[Tytolbert7]

Hey everyone, just bought a new 2018 rancher and want to put a new set of tires, most set ups come with wider tires in the back, looking at running 28x10 in the front and the back, what are the pros/Cons of running the same size? If I ran some in the back they would be 28x12, mostly going to be trail riding with some light mud. Also if anyone has any pictures who has done it, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[wheelsquad]

Hey everyone, just bought a new 2018 rancher and want to put a new set of tires, most set ups come with wider tires in the back, looking at running 28x10 in the front and the back, what are the pros/Cons of running the same size? If I ran some in the back they would be 28x12, mostly going to be trail riding with some light mud. Also if anyone has any pictures who has done it, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Which specific Rancher model did you get? That determines which GR's are available, which you'd want to do to run 28's. And welcome to the forum.

 

[Tytolbert7]

It’s the 2018 SRA and foot shift

 

[mrbb]

well NO one likes to hear it, but 28's on a rancher is asking a lot, your NOT playing with a lot of HP to start with and going to such a tall tire and heavier tire, your loosing power
NO way around it, even 27's your loosing power
so
if you think your Honda has too much power as is, go 28's LOL
if not, maybe try lighter weight 27's IMO!

 

[Tytolbert7]

Yeah I know, I’m okay with the lower speed and I know they aren’t that powerful, just trying to figure out if I should do the same size on the front and back or different

 

[Jeepwm69]

I tried running 10 wides front and rear on the wife's Rancher. Where we ride the front tires would dig a rut and then the rear tires didn't have anything to bite on before the bike sank to the frame and got stuck.

Swapped out the 10 wides on the back for 12 wides and it's a whole different machine. The front tires still dig a rut, but the back tires are wide enough to sit up on the sides of the rut so the bike stays on top of the mud.

All skinnies will give you lighter weight and won't float as much when water riding.

Skinnies is what you're gonna need unless you get a gear reduction. That rancher is not going to pull 28's well with no gear reduction. It will on dry ground but in mud it's going to be a dog.

You need to go with 27's max unless you have a GR planned ($450ish plus install unless you can do it yourself).

You only gain 1/2" of ground clearance running a 28 over a 27 and you're going to lose a LOT of power, so the question is do you want to have a bike that performs ok or a poser bike that looks tough and won't pull?

 

[mrbb]

and its NOT just speed you loose, you loose POWER that's way different than just loosing top end speed

plus you will be MAKING your atv motor work a LOT harder than it would on smaller tires, add a LOT more stress to ALL parts of atv, suspension, brakes, drive train and so on?
going from a stock 25 to a 27 inch tire gets you a whopping 1 inch of ground clearance, and at a cost of about 25% in power loss LOL

if you wanted to ruin BIG tires, sorry, but a STOCK honda atv was a bad buy IMO! unlees you only drive down hill LOL