Are polaris front springs all interchangeable? I was thinking i would buy some progressive adjustable front springs made for the lower travel models to lower and stiffen my front suspension.

 

You can put the 250 Trailblazer springs on. Hot Seat sells a nice dual rate spring kit. Also, you might be able to talk HPD into a set of their custom front struts.....not cheap, but the lower the ride hieight, and perform very nicely. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

how long are the trailblazer springs compared to a scrambler. How much does the hot seat kit lower the bike? I would like to look into the hpd custom struts but my wallet wont allow.

 

I used the spring kit from Hotseat.I did not use the helper spring or spacer.Lowered it a bunch.A-arms almost parallel to the groung.I used a shock off my old 99 500 for the rear.It came with a 10.5",I used the 8.5" and the swingarm too was almost level.you need to fab some kind of strap or limiting device for the front.

 

If you shorten up the front springs, and soften up the rear spring, thus allowing the bike to pivot - or transfer weight, will this help prevent the rear wheels from breakin loose so easily out of the hole? Am I on the rite track here? Whats the reason for the strap?

 

My bike had a tendency to wheelie real bad.I used shorter springs in the front.If you use shorter springs you have to limit wheel travel so it will not droop down when the front wheels come off the ground.It will sag down and bottom out when you set it back down from a wheelie.The shock mount is moved back 2" on 99 and newer bikes,thus installing a shorter shock/spring will lower the bike.

 

Im running a +5 swingarm, and its only wheelied on me a few times. But when it does its bad and I have to let off. That leads me to beleve that im spinning to much. I guess the main reason for lowering is to keep the front end down, but I was just wondering if you could gain traction also. Im running on dirt.

 

Don't know about traction but it does allow you to leave harder and not worry about wheelies.

 

If you notice ,most drag only bikes have the swingarm almost level or level.This is done mainly to keep the front end down under very hard launches.I have since lowered mine and it has helped some.I have a plus 8 swingarm and still can't keep the front end down almost every launch.I believe the key is to get the swingarm as close to level as possible with the rider on the bike.

 

how stiff would the hot seat springs be without the second small spring? and how muc lower would it sit than stock.