hey guys, wondering if you all could help me out...Just got a scrambler 500. i ride in north NJ. So most of the trails are rocky. I am looking for advice on how to get the most out of my scrambler for my uses. After a proper break in, I plan to at least do a clutch kit, perhaps an air filter. I do not want to risk reliability too. Am I on the right track? I hear some people really get alot out of tires....Anyone knowanything about stock scrambelr tires??? COuld I improve? any suggestions? I really appreciate your advice!

 

Welcome, a clutch kit is a must. A personally have a Hot Seat, but many other guys on here have HPD. I like the Hot Seat one, and just a week ago I helped a friend put in an HPD agressive kit in a 500 Scrambler & there was no difference to me. His seemed to pull just like mine. A K&N is a good choice, but it really does nothing for performance. However, anything is an improvement over the stock paper element. Pipes are up to the individual also, I have a WB e-series & it's o.k. You don't see much of a gain on the 500's by piping them. I got mine for dirt cheap ( $50 ) so I don't really care that it didn't do much for power. It sounds very nice though, not too loud, just deep & throaty.

As far as tires, if it's really rocky stick with the stockers for now, unless money is no issue.

 

The single best thing you can do to a 500 Scrambler is put a TEAM roller secondary clutch on it and a primary spring that gives you the engament you want and raises your top rpms a little.You notice much from a pipe or filter but the WB does make it sound great.I dont like a 500 with an aggressive clutch kit because they engage too high and you tend to loose some of the lowend torque.

 

Same advice here. The stock tires are great. I would spend the money on the K&N filter, clutch, and then exhaust, in that order The filter is just a needed item so you don't have to keep replacing the stock one when it gets dirty.

 

We offer a clutch kit for piped and no piped machines, they are designed for everyday use trail rding mudding a very well rouded kit you will notice a gain in acceration, throttle response and a small gain in top speed. We also carry a full line of k&n filtersas well as our own exhasut sytems which on the scrambler 500 it's db rated at 96db so you will have no porblem with the dnr or local parks in your area. Give us a call @ 651-982-0600 or check out our web-site www.hotseatperformance.com we are the polaris performance specialists.