pyro22487
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I'm sure this has Ben asked but anyways buggy tires
I'm looking for midi tires 6-8 inches wide ribbed or smooth. So where do you guys buy yours?
go fly a kite trainer 1.4 m
thunderfoil 9 ft.
Flexi sting 1.7m
Ozone flow 2.0 m
PL Vapor 3.2 m
Ozone Flow 5 m
PLVapor 6.5 m
frenzy 14.0 m
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HQ has them, ask your local kite shop.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
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Pyro... Amazon has 18x8.5-8 ribbed nancos for about $36 each... And I think the 16x6.5-8 is near $25.
Another option (which I did recently) is to use Golfcart tires... If you go to a golfcart repair shop, they usually have a pile of worn tires out
back... Most of the time you can get those for free or a max of $10 a piece... Now fyi golf cart tires are 18x8.5-8 so I used 2 in the back and had to
buy a 16x6.5-8 for the front because the 8.5" wide tire won't fit the Peter Lynn front fork.
The cool thing about the golfcart tires is even though they have tread, they are bald in the center, especially when you squeeze them onto the
standard buggy style rims... I think this is s really great low cost means to get bigger tires; I only ended up spending the $25 on a front tire... I
am thinking about getting some ribbed tires though...
Here's my previous thread where I figured all this out:
http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=27888#pid27...
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pyro22487
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Those 8.5s can be placed on a standard 4" rim right?
go fly a kite trainer 1.4 m
thunderfoil 9 ft.
Flexi sting 1.7m
Ozone flow 2.0 m
PL Vapor 3.2 m
Ozone Flow 5 m
PLVapor 6.5 m
frenzy 14.0 m
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soliver
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Yes... They don't actually end up being 8.5" wide, but they do fit... Pretty much any tire that is 8" inner diameter will fit on the buggy rims... And
so you know if you have the standard plastic rims, they are actually 2.5" wide... I'm guessing they'll fit easier on a 4" wide rim and will likely be
closer to the 8.5"... On the 2.5" wide tires they are actually closer to 6.5" wide.
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21x12 on the standard 2.5" wide wheels:
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