Man that plastic used to look good! Glad I took pics lol

 

My nice shiney rims. I just cleaned it with windex for this pic. Tire looks like hell too.

 

Nope I'm not sure at all lol. They were pretty light coats so I'm hoping it'll hold up well. If it doesn't work I've got a little cash set aside for new rims and tires if I ever get around to ordering them...but I'm not all about looks either. Its functional and suits my needs just fine

 

I've got the same rear tires as yours and I see you shaved off some of the lugs...any difference?

 

I can't tell. I didn't ride, then shave, then ride right after so its hard to say. In theory it should "scoup" more loose terrain. I was trying to copy malhombre's tires, which aren't made anymore, but probably are the best tire. I'm going to shave more off (to save weight mainly) and add bolts. I bolted my lawnmower tires and OMG what a difference!

Here's the 22 inch version on my 250ex. I managed to get 4lbs of lugs off those. You can see the quadsport's tires in the background. I'm going to do those the same way, then add bolts to the lugs I leave.



Here's the mower tire:





I'm a big fan of bolts now. Not for street use though lol

 

How exactly did you go about shaving off the lugs? I've thought about it but I've never been worried enough about a few lbs to get serious about it. The 20's work great for what we do which is mostly just trails at moderate speeds (with the occasional bursts of speed through the corners) and virtually no jumping.

 

Pliers and a razor blade. Rubber cuts really easy when you pull on it. So get a cut started and then pull on it with the pliers, then the razor cuts pretty easy. It makes a crappy cut because its lift n pull like the beard shavers. The part you lifted n cut, will go back down, leaving the surface bumpy.



Saving weight is only good for acceleration. If you're just tooling around, it won't matter. But the way I figure, a 20 inch tire has the lugs 10 inches from center. That's almost a foot. If you shave off a pound, that's a ft-lb of torque NOT needed to accelerate the tire.

Actually, I did it to improve traction (weight savings a side effect). I got the tires, then I made the swingarm 4 inches longer. After that, I regretted these tires because they don't bite well enough. They work well on a stock swinger, but I need more now that I'm extended. So I cut that center lug out hoping to bite in more. Its not enough, so I'm going with the bolt idea and cutting off some more lugs to offset the weight of the bolts. I'm confident that will work. After all the experiments I've done, I think +2 swinger and no more than +4 on the front is about right. I went overboard with +4 in back and +5 (each side) in front. Now, because of the long swinger, I'm searching for ways to increase traction which wouldn't be necessary if my swinger was shorter. And being so wide just makes clipping a tree more likely. But its ok. Bolts in the back are cool too

 

If you made the tire look like this, you'd get oodles of traction. It would be like a paddle tire. Would be "bump, bump, bump" on the road though. And would wear out quickly too. I've thought about doing it many times though.

 

I used one of these Stanley® Retractable Razor Blade Scraper; 1-1/2" | Quill.com

 

Otherwise you'd need one of these KnobbyKnife - Tire Tool - Dirt Rider Magazine