad on the dirt road. But once I hit a stretch pavement It was really obvious. I have also heard that you can flat spots on these soft carlisle tires if you let your atv sit for a while on the concrete. I guess thats why they recommend you jack the machines up on jack stands to get them off the tires.