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Thread: what is the story on the OHTSU tires?

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    what is the story on the OHTSU tires?

    i thought i read that they will not be making tires anymore. i can't find where i read it. are the tires discontinued for the 3 wheelers yet?

    also who the heck is SP Wamulass

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    Which OHTSU tires are you speaking of? The balloon tires?
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    Pretty shure Dunlop bought them out,, check dunlop's treds...

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    Hey Eric,

    Wamulass was an acronym for:

    Water, Mud, Land, Sand, and Snow. That was a trivia question in an old "3 Wheeling" magazine I have. Thought it was really interesting once I knew what it meant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by atctim View Post
    Hey Eric,

    Wamulass was an acronym for:

    Water, Mud, Land, Sand, and Snow. That was a trivia question in an old "3 Wheeling" magazine I have. Thought it was really interesting once I knew what it meant.
    that is awesome!

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    i thought i heard that OHTSU was no longer making any atv tires. just wondering if that was true.

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    yes true,, dunlop bought the molds!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan Raffa View Post
    yes true,, dunlop bought the molds!
    Actually 85 atc250r's came with Dunlop tires stock. The 86's had Ohtsu's for some reason. They all had the same tread.
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    I think you guys are confusing discontinued Dunlops and Ohtsus. New Honda sport quads still come with Ohtsu tires.

    Rob
    Last edited by rdlsz24; 03-30-2010 at 05:05 PM.

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    I will be unmounting all my OHTSU's and offer them for sale at some point. I have an 85% tread on a perfect 250R gold rim, in a few years it will be worth a small fortune

    I'll take my new Kenda 55$ front, Holeshot HD 85$ rears and sell my old ones.

    I saw a used one nab nearly 300$ awhile back; I'm in complete amazement.

    I/we better start buying up some MAIER fenders (200X,350X and ATC70 in my case) before they disappear too at some point..........

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    i just got 3 tires for the ATC 70. they are available.

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    Yep 70 and big red tires are still available but only while stock last.......Ohtsu stop making ATV tires back in 2005 they had a trading agreement with dunlop to make the 250R tires which run out in 2005 that why dunlop started to make them again after 20 years although dunlop stopped production after just one run, even though the R tires look the same they are not the tread..... the ohtsu's are slightly bigger grip block and are made out of slightly softer rubber......
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    thanks Pete for clarifying that.. I knew it was something in 05.. but wasn't positive.

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