Best Mud Tires for 250 Big Red

[MrDixie]

I havent ridden a threewheeler in several years now, use to have 84 200es big red that I loved and completely wore out. Best I can remember, everytime I got it stuck, it was in the mud, lol. Now I have just gotten an 87 250 bigred and I want to put the best mud tires I can get on it. I have been looking on the net all morning at tires and am wondering which you guys think are the best. Some that I like are the

Gators
Vampires
Mud Bugs

others I am considering are bear claws, mud lites, dirt devils and super swampers.

what do you guys think is the best??

Also are the 25 -13- 9 and 25-13.5-9 tires too wide for the bigreds rims or will they hit anything on the rear??

[renotrikeguy]

I run Kenda Bearclaws on the rear of my 85 250es. They are the 25X12.5X9's Still give me enough speed on the flatter part of the trail and work great in all but the stickiest clay type of mud. Will have to dig up a pic and post it later.

[trimoto225dxl]

wow an 87 honda! from what 3ww's page says makes them sound quite elusive.

[atczack]

There are a handful of '87 model's out there. The one's that are elusive and that everybody want's are the Honda 250R and 350X.

[MrDixie]

Some places I have seen on the net say They are hard to find and some say they arent I had an 85 xr80 fourstroke dirt bike that a kid wanted, he traded me the bigred and gave me 150.00 for it. the motor was locked on the red. turns out it was just a spring broke in the tranny and made its way to wedge between the crank counterbalance and rod. I should have it backtogether and running by the end of the week and want to put some of the baddest mud tires I can get on it.

[BIGCRIP28]

for mud you cant beat super swampers or swamper vampires.

[BIGCRIP28]

the mud bugs and gators look good too. I would probably go with gators if you dont want swampers.

[MTS]

i hear the maxis 4 snow and ohtsu pro-wedge 2's are awsom for mud....speed bump on hear knows more about them....

[hotroddal]

I would go with 589mt's

[Cheap250]

the mud bugs worked great on my 200S ive had it in mud up to the footpegs and gotten out and into water over the seat and made it out

[MrDixie]

wheres the cheapest place to get tires I have found 25 12 9 gators for 56.00 and mud bugs for 69.00 here http://www.tiresnstuff.com and shipping is reasonable. does anybody know of a cheaper place??

[ClayW]

Check out www.rockymountainatv.com or www.hyperparts.com

They have good prices.

[Tri-ZNate]

www.Treadepot.com has some good prices. I dont know if you have looked but I would go with CHENG SHIN - MUD SHARK tires. I have no idea how well they work but they are $56.00 and look like they will do the job real well.

[Power_Ram100]

I just got Kenda Bear Claws on my 83 Big Red they are great tires. They dig in real good. Kenda Bear Claw all the way!!!!!!!!

[patblkwell]

I have Mud Sharks on mine...they work pretty good.

[BigReds Forever]

my friend had dirtdevils on his 250es. Worked GREAT in the mud, went through way better than my strykers. I think that the gaters would be even better though, might kill a little power though. The dirtdevils did slow you down to about 2nd gear in relly deep mud, and the gaters will probebly **** a little more power. Id go with one of those 2. (btw, 589's dont come in a 9" rim)

[honda200]

I have ITP mudlites all around on my Warrior, since then i havent got stuck yet ;)

Only problems i have seen with mud tires, is they wear down quick if you ride the pavement a bit, but thats almost any tire eh?

Curtis

[MrDixie]

I will not be riding on any pavement, just open pasture, with swamp like bottom lands, a few clay hills and very rarely down a gravel road. I had about decided on the gators because thry were cheaper than the bugs but when I called to order they didnt have any and the guy checked with all his suppliers and couldnt get them in 25 12 9s. I asked him about the mud bugs, he said they were a better tire than the gator. said both maxxum and gbc were owned by chen singh or something like that and the bugs were there top of the line tire, wound tighter and much more puncture resistant and would wear longer. also said that the side lugs are more aggressive.

he also said I could get the blackwaters for 52 dollars a piece if any of you are intrested in them. I got the mud bugs for 162 dollars delivered to my door. the tire prices were not the cheapest I could find but when combined with free shipping on anything over 100.00 they beat the next best deal I could find by about 10 bucks and the guy I talked with was very nice and seemed knowledgeable. I ordered them from pvpowersports.com if anybody else wants to check them out.

[BIGRED_87]

I put Mud Sharks on my 1987 Big Red 250es. They are absolutely UNSTOPPABLE!! They are 25 x 12 x 9's. I had my local Honda dealer order them. They were $95 each, but they were well worth the money. I NEVER get stuck, and I had them on when I plowed my front and back driveway with 3 feet of snow. And it's also cool to get complimented by all the kids riding around! If you go to the "Readers' Rigs" section and click on Page 20, you'll see a picture of it. It's the only 3 wheeler on that page with a plow. If you click on the picture, it will enlarge and you can get a pretty decent look at the tread pattern. They're just great!