This will be a thread with my thoughts on the CST Ancla tire that I bought for my 550 Grizzly.
Have in mind that in Sweden where I live we ride a bit different from USA. We don’t have the trail system that you have. With the offroad laws that we have it’s only legal to ride offroad if you do it for work.
I choose the Ancla tire for different reasons. First I looked at the Pitbull Growlers, but I couldn’t use my spikes on them. Then I looked at the Blackwater, but they are expensive here where I live.
The Ancla had a fair price for me (about 620 USD) and the lugs made it possible to use my Best Grip spikes.
A friend helped me to put them on my original Yamaha 12" rims. A bit stiff, but they got on. Very well balanced according to his tire balancing machine.
Inflated them to 5 psi in the front and 4.4 psi in the back. With that pressure the wheels meassure 25 2/3". The lugs are 1" in height.
I did do the clutch spacer mod a couple of weeks before I bought the wheels and I have not ridden with the original tires with that mod that much. It works really well with the Anclas thou. They do not feel heavy when I hit the throttle.
Right now we have mostly snow and ice where I live, so no mud or skag or anything like that yet. Had a really fun experience in the snow today thou. I could go where I wouldn’t have a chance to go with the original tires. Full wheel spin and the tires just spun thru the snow with ease.
It has a directional pattern and you feel that you have worse traction when you hit reverse.
My riding is mostly slow riding. Plowing the snow in the winter and pulling out logs from the woods on a trailer in the summer.
Not that much high speed riding. I will put the tires thru some tests for this review thou.
Went up to 40 mph with great comfort on hard packed today. No wobbling. Maybe a bit stiffer than the original tire, a more sturdy feeling.
Next week I will do some work in the forest in the southern parts of Sweden, so then I will experience more mud like conditions.
I will fill this thread with all my opinions on this tire as long as I ride with them.
