i have a 2005 scrambler 500 . it has a exhaust , uni filter , Ritter clutch kit and carb mod so i can run open air box,Thinking of putting on 25 in tires . not a good selection of tires for the stock size . It has swamplites on now, not to impressed with them. I am not a big mud rider but i do like to explore trails with out having to turn around because of big mud hole.if i go with larger tires how much performance will i lose . or should i just suck it up and keep winching my self out.I like to ride all kinds of trails from fast power lines to deep swamps .

 

BUY A JEEP!! LOL!! Just kidding!

Did you think about changing your gearing on your sprockets? My hubby did that to my Scrambler (I have the same one as you do) and its SO much better! Its fast out of the hole. Lots more power - it doesn't just sit there and just creep off and then get going.


I have funky big ol' super treaded LAWN TRACTOR tires on mine. My stepson works at a tire store and someone ordered them and then didn't want them. I got them cheap. They work good!

 

Another thing you have to remember is that the front and rear are different diameters. For the AWD to work properly you have to stay with a tire that is smaller in the rear than the fronts. So if you go with 25s in the front you'll have to get 24s for the back.

 

DITTO on this.Either way you can gain some of the power loss back by lightening up on the secondary setting or going to a lighter spring

 

Get a hi-lo trans out of a sportsman 6x6 like I did and then you can go with 26's all around.