Recently sold my trailblazer and am looking to move up to a scrambler or 400ex. My question is, I know how the trailblazer handled, kind of sluggish and heavy feeling. I would expect the scrambler to feel sort of the same, just more powerful. Does the X model have any better handling characteristics than the regular scrambler? The dealer said the shocks were a little different. I know it is a little lighter, though not much. The 400ex will most likely handle better, has less ground clearance, no reverse. I don't know which will have more power the X or 400ex. I ride 95% trails, mountains, woods and 5% dunes. We also have a small track with some double jumps. I could clear most of these on my trailblazer, some were too far across. Will the scramblers be too heavy to jump well? Any words of wisdom?
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As far as I know there is no difference between the engines in the two Scrams. The 500X is a 2 wheel drive only model though. If 4x4 is important to you go for the Scrambler 500 4x4, if 4x4 isnt then I would surely go for the EX. The 500X isnt in the same class as the EX and really wasnt meant to be. I have had only great results with my Scram 4x4 and would not hesitate to buy another one but the 4x4 is very important to me for where I live.

 

thanks for your reply.
4x4 is not a neccessity for me. My trailblazer got me up most any of the dirt hills I wanted up. Sand was another story. I would imagine that either the scrambler or the 400ex would get me up any of these as well. Is the 400ex so light in the front end that I might have trouble keeping the front end down on a long steep hill? I know this is not a problem on the polaris models. My brother in law has a raptor and I will be trying to keep up with him. He doesn't try to lose me and on the tight twisty steep hills I could usually keep up until a straight. He has a hard time with the front end coming up when he gets in a hurry on a steep hill. The 400ex will take more time to get used to shifting and clutching, but much better handling. The scrambler x will just give me all the power I was missing with the TB. I am having a hard time deciding between these 2.
I guess would like a scrambler that handled like a 400ex, or a 400ex that has reverse.