Riceburner
10-17-2015, 06:26 AM
As per SpudRider:
"Do you have a size 3.00-17 rim? If so, the 4.60-17 tire will not fit well, since it is designed for 2.15-17 rim. If this is the case, I suggest you look for a size 5.10-17, Shinko 244 tire.
If you wish, start a new thread on this topic. Post the size of your rim, and I will suggest a variety of tires which will perform even better in muddy conditions. You don't travel much at high speeds, do you?"
I have a 3.50 - 17 rim with the 140/80-17 tire now. I located a 2.50 rim to fit the 4.60-17 Sinko SR244. I can not locate a 2.15 rim. Again, my availability to selection or options is very limited.
I can not locate a 5.10 -17, have tried; remember I live in a Third World Country and then I live on a Third World Island in a Third World Country... :D
"I will suggest a variety of tires which will perform even better in muddy conditions."
My riding conditions very all the time. It's the rainy season now but half the year it's the dry season. I go from high speed black top/concrete surface to dirt, gravel, rocks, mud, river crossing all in one ride. Oh, and rains too.
"You don't travel much at high speeds, do you?"
I'm a bad boy, a bad, bad boy... I travel as fast as I can (safely) whenever I can. I run 80, 90 120 KM all the time on the black top and 60+ on the dirty parts. I believe God made "full throttle" for a reason :lmao:
So I'll run 60 to 100 Km blacktop or as fast as I can, hit the dirty stuff and still go as fast as I can. I'm only 62, someday I'll grow up but not tomorrow!!! :lmao:, :lmao:, :lmao:
So with my very "Dual Sport" riding conditions and the weather conditions I need and want a dual sport compromise tire combo. The big lugs of "Off Road" tires or good mudders will not meet the other changing daily conditions. It can be sunny or raining when I leave and can change to rainy or sunny during the ride.
Suggestions are more than welcome...
Pic 1) My OEM tire and why I changed. This is after a short ride through the forest and mud not far from my house. After 100 feet of hard pack dirt and then 100 feet of cement drive way, still packed.
Pic 2) The new Samsun 140/80-17. The tread is much deeper.
Pic 3) the new tire after the same forest/mud ride, it cleaned it's self of the mud a lot more than OEM.
Pic 4) The new tire after a very tough ride in some very sticky and gooey mud, nasty stuff.
I like the performance of the new tread, it's ok but the size is just way too high/tall. My short legs have a hard time getting my feet to the ground. :)
"Do you have a size 3.00-17 rim? If so, the 4.60-17 tire will not fit well, since it is designed for 2.15-17 rim. If this is the case, I suggest you look for a size 5.10-17, Shinko 244 tire.
If you wish, start a new thread on this topic. Post the size of your rim, and I will suggest a variety of tires which will perform even better in muddy conditions. You don't travel much at high speeds, do you?"
I have a 3.50 - 17 rim with the 140/80-17 tire now. I located a 2.50 rim to fit the 4.60-17 Sinko SR244. I can not locate a 2.15 rim. Again, my availability to selection or options is very limited.
I can not locate a 5.10 -17, have tried; remember I live in a Third World Country and then I live on a Third World Island in a Third World Country... :D
"I will suggest a variety of tires which will perform even better in muddy conditions."
My riding conditions very all the time. It's the rainy season now but half the year it's the dry season. I go from high speed black top/concrete surface to dirt, gravel, rocks, mud, river crossing all in one ride. Oh, and rains too.
"You don't travel much at high speeds, do you?"
I'm a bad boy, a bad, bad boy... I travel as fast as I can (safely) whenever I can. I run 80, 90 120 KM all the time on the black top and 60+ on the dirty parts. I believe God made "full throttle" for a reason :lmao:
So I'll run 60 to 100 Km blacktop or as fast as I can, hit the dirty stuff and still go as fast as I can. I'm only 62, someday I'll grow up but not tomorrow!!! :lmao:, :lmao:, :lmao:
So with my very "Dual Sport" riding conditions and the weather conditions I need and want a dual sport compromise tire combo. The big lugs of "Off Road" tires or good mudders will not meet the other changing daily conditions. It can be sunny or raining when I leave and can change to rainy or sunny during the ride.
Suggestions are more than welcome...
Pic 1) My OEM tire and why I changed. This is after a short ride through the forest and mud not far from my house. After 100 feet of hard pack dirt and then 100 feet of cement drive way, still packed.
Pic 2) The new Samsun 140/80-17. The tread is much deeper.
Pic 3) the new tire after the same forest/mud ride, it cleaned it's self of the mud a lot more than OEM.
Pic 4) The new tire after a very tough ride in some very sticky and gooey mud, nasty stuff.
I like the performance of the new tread, it's ok but the size is just way too high/tall. My short legs have a hard time getting my feet to the ground. :)