Paddle cutting, front tires really matter?

YoungNDumb · Mar 18, 2014

I have a set of Far East 16 scoop 26x12x12 tires that came with my 900 I'm wondering if I should cut these or if they will be good to run. There on Douglas red labels and I am wondering how they will do compared to my brothers skat track 27" 9 scoops. Also what pressures should both of us run it will be our first time this year in paddles here in silver lake MI and we like to air these puppies out and don't want to bend rims or anything. Also how are we going to do compared to an xp1k either on paddles or dirt tires. I'm running my Sti hd2's and bighorns on the front is this going to be ok? We don't bowl ride here in michigan only hill shoot drag race and jump

2011 xp900 racertech cage, utv harnesses, street legal soon to follow

doonzer · Mar 19, 2014

Smoothies.. the wider the better will track less in ruts in the sand. They also offer far better flotation than the knobbies will. Suprisingly the smoothies in awd will pull better too. As far as the 16 paddles in the rear...it really depends from experience how tall the paddles are and how dense the sand is. There are alot of other factors. The best rear paddle for the 900 is the scat 26 x 12 x12" 8-9 extreme paddle. Those 16 paddles being so wide would more than likely work better on a 1000.

YoungNDumb · Mar 19, 2014

Their fairly short scoops so idk
I sold the fronts that are in this pic they were tiny and I sold them as a set with doonz 8 paddles that everyone said were way to small and more for an 800
Only 10" wide I think

And yes that's snow on those paddles... Was pretty fun in some deep powder behind the race shop

2011 xp900 racertech cage, utv harnesses, street legal soon to follow

Paddle cutting, front tires really matter?

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