Well I just got back from racing out by Barstow, CA at the Slash N Scramble. It was a rough course with lots of rocks, sand, rocks, silt, rocks, dust, and oh ya ROCKS!!!!
I got my first flat around 5 miles in on the front left. It is a nasty inch long gash in the upper sidewall. Continuing on in the race (slower now), I got my second flat in the rear left. I finished with two flats, which was not the most fun in itself, but before getting the flats, I noticed two problems.
1) Stock tires are too short for desert/XC racing. I was bouncing off of just about every rock before getting the flats and all the rocks after the flats
2) Stock tires are too thin for desert/XC racing. The stock tires just don't have enough ply's.
I'm looking online now to order either the Maxxis Razr 2 or ITP XCT tires. Looking to have 23x7x10 fronts and 22x11x10 rears to fix the clearance issues. Since I don't race MX, the higher profile tires should not be too big of a deal... but if in my GP racing, I hate them, I'll address the issue then.
(Since, my last quad was the KFX700 VForce, I'm don't think this quad could ever be as tippy as my old one
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I got my first flat around 5 miles in on the front left. It is a nasty inch long gash in the upper sidewall. Continuing on in the race (slower now), I got my second flat in the rear left. I finished with two flats, which was not the most fun in itself, but before getting the flats, I noticed two problems.
1) Stock tires are too short for desert/XC racing. I was bouncing off of just about every rock before getting the flats and all the rocks after the flats
2) Stock tires are too thin for desert/XC racing. The stock tires just don't have enough ply's.
I'm looking online now to order either the Maxxis Razr 2 or ITP XCT tires. Looking to have 23x7x10 fronts and 22x11x10 rears to fix the clearance issues. Since I don't race MX, the higher profile tires should not be too big of a deal... but if in my GP racing, I hate them, I'll address the issue then.
(Since, my last quad was the KFX700 VForce, I'm don't think this quad could ever be as tippy as my old one