I was thinking of selling my 2012 850 XP LE and getting a new 1000 XP. Even though I have low miles and no issues, I was wanting a little more grunt and who doesn’t like new toys? After doing some quick math in my head it was going to cost me about $3,500 – $4,000 to make the change. I do not need the top end performance of the 1000, just more meat in the bottom to mid-range.

Instead, I did a complete maintenance of all the fluids, they all looked new when I drained them, and installed the iridium NGKs. Then ordered a clutch kit from RVS and 26" Bighorn originals. I’m limited to 26" tires where I hunt and these seem to run the largest of the 26" tires.

The clutch install was fairly simple and I used the 1/8 shim to bring my engagement up to about 2000 rpm. This gave me all the bottom end I was hoping to get with the 1000 to lift the front end over obstacles when needed. I should have the new tires mounted up by the weekend and take her for a real test ride. I’ll post up some pics and a review after the weekend.