Advantage Wheels & Achieva Innova Sand Gear Tires "Better Option$"

This is the set of tires and wheels that I received prior to going on vacation. I have yet to test these out in the dunes, but there light weight and design, look promising.

If all goes as planned, I should be riding down in Oceano Dunes (aka Pismo Beach) this Labor Day Weekend. So if anyone wants to hook up, please PM or post up here.

Once I return, I will provide the riding results/impressions.

Getting back on point, heres the product information:

This are the Advantage Performance Wheels shod with the Achieva Innova Sand Gear Tires, IA-8025 Front and IA-8026 Rear.

Heres the front tire and wheel combination, the Advantage Performance wheels with the Achieva Innova Sand Gear Tire IA-8025:

When they arrive, heres what they look like (I removed the cardboard outer protective shelling for the pics):


Heres more shots:










Thats correct, the total weight for the front set, tires and wheels: 13.4 lbs.




Heres the rear tire and wheel combination, the Advantage Performance wheels with the Achieva Innova Sand Gear Tire IA-8026:

When they arrive, heres what they look like:


A BRIEF WARNING TO NOT USE TAPERED LUG NUTS, YOU MUST USE THE CONVENTIONAL FLAT LUG NUTS, LIKE THE OEM ONES THAT ARE ON YOUR QUAD:



Heres more shots:










Thats correct, the total weight for the rear set, tires and wheels: 18.6 lbs.


Make sure that you mention that your a Raptorforum.com member, if you so choose to get any of these products.



For those looking for tire sizes or more information, please click here:
http://achievatires.com/category.asp?level=2&FID=23

For those interested in picking up some of the Advantage Performance Wheels and Achieva Innova Sand Gear Tire combination, please visit:
http://www.advantage-on-line.com/index.shtml
or to download there tire catalog please click:
http://www.advantage-on-line.com/Catalog/300-311.pdf
or for a full catalog of what they offer please click here:
http://www.advantage-on-line.com/catalog.shtml

I REPEAT: Make sure that you mention that your a Raptorforum.com member, if you so choose to get any of these products.

Like I previously stated, once I return from riding on Labor Day Weekend, I will post up the results/impressions from that weekend.

As always, if you have any questions, please PM or post up here.

Enjoy!!!

:thumbsup:

Mr. C







UPDATE, I HAVE RETURNED FROM PISMO WITH MY RIDING IMPRESSIONS, READ BELOW FOR FURTHER.

I arrived down at Pismo Beach on Saturday 09-02-06 at 0630 am. Since I forgot to bring my whip, (its required to ride the dunes!!!) I bought one locally for under $15.00 at the Taffy Shop. After finally finding a good spot to stay in for the rest of the day, I unloaded and got my gear on and went for a ride.

Based on SoCal ******** advice, I took it easy on them and did find them to be a little of a wandering tire, remember that all new tires have to be broken in and I gave them some time on them and at first I was disappointed that I had these tires, and that my 225 miles of traveling one way was a waste of time and money, and have a uneventfull day of poor riding.

So I head back to grab some breakfast from my SUV and started talking to some of the guys around me. They suggested that I take a look at the PSI in the tires. So one of them had 7.0 PSI and the other tire had 5.5 PSI, )thats the way they arrived) this was measured about 1 hour after I got back from riding them initially, and the ambient temp was 65 degrees. The guys suggested to lower it down to 3-4 PSI's, so I brought it down to 4 PSI and went for a ride. This small adjustment totally transformed the tires nature. It dramatically changed the feedback I was getting from the tires, and now the quad was firm and there was no wandering that was there before with the higher PSI in the tires. We headed back again and since the change had made a huge improvement, I decided to take it down even further down to the 3 PSI.

After riding all day with these tires, I feel that the main thing with this particular tire is the PSI, once I got that dialed in, it made a world of difference. These tires tracked really well going straight and were especially more fun sliding around, bowls, and making your buddies eat some sand too. I was able to hang with the guys that were using other brand names of tires, yes even the ones that use glue on there paddles. This is a very good tire and wheel combination, and I highly recommend them.




Heres some photos of my outting at Pismo, yes I did go photo happy, hope you enjoy them!!!:























































Until next time, PEACE!!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

Mr. C