Are there any improvements to the Sno Pro 500?
With a half-season of testing, riding and racing the Sno Pro 500, improvements have been discovered. Based on what cross-country racers have learned and changed – particularly during the I-500 – I’ve made the following tweaks to my Sno Pro 500 and can verify the improvements:
What can Arctic Cat do for the Sno Pro 500?
Moving the arm to the top hole will further improve cornering. Arctic Cat EFI specialist Terry Anderson was a busy guy at the I-500, reflashing the ECUs on all the Sno Pro 500s. Terry reflashed my sled’s ECU, and the result is great: no more overly-rich bottom end during the initial take-off and slightly crisper mid-range.
How tall is the windshield on the Sno Pro 500?
It isn’t as stylie as the stock windshield, but the new tall windshield (P/N: 5639-500) is absolutely the ticket to move wind over and around the rider. It’s roughly 6.5 inches taller than the stocker. I’m an NBA-ready 5’8” tall, and the top of the tall shield doesn’t affect my view of the trail at all.
With a half-season of testing, riding and racing the Sno Pro 500, improvements have been discovered. Based on what cross-country racers have learned and changed – particularly during the I-500 – I’ve made the following tweaks to my Sno Pro 500 and can verify the improvements:
Is the Arctic Cat Sno Pro 500 race ready?
According to Arctic Cat marketers, that would be the relatively low cost, high fun quotient, race-bred, trail-effective “go have fun” sport sled segment. Indeed, this race-ready sled could be considered dual purpose. If you bought a 2010 Sno Pro 500, you could literally race it on Saturday and trail ride it on Sunday.
Is the Sno Pro 500 a trail legal sled?
One problem remained: it was “only” a 500. The 2010 Sno Pro 500 is a trail-legal race sled. Differences between it and the Sno Pro 600 piloted by Team Arctic racers are the shocks, engine, windshield and minor revisions in the skidframe.
It isn’t as stylie as the stock windshield, but the new tall windshield (P/N: 5639-500) is absolutely the ticket to move wind over and around the rider. It’s roughly 6.5 inches taller than the stocker. I’m an NBA-ready 5’8” tall, and the top of the tall shield doesn’t affect my view of the trail at all.