Has anyone tried putting short, sport tires (22x11-10 or similar) on a Sportsman to improve handling and acceleration for riding gravel roads, railroad grades or other relatively high speed trails? We have over 100 miles of rail trail (snowmobile trail in winter) that is fairly smooth and mostly dry in summer. The Sport 400 loved these kinds of trails and I'm wondering if a Sportsman could be made to feel more sporty on them with different tires.

 

your an idiot if u wanna do that, that totally defeats the purpose of a trail, and MUD machine, putting those whimpy tires on will lower your ground clearance, and if u wanted a sportier quad, why not get the scrambler???? Just my input

 

MuDsLiCa is right......get a racing machine for racing......a scrambler is really nice for you because it has 4 wheel drive and is very sporty

 

MuDsLiCa has a point,...(EVEN THOUGH HE COULD HAVE SAID IT BETTER)why would ya?
RR tracks or not.
And your talking about a 700+ lb bike....it aint gonna be sporty
Ya ever see a trruck with a 7" lift and 36's all the way round?
Looks good dont it.
Ya ever see a truck with a 7" lift and 235's all the way round?

 

im srry if i can across the wrong way, lol, i just think its kinda stupid to do that to a sportsman... but im srry if i came across as an a$$hole......my bad

 

MuDsLiCa is a useless piece of scum. Calling someone an idiot for asking a question shows his limited IQ and narrowminded thinking. Most of the woods trails are very wet and muddy requiring a SP type quad. The question was simply if anyone tried slapping a set of ITPs or something on their SP for smooth trail riding. It would cost a lot less to have two sets of tires and wheels than it would to have two quads.

As for you, punkrockrider, where did you see anything about racing??? Don't read too well? Scramblers don't have enough ground clearance for the mud and swamp riding. But THANKS for your learned opinion!

Now, how about hearing from someone older than 12?

 

Sorry I was writing my reply and didn't see your apology. Apology accepted. Do you see my point now?

 

george, dont listen to this guy, he's prob sum 12 year old with a power wheels 9 volt 4 wheeler, either that, or he doesnt even own a quad, as for u sport400 or wuteva, i didnt mean to come across as an idiot, if u would have read the post before your last one u would have got it through your narrowminded head that i wasnt tryin to b mean...... chill out, bro

 

500DUSE, the reason would be two-fold. One, you would lower the center of gravity allowing faster, sportier cornering; and you would lower the gear ratio giving you quicker acceleration out of the turns. It would give you a different option to ride, that's all. Just wondering if anyone's tried it.

 

apology accepted.... k good... but nah, i havent tried this, and i dont know if anyone has........srry