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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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What effect do smaller tires have on your 4 wheeler?
 
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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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smaller tires will spin faster which will give you more snap in the bottom end but will also decrease your top end speed.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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Would it help me wheelie better? I would like to be able to pump the gas and keep the front up in 1st gear? What would help would that?
 
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 08:22 AM
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How bout smaller tires and a bigger back sprocket?
 
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 09:10 AM
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smaller tire = more bottom end
bigger sprocket = more bottom end

doing this would help your bottom end alot and you would be able to wheelie and climb hills better but you will probably loose 5mph on the top end by doing both
 
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 09:13 AM
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keep in mind your ground clearance will shrink
 
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 10:26 AM
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The best thing you can do is change your gearing. When you look at it and you see I will loose 5 mph at top end, how fast or could you even hit your top end in the highest gear. So the loss of 5 mph top end or more is nothing. I have played with my gearing allot and can tell you I race allot of people that have higher gearing (so they can say there quad goes 10 or 15 mph faster than mine), but I beat them in drags and hill climbing. It's all about getting to that top end as fast as you can. JMO
 
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 10:44 AM
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Thanks I'll have to look in to all of this!
 
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Old Apr 27, 2004 | 10:42 PM
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are the Turf Tamers any good?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2004 | 10:48 PM
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Originally posted by: Dfitz
When you look at it and you see I will loose 5 mph at top end, how fast or could you even hit your top end in the highest gear. So the loss of 5 mph top end or more is nothing.
I dont have enough top end...I ride it at max and want to go faster,obviously not on trails or sand,but I mean getting there for example I drive there by road.It dribbles left and right at top speed though(no steering damper).
 
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