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MbOutdoors
03-25-2007, 02:40 PM
Well, I finally got around to getting the new MudBugs on 'Ol Red' and I think they look mighty fine! Too bad I didn't get a chance to try them out yet.... SOON!
HotWheels
03-25-2007, 03:04 PM
Nice looking tires...what size did you go with??? Are you running spacers up front???...and don't take this the wrong way but it looks to me you installed them backwards???
camoman
03-25-2007, 03:15 PM
Nice ride!!! you will be happy with the bugs no doubt!

BUT

Get your jack out.. flip the tread around the other way..
Looks like you may need to stiffen that front up too.. Bring it over one day and we'll through some spacers up front so it won't rub!!
Stryk
03-25-2007, 03:21 PM
Yup, the tires need to be on the opposite side of the bike they are currently residing. Bike looks a little too clean to me :scooter:
vinnie
03-25-2007, 03:44 PM
maybe he wants to drive in reverse all day long guys lol
camoman
03-25-2007, 03:46 PM
I always though of trying to run tires that way in snow and see if it would be better.. probably would not dis as much?!?!
Wolf
03-25-2007, 04:03 PM
Looks good, gotta love them Bugs !!!

Hey, who knows... maybe he's onto something with the treads like that !



(pssst... turn 'em around :D)
Stryk
03-25-2007, 04:17 PM
Don't feel bad about the backwards tires. Here is a picture of a buddy of mines quad and his new tires. I drove behind him all the way to the site thinking, "man those lugs look weird". And BTW, from what I saw of this setup that day, you are at no advantage at all!! :scooter:
JB
03-25-2007, 04:23 PM
Try your tires that way boys. Haven't done it myself, but some
serious mud guys have done this. It is actually a common thing
i have seen alot lately. Sounds crazy, but you still have a fair amount of traction going forward. What is highly improved is reversing out of a possible
stuck. With them reverse mounted, you'll back out of a stuck far easier
than the other way. This comes from at least half a dozen guys i saw last summer in Woodridge.....and they are pretty hard riders.

Haven't done it myself, but am sure curious to prove that theory.:cheers: :cheers:

Maybe they were installed backwards by mistake tho........
Stryk
03-25-2007, 04:32 PM
Sorry JB, I rode with that King Quad all day, and all I can say is, "What a pain in the ass". We did a lot of deep water, sloppy mud, thick mud. This poor thing was ready to topple over in the shallowest of holes. My opinion (and I know that saying) never put your tires on backwards. :cheers:
JB
03-25-2007, 04:36 PM
probably Stryk.......these wre just riders i yapped with when
filling up there. I noticed the tires were mounted backwards on
three of the five quads. I have never ran them backwards to see what
they are like.

Thanks for the first hand info..........and i guess those tires should
be flipped around then. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:


Those mudders will do much better than those stock tires
from that year forsure. Enjoy dude!!
Stryk
03-25-2007, 04:44 PM
probably Stryk.......these wre just riders i yapped with when
filling up there. I noticed the tires were mounted backwards on
three of the five quads. I have never ran them backwards to see what
they are like.

Thanks for the first hand info..........and i guess those tires should
be flipped around then. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:


Those mudders will do much better than those stock tires
from that year forsure. Enjoy dude!!

It just seemed that they wouldn't grab, or grip, rather they were....submissive?? All in all they sure as hell didn't do what they were supposed to do. I know some guys run their tires backwards, and I have no explanation for that. (I had a better analogy but thought I should stay clear)
MbOutdoors
03-25-2007, 04:47 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... man I love laffin at myself... didn't even think about which tires were where... I only had limited time before having to take my son to his curling and just grabbed a tire and went... too freakin funny!!!! Good thing it's funny or I'd be pissed about having to do it all over again... Thanks for the tip... LOL
MbOutdoors
03-25-2007, 04:55 PM
Hotwheels,

I went with the 26/10/12 up front and the 26/12/12 in the back and yes, I have spacers in the front. Now back out to the shop to do a little fliperoo!
HotWheels
03-25-2007, 05:45 PM
Awesome...the 26" bugs are the way to go for that year poo...ALOT better thann the 27s which for somw reason have a smaller lug?...anyhoo,good choice!!!
indy500
03-25-2007, 06:21 PM
Nice ride!!! you will be happy with the bugs no doubt!

BUT

Get your jack out.. flip the tread around the other way..
Looks like you may need to stiffen that front up too.. Bring it over one day and we'll through some spacers up front so it won't rub!!

Camoman there is lots of room with only 26's. The previos owner had 27's in there so I hear.
Bikes looking good with bugs MB. You wont be disapointed with the bugs.

Enjoy
Stryk
03-25-2007, 06:27 PM
indy, you running the bugs on the Husky?
indy500
03-25-2007, 06:30 PM
No stryk
The bugs were to small, so I put the tri-claws on !!!!!!!
Stryk
03-25-2007, 06:49 PM
No stryk
The bugs were to small, so I put the tri-claws on !!!!!!!

Maybe they were on backwards? :action-smiley-075:
muddyguy
03-26-2007, 01:13 AM
Nice new donuts you got there,now lets go find some mud and break them in.
HOUSEHUNTER
03-26-2007, 07:58 AM
nice bike mb...I got a full body kit for your bike black/silver 700 for sale !!....minty on on the bike for 200 miles, beat on this untill you sell ,than put yours back on.....