Me and my son have had our new bikes for a few weeks now (thanks to Exotica!!! and what a deal he got for us). What I like the best is how well they handle! When I used to ride bikes I always liked turnin left the best. On this bike it doesn't matter.......maybe cause it's really balanced left to right, or I just ride so much slower it doesn't matter!!! LoL.........Anyways, what kind of air pressure do you guys run in hard pack??? I was runnin 10 in the front and 13 in the rear. On another forum I was told I was crazy and I was gonna bend my rim. Seemed to handle awesome at those pressures though

Also, whats a good paddle for the sand??? I read the paddle article and have narrowed it down to a scat trac 8 paddle tire. But which model would you guys recommend??? We are both pretty light....thanks

it really depends on the type of terrain. on the mx tack I run about 12-13 psi, out at superstition/ocotillo i run 15-18 psi. you definately have to learn to get comfortable with the the slide you get at that air pressure, but you wont get a flat from deflection.

Run the kings turbo paddle. It may be preference, but I hated the skat trac, felt like the fins were taking away from the bite of the paddle. Bring the air pressure down in the front tire to about 8 or so in the sand and have a blast!

Hey Mick, nice machines! Skat trak has came out with a molded rubber tire since I wrote that thread. It is heavy just like the chinese cheng shin tires and has a fin between each paddle to help with cornering. The same downfalls the heavy cheng shins have, the molded skat does also. They just couldn't compete price wise with the chinese so they came out with their own molded paddle which is also made in china I believe.

I recommend the buffed and vulcanized skat trak tires which are the origional design. If you have settled on an 8 paddle, then either the hooker or viper will be your best bet. The viper may last longer than the hooker but what will chew the tire up the fastest will be running it too close to the swingarm. When the tire expands due to centrifugal force (speed), it grows in the center and the center will start to smack the swingarm if the chain is too short. You will ruin a new paddle if your scoops start hitting there. Adding another masterlink is the cheapest way to adjust out if you need to. I change my gearing from a larger sprocket to a smaller one. Some people also run longer chains in the sand. If you have plenty of gap between your scoops and the swingarm, then both the hooker and viper will last a very long time.

"the funk" is the best paddle I have run.

What is the funk sausage?

I'm plannin on runnin a different chain on both bikes, along with different wheels. do you mean run a buff on the front??? I was gonna run a knobbie. Do use a smaller rear sprocket?

No, skat makes 2 styles of paddle. A molded rubber paddle and a paddle that started as a knobby and got shaved down smooth then had cups vulcanized onto the tire. Because of the light weight, they are a superior design. I only changed sprockets to adjust my tire away from the swingarm. If the tire was too close, I installed a smaller sprocket so I could move the paddle back.