ATC King
11-01-2020, 10:20 PM
I got this mounted up today and rode it around.
It replaced the Kenda Scorpion, which I transferred, wheel and all onto my ATC110. For reference in the pictures, both tires are on OEM two piece wheels, so, the same type wheel.
It's been a while since I've put a tire on a two piece wheel and I kind of forgot what a pain they are. I had the refinished wheel halves, reinforcement rings, and a new O-ring in queue for a while though. I kind of like how the two piece wheels look anyway, because there's no drop center, just a smooth tapper.
Onto the Front-Max. It's wider and more rounded than the Scorpion, that's for certain. It has a 2-ply rating, but similar to the Scorpion, it feels more like a 4-ply. That's fine for a tire on a suspended fork though and a little more puncture resistant than something thinner and softer.
On hard and dry surfaces, where traction is normally great anyway, don't expect it to improve on that. In the pasture, where I've got a hard packed, grass covered trail, there's no noticeable difference. From the little I've rode on it, there is a noticeable difference in looser material, compared to the Scorpion. On thing I didn't anticipate is how bad it throws rocks. I rode a short section of eroded gravel road with large size gravel and when turning, the gravel is constantly hitting bottom of the frame and engine. I should probably build and installed some kind of skid plate now. It's that bad. Good that it's biting in more though.
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I think the mounting psi and operational psi are backwards. It is specifically mentioned they can be used on two piece wheels.
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It replaced the Kenda Scorpion, which I transferred, wheel and all onto my ATC110. For reference in the pictures, both tires are on OEM two piece wheels, so, the same type wheel.
It's been a while since I've put a tire on a two piece wheel and I kind of forgot what a pain they are. I had the refinished wheel halves, reinforcement rings, and a new O-ring in queue for a while though. I kind of like how the two piece wheels look anyway, because there's no drop center, just a smooth tapper.
Onto the Front-Max. It's wider and more rounded than the Scorpion, that's for certain. It has a 2-ply rating, but similar to the Scorpion, it feels more like a 4-ply. That's fine for a tire on a suspended fork though and a little more puncture resistant than something thinner and softer.
On hard and dry surfaces, where traction is normally great anyway, don't expect it to improve on that. In the pasture, where I've got a hard packed, grass covered trail, there's no noticeable difference. From the little I've rode on it, there is a noticeable difference in looser material, compared to the Scorpion. On thing I didn't anticipate is how bad it throws rocks. I rode a short section of eroded gravel road with large size gravel and when turning, the gravel is constantly hitting bottom of the frame and engine. I should probably build and installed some kind of skid plate now. It's that bad. Good that it's biting in more though.
264912
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264914
264915
264916
I think the mounting psi and operational psi are backwards. It is specifically mentioned they can be used on two piece wheels.
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