P1000 Big tires rob power

[Shelly]

Ty . Is there a specific brand of forward arched arms you would recommend ?

I see that super atv has 1.5” offset forward arched arms. But it says 29” is max wheel height. Are you running these arms with 30s? And since the wheels are 14 did you also have to add the spacer?

 

[ohanacreek]

I run 27s. My buddy put 29s on his machine and hates them. He lost way too much power and has a hard time on some of our rougher trails. We ride at 8000’-14000’.
Ive never understood why so many guys put on huge tires and have to deal with rubbing and power lose just so they look cool? I look at them and think they didn’t think through their decision very well. I guess if you ride on nice groomed trails it doesn’t matter. We don’t have those in CO.

depends on where you ride geologically.
Those that only have swamps to ride in, only have desert, only have altitude, etc...; all set their machines up for where they ride. Just because you don’t need a setup doesn’t mean someone else does. Personally I wouldn’t own a SxS if all I had to ride in was mud/swamp, too much cleaning.
There are ways around the power loss but it’s just more money.

 

[Shelly]

I see that super atv has 1.5” offset forward arched arms. But it says 29” is max wheel height. Are you running these arms with 30s? And since the wheels are 14 did you also have to add the spacer?

Actually 28”

 

[dook]

Do you have to do the arched a arms on front and back for larger tire clearance ?

No, they're stock A arms. No lift either. You can see in this pic where the close clearance is, directly in back of the front tire.

 

[Shelly]

Looks good.

 

[Shelly]

I’m not riding groomed trails, I live in Missouri so we have some good rocky terrain in places. I went to Windrock last year and it would have been nice to have a little more clearance and a smoother ride than the 27s. I run on the road some too.
I really appreciate all of the responses. This is a great forum for information.

 

[Billbo]

I measured my stock tires at 14 psi and they stand only 24.5”. That being said if you terabytes are much closer to that 28” mark you’ve actual running a much bigger tire then you thought compared to the stock tire.

 

[THEOLDMAN]

Ty . Is there a specific brand of forward arched arms you would recommend ?

I have the Highlifter forward arched arms on mine