450r stock tires

[MAD450r]

God I hate how cheap the 450r's tires are. I have rode in these same trails and feilds for years without any trouble on my 200x's or 400ex's tires. All my 2004 450r's tires have plugs in them
friday night I caugt a piece of like bamboo in the side wall of my front tire.

So I gave in and bought some used front beadlocks last night off ebay. They have razr2's on them. 170$ shipped is that a good deal. One other quest I had is what offsets does champion beadlocks have?

[sunco]

I riped a hole in the sidewall of my front tires wheeling over tree branches on the RR tracks. Only place to get the same tire is @ Honda. They want to much $. Honda couldn't even hook up my tether & charged me. took it somewhere else & they did it. I requested my 18.00 + tx back. They offered a gift cert. - I'll take it , but won't be buying anything from my local Honda dealer anytime soon. Other than to get a pr. of gloves to use my gift cert.

[MAD450r]

My local dealer has been good to me, but as for the quality on the 450r tires. I think they should have kept the heavier tires from the 300-400ex, atleast on the fronts.