Whew, plenty 'o questions

For the dunes, you can get by with just a set of knobbies if necessary. Sand tires can make the day a bit more enjoyable and would be in order if you plan on riding there often. The fronts are not as important, but the handling difference over a knobby is noticeable. Rears can make a bigger difference. The straight paddles give better acceleration, while the v paddles are for cornering yet still give better forward drive than knobbies. With paddles you can get to much tire for your machine as you need the power to spin them and move sand. Any of the standard v paddles should do you fine. If you go for straight, don't bother with a high paddle count as performance will suffer on the milder 350.

 

I think sport quads look better with the smaller mx tires.... The 20's i had on my 300ex looked ridiculously goofey!


Next tire i get i'm hoping for 18's Got to get me some of that predictable sliding everyones talking about!

(18's ↓)

 

Yep. Always have questions! I guess for sand paddles I'll get the straight one with bigger rims. It just makes more sense that way.

Thanks for the advice.

 

18's SSSSUUUUCCCCKKKKK for trail riding. With the factory 20's you only have like 4" of ground clearance, if you drop down to an 18" that will put your clearance at around 3" - OK for an MX track but not so good for trails. Some tires come in 20x11x(8 or 9 rim size) size and they offer the same tire in a 20x10x(8 or 9 rim size). The 20x10's look alot smaller than the 20x11's I believe you have 20x11's on your 300EX and should have gotten the 20x10's.

 

Nope! 20x10x9's. Now on my 400ex (bigger quad) they dont look as goofey. I see 18's here all the time. Lots of differant terrain here for us though. People who ride sportys here do draw the line. No oversized mudders on sportys!! Thats for utilities. Of course he could get 20s but lose a lot of handeling. Ground clearance? Its a sporty!! See a rock, pull a wheelie!

 

Okay more questions..LOL Bare with me guys!

So the families and I are going camping next week in the national forest. We'll be doing some some night riding as well. So here's one of my question.

HID lights? I see them around 30-100 bucks for a set on ebay. Are they worth it? I'm hearing that the slim hid kit is the one to get because they fit better. Is there any truth to this?

My next quesion is how often do you change the oil and filter? I know cars are around 3000 to 3500 miles, but these (ATV) are calculated in hours. Sorry my *used* raptor didn't come with a user's manual.

 

Yeah I like the way 18's look, too, but here in NC they just aren't practical. You can't judge all 20" tires based on the Ambush's, the 20x10x9 Holeshot GNCC's and the 20x10x9 Ohtsu 501's look right at home on any sport quad and don't look goofey.

 

Here's a couple pictures of my YFZ450 with the factory 20" rear tires and some 21" Duro rear tires that I use on the dragstrip.

 

Is that a battery charger there? I was thinking about getting also. Will any decent charger work?

 

Mine is just a cheap battery/trickle charger that I bought at Walmart about 6 years ago.I think that it's a good investment and use them on all of my vehicles that I keep in my garage.