250r tire question

[3wheelrkid]

hey im gettin a 86 250r and i was wondering what would be a good tire to stud for the ice? I was thinking of this tire! what would you guys suggest

http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/product_catalog/Product.jsp;jsessionid=VOOLYSR0KUK0XLA0WTISM4VMDK0 NCIV0?catId=108&leafCatId=10802&skuId=541958

[Dammit!]

Cheng Shin makes a knobby that's perfect for that.

http://www.tiresnstuff.com/chen-c826.html

No idea why they decided to use a picture of an un-inflated tire for the ad. lol

[TimSr]

For ice its all about surface contact. You dont want a rounded profile tire. On that Cheng Shin youll only have the center of the tire making contact. Get a flat profile tire with lots of knobs like a Turf Tamer. Im assuming you are talking about ice racing on a frozen lake or something, and not ice and snow trail riding.

[x.system]

You can stud just about any tire but if you plan to race and be competative you will need the cheng shin 18x9.5x8 that dammit showed. If you just want to ride around on the ice any flat surface tire will work for that. Use the shortest studs and you shouldn't have any problems with punctured tires.

[Dammit!]

For ice its all about surface contact. You dont want a rounded profile tire. On that Cheng Shin youll only have the center of the tire making contact. Get a flat profile tire with lots of knobs like a Turf Tamer. Im assuming you are talking about ice racing on a frozen lake or something, and not ice and snow trail riding.

The cheng shin is a flat profile tire (hard to tell since it's not mounted or inflated but I'm pretty sure it's the right one in the pic). The bike shop I used to be the grease monkey/gopher boy for back in the 80's used to sell cheng shin knobby tires pre-studded. All the local ice racers swore by them.

[ChrisD]

Like Dammit said: you want the Cheng Shin C-826 tire 18x9.5x8. You can get them on rims for about $150. It's what the pros use. They are hard compound, square tires with lots of flat topped knobs. Make sure you use good studs too (not sheet metal screws) Once you stud your tires don't ride on anything but ice or you will start tearing studs out and you will get flats.

Picture of ice tires (http://home.comcast.net/~durchanek2/images/icetires.jpg)

[TimSr]

I stand corrected. I was looking at 3wheelrkid's link, and thinking Cheng Shin as most of their tires look like that one.