I've dealt with this six times now in the last year, putting new tires on our 82 200E and putting new tires on our 84 200ES. Fighting those newer tires on because of how deformed they arrive when shipped is a real big pain, i tried everything possible with the three on the 200E and just ended up using a half dozen ratchet straps to go around the tire and wheel since putting one around the middle didn't work. When i got to doing the 200ES i took some advice i got on here to put tubes in the tires and stretch them for a while, since the weather was not very nice i put tubes in the new tires and stretched em out with tubes and let them sit a couple weeks, they went on with practically little to no effort compared to the first battle with the 200E. The 200E has Deestone 929's on front and back, decent knobby tires, no real complaints about them. On my 84 i went with Deestone 930's on the back, the V pattern replicas they sell, and a D929 on the front. Great tires honestly, at 5psi even they have quite a bit of cushion to them, feels like having suspension on the 84 now after having some Carlisles on there since i got it over a decade ago, its like a whole new machine how it feels. The Carlisle TurfBuster tires are so heavy and stiff its really a big change going to the Deestone tires, not only that but it sure made the performance feel very different, acceleration and takeoff are so much different, add to that i put in a new clutch this past weekend and now the 84 really flies.
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1984 Honda ATC200ES "Big Red"
1982 ATC200E "Hondie"
1988 TRX300FW "Project Quad" Still in progress....