[Hawkman]

There is plenty of info on these tires in other threads but I thought I would post some pictures and a quick recap of waht is going on in a new thread.

Polaris is debuting non-pneumatic (airless) tires on a retail vehicle for the first time. These tires have been under development for quite some time, and already have been used in the military.

The tires will be available on the Sportsman WV850 H.O. The tires will provide "a better center of gravity, improved cornering due to less pushing and the capability for the tires to be designed for a diverse range of capabilites," according to Polaris.

And all this for just $14,999.

 

[charlieP]

theres no way they want $15,000 for 4 pairs of tires...

Too put that in perspective, $3750/tire.

If you take $70 average cost of 1 SxS/ATV tire, a set of 4 new tires will run say $280.

meaning 53 sets of tires you will need to run through before its more cost effective to get airless..

 

[polarisfan]

For $15,000 there's no one, or very few that will buy it. That's more like a price the Obama regime would pay for it's vehicles it sends out to war.

 

[charlieP]

wait, unless its $15K for a Sportsman with airless shoes...

 

[polarisfan]

wait, unless its $15K for a Sportsman with airless shoes...

My mistake, guess i mis-read. It did say "all this for $14,999" All this probably meaning EVERYTHING you see.

 

[bruteforce]

yea it better be 15k for everything


15k for the tires alone is robbery

 

[charlieP]

I wonder how much for just the tires then...

 

[polarisfan]

Tough to say what they will cost, I wish i knew more about this stuff. anyone want to speculate what it will be priced like?

 

[Hawkman]

Yea the $15,000 is for both the tires and the whole ATV set-up. I don't think a price for the tires alone has been announced. Bridgestone also has airless tires but also hasn't announced a price.

I really don't have an idea of how much the tires would cost. How much would you be willing to pay for them>

 

[polarisfan]

i wonder if these might create more noise than regular tires?

 

[charlieP]

I'm going to speculate the tires will run you $1000 a tire...

 

[bruteforce]

yea no thanks

ill stick to my 10 dollar tire kits

 

[polarisfan]

yea no thanks

ill stick to my 10 dollar tire kits

x2

I rather stick to traditional tires, rather than this new stuff that will cost way more than what I think is right.

$10 tire patch kit aka insurance sounds better to me.

 

[charlieP]

I made up $1000/ tire. LOL theres no oficial pricing info to this point.

 

[polarisfan]

I made up $1000/ tire. LOL theres no oficial pricing info to this point.

LOL i still wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, either way it's still going to cost a lot.

 

[bruteforce]

1000 or not

its not going to be cheap

 

[charlieP]

new tech never is...

 

[polarisfan]

Got to pay the high price of being an early adopter, it's never cheap, but if you really want it, go right ahead.

 

[bruteforce]

dont think anyone here will spend that much on tires. no thank uu

 

[polarisfan]

dont think anyone here will spend that much on tires. no thank uu

x2

a lot of people like to take the minimal approach so traditional tires are likely how it's going to stay for a while