Category Archives: ATV Wheels & Tires

are radial tires smother riding?

Hi every one I have over 1200 miles on my stock tires (2013 sportsman 500) I am thinking of replacing them with either Kendra bearclaws or Maxi bighorn2.0, I do mostly trail riding with some technical riding, which would give me the best ride? I understand the Maxis are a radial tire and the bearclaws are not. I do not want a rough ride. I would like the Maxis but the price is very steep. I will keep the same rims to keep the cost down.
Any advice would be welcome.
Thx

WTB Tires

I have 28" Swamplites on my 2012 Sportsman 850 XP. I do a lot of trail riding and occasionally mud rides. I was looking at 28 to 30" Terms. Anyone know anything about Terms or something similar to that and have pictures of tires on their 850 for me to look at?

Just looking for feedback on this. Thanks!

26″ too 27″ tire replacement? Or stick with stock size height?

I’m looking to change out my stock Carlisle 26x8x14 front & 26x10x14 rear’s, to some Sedona rip-saw R/T 26x9x14 front & 26x11x14 and wanting to know if I should stick with the 26" or go up to the 27" they offer (other dimensions are the same)!

I am already going 1" wider for front and rear as that’s the closest they have to the stock Polaris 850xp sizes. Just don’t want any sidewall issues so I’m thinking staying with 26" but would like some opinions. thanks you.

Losing tire pressure

I’ve got a 2015 sportsman sp. For some reason they keep losing pressure. The fronts were showing 0 on the gauge from the tool kit and the backs were fine. I put air in them and kept riding. Then the front 2 and rear right were low all showing 0. I filled all 3 of them up again and started riding. This time the rear left started losing pressure again showing 0 psi but I haven’t put air back in it. Its in the back of my truck.

These are the stock wheels and tires. Any ideas? Take it back to polaris and have them check it out? Thanks in advance.

sti black diamonds xtr tires on 850 xp

Ok bout to make up my mind I beleive ill go with the bd xtr tires but I can get the 27" cheaper than the 26" dnt make sense I trail ride hill climb rock crawl and play in creeks up an down water falls I dodge mud holes unless I have tu hit em tu get wer im going . So should I save 4$ and get the 27" or stick to stock 26" my 850 im sure will pull the 27"ers just fine rite without clucth kit im only be. 1/2" higher than stock . Do youns thank these tires will work good fer me