Today we had the obstacle course race , the 500 foot grass drags and the mobility course. which was basically like a nascar raod coarse. In my class there were only me and couple scrambler 500's my time was 1 minute one second the best 500 Scrambler was 55 seconds, I was right in the pack for all the classes, 54 was the fastest and it was an xpress 400 my friends atv. He raced in the drag race it was 500 feet on grass, his first heat was him . a piped banshee and a 400EX all piped up too, the 400 Xpress is stone stock 3000 miles stock rubber , he beat the 4000Ex and was only 1.5 lenghts behind the Banshee at 500 feet! so funny all shinny race bikes and Bud's 1996 xpres all muddy just like him we went for a ride before the event, it was to much. He raced again it was a ds 650 and a banshee and him, he lost but was 2 lengths behind. If he piped and clutched his 400 he would have beat them. they had no class for me. well no one signed up anyway. he was the only Polaris that raced in the drag. Most of the Polaris guys were having more fun on the obstacle course.

 

I used to have an Xpress and it would fly. 65 MPH in a long enough open stretch. It was stock, too. For some reason every once in a while you will find a 400 that will really haul without any mods. Tell your friend to get some new tires and the green spring before he tries it again. Amazing difference out of the hole. My brother has an Xpress & I have a green spring on the workbench. I wonder just how the combination would work. With new tires, the front end is light enough already. Now I am getting myself all psyched up. Hope I can talk him into it.
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