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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:09 am | |
| Got some new tires about a month ago. I had Interco Swamp Lites, but they seem to run out of tread really quickly, the side walls were taking a beating. I had two plugs in one tire, one plug in another and Green Slime in all four. So when I went out and the sidewall finally gave out on my right front I decided to get some new ones. I was torn between GBC Grim Reapers and The Black Mamba's but after reviewing the weight I decided on the Reaper's. They're pretty much the same weight as the Swamp Lites i had. So far I am very pleased with the grip, they work well in the mud & rocks, the ride is extremely smooth on flat surfaces. I think that has a lot to do with them being a radial. Also a huge reason why I bought them. They're one of the few tires out there that are 8 ply, so I should be good with my side wall issue. I put the same size on that I had which is 26 x 10 x 12 front and 26 x 12 x 12 rear. I removed my wheel spacers on the rear which the jury is still out on whether or not I like the stance. Now if I could convince the wife to spring for some DWT Diablo Beadlocks I'd be all set. Here's a few shots: Front Rear | |
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Firefighter
Posts : 1337 Join date : 2013-03-10 Location : Arkansas
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:16 pm | |
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REDRHINO64
Posts : 1649 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 59 Location : Asheboro N.C./Mountain Top West By God Virginia
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:46 pm | |
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RiverRat
Posts : 171 Join date : 2013-03-12 Age : 43 Location : Tulsa, OK
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:03 pm | |
| Those are good lookin tires. | |
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rhinobucket
Posts : 31 Join date : 2013-03-29 Age : 52 Location : Chaplin, Ky
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:47 pm | |
| Let us know how they hold up. Im looking at a set of those in stock size for my 450. | |
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123.bert0621
Posts : 1464 Join date : 2013-03-18 Age : 64 Location : Western Quebec
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:13 pm | |
| Real nice, a friend of mine has them on his atv and loves them. | |
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Hump
Posts : 679 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 45 Location : Richwood, WV
| Subject: Re: New tires Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:34 am | |
| Those look good. Let us know how they do. I came real close to buying a set of those a couple of times now. | |
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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: Re: New tires Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:36 am | |
| I have been out a few times in them. I am actually going out again this morning at 10 AM. I will try to not drink too much and make some notes to let you all know. I appreciate the feedback, you guys rock! | |
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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: Re: New tires Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:05 pm | |
| I will have to postpone the feedback so to speak. I had a few minor issues whilst riding. I tried them out on one cracked rim,... AND During the process..... I broke another, Both rear rims are toast. I decided to run them at spec psi (7),... which I doubted because they felt squishy, even for my rock climbing ass. NO DOUBT,.... I was absolutely in the right. But the damage was done. So needless to say this review will have to resume at a later date. On a Positive note. These tires grip and rip shit up. I was in rocky rooted, muddy, funky, creek bed shit all day. 25 miles of rough beating yourself up mountain holes, ..... Prison sex was more gentle than this and these tires raped some ass!!!The cracked rim above held the bead for 10 of the miles ( minor assistance, Shhhh). After retiring at the dock for grilling dinner I did have to switch to a spare to get home. A Little bit of mud,... It was still a remarkable ride with my friend "Pollywog" getting stuck in a Known mud hole and backfiring when his sparkplug wire came loose(Fellow rhino owner, thank god). Hitting 56 on a soft rear end is a bitch to corner, wouldn't recommend it to anyone. . I'am thinking I will be ordering my beadlocks sooner rather than later and my gauges and wife are going to have to agree . Till I get some new rims, I will finish this GBC Grim Reaper review. Hoping to convince the wife on . Stay Tuned Folks!!
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T.Rhino
Posts : 1469 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 50 Location : Wayne county kenova WV
| Subject: Re: New tires Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:35 am | |
| That really sucks I hate that happened those bead locks lock look pretty cool though. Sorry about the prison sex to. Lol that was funny shit. | |
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chuddly
Posts : 710 Join date : 2013-03-13 Age : 43 Location : Eminence, IN
| Subject: Re: New tires Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:56 am | |
| Hey Guenther if you want to get rid of those rear wheel spacers let me know...i have been looking for some | |
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WV Hot Rod Rhino Admin
Posts : 2682 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 57 Location : Mt. Hope, WV
| Subject: Re: New tires Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:07 am | |
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123.bert0621
Posts : 1464 Join date : 2013-03-18 Age : 64 Location : Western Quebec
| Subject: Re: New tires Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:33 am | |
| Thats to bad, sorry about you and your ride. | |
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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: Re: New tires Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:01 pm | |
| So, after sitting here at work, and racking my brain on whether or not I should just buy two more ITP SS212 or buy 4 new wheels and use my front two as spares, I have made a decision. I pulled the trigger and ordered 4 new rims. Beadlocks too!! So now I will be in great anticipation for them to arrive. I can't wait to see how the Rhino will be transformed when I put them on. I ordered DWT Diablo Machined True Beadlocks! $133 each shipped. Sucks that they have to travel from California to NY before I can druel on them Here's an image of the badboys! | |
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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:56 am | |
| Guten Morgan everyone and Happy 4th. I got home late yesterday. Had to have an MRI of my right knee and got a cortisone shot in my left shoulder. But All my pain was almost instantly gone when I saw some beautiful boxes on my front porch from California. Thats right. They arrived just in time for my Independence Day Ride . I was up quite late getting them mounted and what a PITA! These are my first beadlocks, man o man. You sit there and just wrench and wrench and then wrench some more until you get the ring seated. I didn't have access to a torque wrench to get the proper foot/lbs so I just tightened them up as best I could. Keeping the idea that, "Tight is tight and too tight is Broke!" I will have to check them another day, which kind of sucks. These things are sweet. They look amazing with the GBC Grim Reaper tire and have changed the look of the Rhino. A camera or any image really doesn't do them justice. I am rough on every aspect of my machine so to know that I can simply replace the ring for ~ $50 bucks is piece of mind. MSRP is ~ $140, so I also feel I got a pretty good deal. They didn't get to ship them out until last Friday because DWT was actually making 2 of them so Escondido powersports shipped them UPS 3 day select for no additional $$. Anyway, I will post some more photos after I get the Rhino cleaned up. It's Christmas in July! | |
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REDRHINO64
Posts : 1649 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 59 Location : Asheboro N.C./Mountain Top West By God Virginia
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:43 am | |
| Awesome!!...you should be set now!! | |
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madmax 1
Posts : 1743 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 58 Location : frostburg md
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:14 am | |
| man they look cool | |
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WV Hot Rod Rhino Admin
Posts : 2682 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 57 Location : Mt. Hope, WV
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:25 am | |
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chuddly
Posts : 710 Join date : 2013-03-13 Age : 43 Location : Eminence, IN
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:30 am | |
| hey Guenther....you do know that ITP has a LIFETIME warranty on their wheels right? Get ahold of them and she should replace it. check out the link below. Also the reason I know this is I work for Carlisle who owns ITP http://itptires.com/warrantyinfo.htmlThe info you want is at the bottom of that page. | |
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T.Rhino
Posts : 1469 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 50 Location : Wayne county kenova WV
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:32 am | |
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REDRHINO64
Posts : 1649 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 59 Location : Asheboro N.C./Mountain Top West By God Virginia
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:38 pm | |
| - chuddly wrote:
- hey Guenther....you do know that ITP has a LIFETIME warranty on their wheels right? Get ahold of them and she should replace it. check out the link below. Also the reason I know this is I work for Carlisle who owns ITP
http://itptires.com/warrantyinfo.html The info you want is at the bottom of that page. That's great info right there...I did not know this, thanks!! | |
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REDRHINO64
Posts : 1649 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 59 Location : Asheboro N.C./Mountain Top West By God Virginia
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:45 pm | |
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wolverine34
Posts : 108 Join date : 2013-03-10 Age : 48 Location : Sourwood TN
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:05 pm | |
| i'm fixing to order a set of Roctane too. but I wanted a set of there rims too but there on back order till Aug. so back to ITP rims for me. I had a set of ITP and the finish has started to come off. 3 months old and they look like crap. | |
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thekevin
Posts : 639 Join date : 2013-03-16 Age : 44 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: New tires Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:19 pm | |
| We need pictures of those things mounted up. | |
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Guenther
Posts : 91 Join date : 2013-05-11 Age : 47 Location : Lake Desolation, NY
| Subject: Re: New tires Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:04 pm | |
| - chuddly wrote:
- hey Guenther....you do know that ITP has a LIFETIME warranty on their wheels right? Get ahold of them and she should replace it. check out the link below. Also the reason I know this is I work for Carlisle who owns ITP
http://itptires.com/warrantyinfo.html The info you want is at the bottom of that page. I do know that they have a lifetime warranty. Unfortunately I was and am not the original owner of the wheels, nor do I even have any paperwork if I was to even try, which does suck. I do however have some great news about these wheels. They're incredible. As you all can probably figure out about now I am quite rough on my machine. We went out on the 4th and did 46.9 miles and I actually got a flat. I hit a rock just right and the beadlocks ripped through the tire in two spots. I blew this out 40 miles into the trip. The reason I say these bead locks rock is that I drove the last 7 miles out of the woods on the flat through some rough trails, mud etc. Bead stayed intact, rim is still perfect. I actually hit 40 miles an hour on the flat, . Granted Moonshine and brews may make you try things you normally wouldn't. I ordered a new tire this morning and am throwing one of my old swamp lites on the ITP for a spare to go out today. Not the greatest shot due to it being still covered. I'll get some better pictures at a later time. The old destroyed ITP's Ah the fun of owning a Rhino and beating on it of course! | |
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