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ORIGINAL: HighLifeCAT

I think Dan did a good job pointing out the pluses of these tires. I 've personally never heard of MST's till now. Maybe by the time my MudLite XTR's wear out they will have a 14" MST. The tread pattern looks similar to the XTR with the staggered lugs. I agree that regular 12" rim MudLites are a pretty generic looking tire.  I 'd like to see an honest comaparison b/w MST's and 14" XTR's by the same rider on the same machine in the same conditions.

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ORIGINAL: HighLifeCAT

sorry about the bruisin, bushhog. like i said in my original response i think you did a good job pointing out the pluses of both tires and not concentrating on the negative.  it's so easy these days to just pin-point the negative.  i'm not going to give up my gorgeous ITP SS112's which are of the 14" type.  i just wish we could see more rubber available for 14" wheels being that aluminum weighs less than rubber usually and has a lot less shock, wear and tear to my axles, bearings, clutches, tie rod ends, wrists, shoulders, noggin and cooler.  we all know laws are top dawg, now lets get some on 14's or 16's. 

BTW i didn't pay MSRP.  all new tire's are $300 a set and all new aluminum wheels are $400 a set at the wheeler shop.

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ORIGINAL: WhatWasIThinkin

I did alot of forum reading about tires weeks prior to buying my Brute. I new in advance that I wouldnt be happy with the factory stock tires. I had narrowed my search down to 3 or 4 different tires, but had been leaning towards the MST's. After reading countless threads about tires, the MST's always seemed to come to the top. Not once did I read anything negative about them.

I just happened to stop by HK Powersports here in NH looking for tie downs when I noticed a set of 27"  MST's mounted on the HL  12 XL2 chrome wheels. As soona s I saw them in person My mind was made up and i bought them on the spot.

No balancing was done to them. I did put a quart of Slime in each of them prior to mounting. It was truely love at first ride. The MST's are incredable. So far everything Ive run over, into and threw, these tires havent failed me. Slippery wet rocks, no problem, and I mean steep mountain trail slimey rock. Sand and loose gravel, just hit the fliper and go. Sharp edge rocks, these tires just laugh at them. Mud? Forget about it, again just hit the go button and they just cruise threw. They self clean like no ones buisness. And they are smooth on hardpack, just like advertised. Some of our trails force us to run(legally) up short sections of asphault road from one trailhead to another. My personal speed limit is 45mph on asphault. The MST's are as smooth as silk and have never shown me any death wobble symptoms, ever.

I havent the chance to ride them in snow yet, but winters coming. But the way that these tires constantly impress me now, I wouldnt even concider another tire when it dose become time to replace them with new. But from the way these wear, that will be far down the trail.

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ORIGINAL: TeamMudd  : Have you ever rode with someone with Mudlites.If you have,how would you compare them to your  MST's.

if i hadn't ran acroos the laws............i was heading for some mudlites mainly for the price, ride, and availibility!  now that i've tried the LAWS, i'm hooked!  although i was very happy with my XTR's (now on my wifes bike), which i bought used also.  hopefuly it will be a while before i need our next sets of tires, but it will most likely be headed to the HL store

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ORIGINAL: Massmudman

I gotta take back an earlier comment that I made on the MST's regarding mud riding. I stated that they didn't pull as well as my Zillas' did, well I was wrong!  A lot of my mud encounters up here were @ almost wot. because my quad seemed to bogg down in deep mud. My thinking was that the Zillas were too heavy and causing the bog. Well again I was wrong, it was actually caused by my carb vent lines being under. Now that I have run them up and learned THROTTLE CONTROL, I pushed through some pretty deep, thick, (and stinky) mud! Weeks earlier my buddy with 28" mst's on his Brute got stuck AND busted up a joint in the same hole. Well thanks to everyones posts here regarding throttle control in the mud I personally thank you! I am now the new hero of our riding group. All in all the MST's are everything everyone said they were and then some! Can't wait till some snow flies up here to really put them to the test while plowing (not that they will even need it).
                                        -MASSMUDMAN

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ORIGINAL: wickedhonda

A set of Mud Machines on a 450 Foreman will do more than 30" mudlites on a lifted griz. We have done it, time and time and time again.

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ORIGINAL: wickedhonda

And if he can't follow you, then he needs 1 - a how to ride class or 2 - start the bike.