| Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:31 am | |
| Well....... After 3 years and easliy 1500+ miles, the sipes on my Radial laws were long gone. I was still very suprised at how good of traction the still got overall, but still I could tell a difference since the sipes were gone, especially on hardpack terrain and rocks.... which is my main terrian I love to ride in! So I decided to experiment. After trial and error with a few different things, I finally discovered a way to groove them, and it wasn't a tire groover!! It was a metal wheel grinder!! The Rear tires do have a different type of groove inside lug vs outside lug, due to in between days of grooving, my brother changed out the grinding wheel! Went a little different up front. Decided to do 2 grooves down the lugs. Tell me what yall think!! | |
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mudhound Extreme Mudder
Posts : 1082 Join date : 2012-04-21
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:51 am | |
| seems like a good idea. I guess?????? Makes me wonder ???? | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:01 pm | |
| Lol what ya wondering about?? Yes some may think it's crazy to cut up a tire, especially one this expensive, but to me I think it's gonna add new life to the tires. Give them some new biting edges. Plus I think it looks pretty cool IMO! lol | |
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Mud-and-Guts Admin
Posts : 5943 Join date : 2009-07-15 Age : 44 Location : Celina, Tennessee
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:44 pm | |
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RIDERED Over the Top Mudder
Posts : 2056 Join date : 2010-05-20 Age : 42 Location : Livingston , TN
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:48 am | |
| Anything to make them last longer with better traction is a good idea! | |
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imbill Extreme Mudder
Posts : 866 Join date : 2010-08-15 Age : 82 Location : pikeville tenn,
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:02 pm | |
| GOOD DEAL i have an iron and do that also and it works !! | |
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possume22 Moderate Mudder
Posts : 322 Join date : 2012-09-20 Location : middle tn
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:38 pm | |
| looks good mudman im sure it helped alot you can use a cut off wheel for smaller sipes i had some boggers once i cut and grooved i made small deep sipes to make the tire flex more but i done it for climbing rock | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:17 pm | |
| Thanks guys!!! I sure hope to get good results... If not, I just got one cool custom set of tires!! | |
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oldmustangjunkie Moderate Mudder
Posts : 245 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 44 Location : TN
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:19 pm | |
| I think it will work very well for traction but I wonder if the front lugs will begin to chunk off. | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:58 pm | |
| That remains to be seen!! I know that with the original siping, I had very little chunking, or parts of the lugs coming off, and with my new design, I have larger chunks of lugs in between the sipes, so we will see!! | |
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possume22 Moderate Mudder
Posts : 322 Join date : 2012-09-20 Location : middle tn
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:56 am | |
| keep us posted on how they hold up you going to the spring jam at windrock this year | |
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mudhound Extreme Mudder
Posts : 1082 Join date : 2012-04-21
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:18 am | |
| I sure hope it works. However, I am not sure i would have tried it?? | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:18 pm | |
| - possume22 wrote:
- keep us posted on how they hold up you going to the spring jam at windrock this year
I may be real lucky to make it up a day. I'm gonna try to shoot for Saturday | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:19 pm | |
| - mudhound wrote:
- I sure hope it works. However, I am not sure i would have tried it??
Lol I wasn't skierd!! It's a pretty common thing. People groove tires more than I realized. | |
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NCMudman Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 38 Location : Murphy, NC
| Subject: Re: Grooving my Radial Outlaws!! Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:23 pm | |
| Well here is the fronts done!! Went for a small ride around dads house. Boy the fronts feel brand new!! They sure get a much better grip and track way better. The rear also have improved. Those new biting edges help to dig better now. In a sence I wish I would have groved the rears the same, but it's all good..... Highly recomend groovin your tires if they are worn down.... Gives them new life!! | |
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