14" tires and wheels

Are aftermarket tire and wheel manufactures making new radials that require or work better with different width wheels. 7" front and 8" rear wheel widths? Also what's the practical advantage of having 14 inch wheels and tires over 12 inch wheels? I've heard rim manufacturers are making 8" wheel widths because they work better with radial type tires. I want to mount all terrain or all conditions tires.

Not sure about the radials but I would think on an ATV 12" rims would give you a little better flotation since you've got an extra 2" of air. I would think the reason 14" would work with radials is the ride on the radial will be better so you don't need the extra sidewall and air. JMHO though.

This post isn't meant to offend anyone, so please... no flames.

This CRAP all got started with the 20" wheel fad started by those little farts and their Caprice Classics and Buick Roadmasters that had been chopped, dropped, lopped, and popped to make them steer and clear those obnoxiously huge rims and tiny tires.

For a while it was just a fad, until the tire companies discovered that they could violate the consumer (via the buttox) and make a "KILLING" off of these weird-looking "all-wheel" set-ups.

Now, the "big-three" have adopted +16" wheel set-ups that contribute NOTHING to the appearance of their vehicles, but force the consumer to "assume the position" when presented with the inevitable situation of replacing tires.

14" tires on an ATV are just another way the tire industry is capitalizing from a fad based upon a marginal portion of the publics' bad taste in style.

12" tires are what an ATV is supposed to utilize, anything more is like saying a utility trailer should use 22" rims.

In closing: to those who think my comments are biased, please use a little common sense....

You are spending an outrageous amount of money on a set of rims, for which you must spend yet another outrageous amount of money on tires.... which incorporate less rubber than a 12" tire....

More money per wheel...

More money per tire....

Less rubber per tire.....

Hmmm...... DUH!!!!!!!!!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees how stupid this really is.

X2 on big arse blingy-bling wheels technically more rubber better ride, less rubber stiffer ride, but better street handleing. kind of defeats the purpose--to hug the curves you want the car to sit low to the ground, minimal side wall tires, and be light weight. not this------------>

That makes me wanna puke to do that to an old GM like that. And Chuck your not the only one that feels that way, for us I would think more rubber = more air = softer ride and more flotation.