hi, I'm new to the farm I have a question I just purchased a 2020 Yamaha wolverine X4 and I had to stock 26in tires with 12in rims and I just upgraded them to 27 inch tires with 14 inch rims I got the tusk beadlock rims with ripsaw tires. I noticed the weight on the stock tire in the front is like 29 pounds but the new tire with the bead lock rim is 42 LB do I need to upgrade my clutch or will I be okay?
You don't "need" to upgrade.
My X2 is running 50 lb tire/rim combo and I notice I use low more in the technical trails or anytime on the trails where we drive under 20 mph.
Ok, you had me thinking, so I did a quick and dirty comparison of Stock vs. Aftermarket.
Given this pic from the forum I compared the Stock numbers to the Aftermarkets 'Best' numbers.
In the summary of gains/losses, I wanted to see what the stock sheave numbers looked like vs the best the current aftermarket showed.
I think a new stock sheave, weights & sliders is around $209 vs comp $365 avg. So for a extra $156 +/-, I wanted to see if going aftermarket was even worth considering.
The red square signifies the area my machine lives in, YMMV.
The purple circle is what I think is a significant gain.
If I was going to decide which aftermarket sheave I wanted, then I would do a separate break down of each. Again this was stock vs aftermarkets best numbers.
I would say that a ECU Flash would be something you should consider and look into and would be another good comparison.
For now here are the pics. I'm in a bit of a rush, so it's the down & dirty version.
I also added Massives pic with exhaust numbers.
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The rear width is approximately 3" narrower IIRC, so some add 1-1/2" wheel spacers.
Many do it for various reasons, ie, looks, same track width, etc.
In a nut shell.........
Benefits with & without?
Without: tighter turning radius
With: wider stance
Possible Cons?
Without: slightly smaller tilt table number
With: more stress on bearings ?
These things that I mention are very minor and honestly, wasn't even worth it for me to consider. YMMV
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