atc250r 22 or 20s in the rear?

[william16339]

i have an 85 250r, i like the hieght of the bike now, but i want bigger tires..but thatll raise it..if you guys have bigger tires on yours, let me know how you likem. dont worrie if i bottom out and the tires hit the plastic, the rear is so wide on my 250r, it sticks out of the fenders, :lol:

[Jason125m]

20's!!!! 22's suck!!!!!!!!!

[william16339]

im talking about 22 LOW PROFILE tires, not those shitty BALLON tires

[Jason125m]

So am i, i cant stand how 22's handle.

[Afrothunderkat]

20s man.

22s do suck. 22, even flat they make R's feel/handle like a bag of ass. Best tires for 250Rs, OEM style, mystic triangle tread or holeshots if you like to drift for days.

[william16339]

i see, thanks guys for the opinions.

[TatTooL23]

Definitely 20's. don't degrade an R with a set of 22's.

Y do u want bigger tires anyway?

[RIDE-RED 250r]

I would never put 22's on my R, UNLESS I was setting it up for snow with paddles or something like that.. But that's not going to happen any time soon.

[fordnut79@hotma]

22's then drop the forks in the tripples for stockish geometry.

[william16339]

i think ill keep 22s. i like the look and how big the LOW PROFILE 22s are

[Blown 331]

Sounds like you had your mind made up before you started this thread. You can put me down for another vote for 20's.

[honda200x1987]

Not sure everyone knows this yet but here in the U.S ALLLLL the OHTSU OEM 20 and 22" are GONE :( The 1986-87 200X 1985-86 350X 22" rears, 1986 ATC250R 20" Ohtsu rears , 1983-85 200X 1985-87 250SX Ohtsu rear are now DISCONTINUED in the USA. This is weird, all these tires went discoed at the same time early in the summer. Someone had mentioned they are not making the Ohtsu tires for the USA right now for some reason. If I remember right I was told Honda is stepping up to discontinue ALL remaining ATC parts to make their warehouses more streamline ,which may account for the tires not being available now.

[Blown 331]

What about stock rear 250ex tires? Seems they would perform similarly.

[honda200x1987]

250ex rears are on Backorder, Even the 300ex ,2009 300x rear Ohtsu are discontinued! WTF
What about stock rear 250ex tires? Seems they would perform similarly.

[RoscoW]

your making me feel guilty about riding on the Ohtsu's I got for my R just last year, might have to put them on the shelf with the NOS Dunlops and find something else to ride on.

[honda200x1987]

Wow, just double checked, the 250EX and 250X rears are showing discontinued, what is going on?

[ceaserthethird]

You'll find most tires drifting in the Ocean...