P500 Weight of stock wheels and tires?

[Jshell3]

5+2 I assume you are gonna buy ITP wheels? I have ITP SS212 wheels 5+2 offset, but I use 26x11x12 on rear tires.

ITP makes 2+5 offset. To be more even in width front and rear if you plan to buy 9" wide wheels then buy 5+2 front and 2+5 rear wheels
or use stock wheels.

Good to know. Eventually, I would be asking this very question!

 

[JTW]

5+2 I assume you are gonna buy ITP wheels? I have ITP SS212 wheels 5+2 offset, but I use 26x11x12 on rear tires.

ITP makes 2+5 offset. To be more even in width front and rear if you plan to buy 9" wide wheels then buy 5+2 front and 2+5 rear wheels
or use stock wheels.

I was under the impression that 7 inch wide wheels with 9 inch tires all with the 5+2 offset would put me in the same track front and back? By the way.. What's the point of the offset between the front and back? And yes.. The 212 is one I've put on the short list!

 

[solrus]

Search this forum for original wheels offset, rear wheelbase if I use this term correctly is shorter, so thats why Honda used wider offset wheels and wider tires. Front is longer to accommodate narrower tires for better / easier steering

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[Montecresto]

Search this forum for original wheels offset, rear wheelbase if I use this term correctly is shorter, so thats why Honda used wider offset wheels and wider tires. Front is longer to accommodate narrower tires for better / easier steering

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That's true, narrower tires up front improve steering due to the obvious reduction in friction.

 

[solrus]

I think MPG will be also better with narrower tires, if u go 9" wide all around.

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[Chooglin]

Stock tire size , wheel size and offset is :
Front wheel : 12x6
Front tire : 24×8×12
Offset : 4.5+1.5

Rear wheel : 12×7.5
Rear tire : 24×10×12
Offset : 6+1.5

 

[HUCK]

Wait Wait !!

Well s***.. Now I have to start all over! Stupid valve caps!
I think I'm going to do a 5+2 with 26x9x12's all the way around. Unless someone changes my mind. All of that is still contingent upon how the 17 drives though.. But that's my game plan.

Wait Wait !! Air or nitrogen ????????

 

[locoboilerguy]

Helium. Or for more weight down low Argon.

 

[Gator]

Wheel weight: Stop worrying about it. It doesn't make enough difference for you to feel.

These are not 1000 HP high performance machines. They are low speed, low performance, off road toys (and fun as sh*t).

Rotational Mass has to do with bringing the wheels up to speed "rotationally" not forward motion of the machine. The speed of your tires is so slow (26" tire = 775 Revolutions per mile), and your acceleration is so slow, that it is going to be imperceptible.

On the race track wheel weight is a tiny advantage you might play with. Not in the mud.

Your inability to spin tires in the mud is not related to the weight. It is a function of grip.

Additionally... Tire manufacturers usually reduce weight by reducing side wall thickness. I'll let you rationalize that.

 

[trigger]

Sorry JTW. We're like brothers around here, won't let anyone else talk crap about you...
but we get to poke fun whenever we want.

 

[locoboilerguy]

JTW, I will defend to the death your right to play with tire weight calculations and acceleration formulas. Sometimes people just need to do stuff like this to make sure their brain has not left the building. But then it can get taken too seriously.

 

[ncred02]

Lol.. Dude, tires are important on a Polaris forum.. They're the only thing they have that don't break down!

Did he just say the P word? off with his head!!!
Ha.
I went with Sedona Ripsaws and felt no loss in power. I'm running 26s. Or is it 25? Sh.. I cant remember. My ride sits all summer. Too hot to ride. Fall is around the corner!!

 

[rocmar]

JTW, I will defend to the death your right to play with tire weight calculations and acceleration formulas. Sometimes people just need to do stuff like this to make sure their brain has not left the building. But then it can get taken too seriously.

Be the engineer at work
Be the guy ready to ride.....
the rest of the time

 

[JTW]

Wheel weight: Stop worrying about it. It doesn't make enough difference for you to feel.

These are not 1000 HP high performance machines. They are low speed, low performance, off road toys (and fun as sh*t).

Rotational Mass has to do with bringing the wheels up to speed "rotationally" not forward motion of the machine. The speed of your tires is so slow (26" tire = 775 Revolutions per mile), and your acceleration is so slow, that it is going to be imperceptible.

On the race track wheel weight is a tiny advantage you might play with. Not in the mud.

Your inability to spin tires in the mud is not related to the weight. It is a function of grip.

Additionally... Tire manufacturers usually reduce weight by reducing side wall thickness. I'll let you rationalize that.

That's the point of all this.. At what point does it matter. We could tell a difference in my buddies 25" slingshots.. Just curious.

 

[rocmar]

Did he just say the P word? off with his head!!!
Ha.
I went with Sedona Ripsaws and felt no loss in power. I'm running 26s. Or is it 25? Sh.. I cant remember. My ride sits all summer. Too hot to ride. Fall is around the corner!!

If ya call it a PoPo
it's kool...

 

[JTW]

Lol

Sorry JTW. We're like brothers around here, won't let anyone else talk crap about you...
but we get to poke fun whenever we want.

lol.. I understand.. The only people I don't give s*** are the ones I don't like!

 

[JTW]

JTW, I will defend to the death your right to play with tire weight calculations and acceleration formulas. Sometimes people just need to do stuff like this to make sure their brain has not left the building. But then it can get taken too seriously.

Mine is still there.. I know because it's starting to hurt!!

 

[JTW]

Helium. Or for more weight down low Argon.

How's it add weight if your ar's gon?

 

[JTW]

Ok.. So what wheels do I want for an all 4 corners setup running 26x9x12?

 

[Chooglin]

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Ok.. So what wheels do I want for an all 4 corners setup running 26x9x12?

I would go with 5+2........you will gain 1.00 total width !