Interest in Hoosier Re-Making the Front Tri-Trac

[bkm]

This are definitely rounded. Probably as much as a tri Trac.

I think it's probably the sidewall stiffness that makes them a good quad tire. This tire is an 18.5" tire compared to a 21" tire. I had one of those tires I was going to run with my kart setup and the tread depth was a 1/4 of the old Tri-Trac.

[jrush]

THE tire.

[The_Steve_Man]

I would love to have this tire in 18" tall.

[The_Steve_Man]

And the money shot!

[Mickey Dunlap]

Got my solution for the old style Hoosier back from the buffer today. Have a little more grooving to do but I'm liking is so far. 21x8.75x10.

[atctim]

I would be interested in purchasing a new Tri Trac for the front of at least 2 of my bikes. Hey Hoosier - Mark me down for two!

[bkm]

I need to do a follow-up and see if there is any news from Hoosier. Mickey is that a Goldspeed tire?

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[big specht]

Has any body used the 15 tire they make that takes a 8" wheel ? I've been looking at that for when you run cart tires

[Mickey Dunlap]

I need to do a follow-up and see if there is any news from Hoosier. Mickey is that a Goldspeed tire?

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No it's a Duro that I had buffed way down, took 5 lbs off it, and after I groove it some more I should get 1-2 more pounds off it so it will be super light. The old Hoosiers were way too heavy. The bad news is I have almost $200 into this one.

[Mickey Dunlap]

Side by side pic.

[DohcBikes]

That's why I use oem takeoffs from 450's for rears. One burn out on asphalt will shave 3lbs each on a set of Dunlop kt355's. Saves a ton of money, New tires are a waste on a trike imo. Puts a nice cut edge on the lugs as well.

[Mickey Dunlap]

That's why I use oem takeoffs from 450's for rears. One burn out on asphalt will shave 3lbs each on a set of Dunlop kt355's. Saves a ton of money, New tires are a waste on a trike imo. Puts a nice cut edge on the lugs as well.

Well it would be a little hard to get the roundness I wanted plus getting buffed all the way around the side walls, so if you are going to build a custom tire you have to pay.

And good luck getting Hoosier doing anything new, they sold the company.

[DohcBikes]

Hoosier was aquired by continental, and will remain in business with the same name, same president, same management, and same employees. There's no reason they won't be interested in the flat track market.

Guys, if you don't pitch the fact that they could be sold to quad racers, you're dead in the water. The trike market won't support it, even theoretically.

[86T3]

They are heavy in the flat track market, 90% of the quads in the NEEDT run hoosiers. The problem is that this will be a trike only tire, I doubt the quad guys would want such a tall tire.

[Mickey Dunlap]

They are heavy in the flat track market, 90% of the quads in the NEEDT run hoosiers. The problem is that this will be a trike only tire, I doubt the quad guys would want such a tall tire.

You have to sell them on it by telling them the more the front tire sticks the more they need rear tires that match that front tire, but no one is doing it, and I was told to stay out of it they could handle it. Well how is that going? The same people said they needed a harder tire for the rear end so they ran 30's, where I'm running 20's on Ditches 350x on the same track and was working perfect, they would hook up off the line, slide when you needed in the corners but hook up coming out of the corners. As short as these races are now I built this front tire so I can make it like a 5 compound and groove it more and run 10 compound on the rear or more grip on the blue groove tracks, not less. JMO.