Trail riding with tire pressure too high for years

Rode my Honda 420 for 3 years. Always kept tires at 15 psi like my truck. Buddy from work came riding with me last month out near Flagstaff. He asked why I was bouncing all over. Dropped them to 8 psi and the difference was night and day. Way more grip in the loose stuff. Who else ran their tires way too hard for way too long?

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troykim5d ago

Hold up, 15 psi? That's basically a rock hard balloon on a trail.

betty_shah5d ago

I had my Polaris Sportsman at 18 psi for two full seasons out near Moab because the manual said max load was 20 psi. Friend said I was practically drifting every corner in the washouts. Dropped to 10 psi and finally felt what people meant by "float" on sand. But here's the thing, I still keep them at 14 psi for highway stretches because the lower pressure makes the tread squirm and wear uneven. Maybe your buddy just likes a loose steering feel and calls it grip.