It's this normal

[Gbur]

I just bought a new 2026 XP5. At full throttle the rpms only get up to 7300. Seems like they should climb higher than that.

 

[garciava]

Are you in sport mode?

 

[Gbur]

Yes, I was in sport mode.

 

[garciava]

Okay. It was just a thought. You must have the heaver shift wts which lower the RPM to reduce the cab noise. Polaris must be putting them in the new machines

 

[Gbur]

It seems like if it would rev a little higher, it would have a little more top end speed. I guess Polaris knows best.

 

[garciava]

best upgrade you can do is a clutch kit and ECU tune. Gilomen or AA

 

[Gbur]

I'm seeing a lot of different clutch kits online. Who makes the best one in everyone's opinion?

 

[JTBarlow]

There are a lot of options, and some of them come down to personal preference. Personally, I like Aftermarket Assassins. They have more options for the clutch kit than most the others. Like the Buttershift Washers and billet primary cover plate.
I’m running the Gilomen ECU tune, and I’ve swapped in an ECU with the Aftermarket Assassins tune, and can’t feel any difference between the 2.
Both Gilomen and Aftermarket Assassins are great to work with, and have awesome customer service.
Evolution Powersports is another solid brand, but they have a more conservative approach to tuning. They won’t remove the seatbelt or start in gear limiters.

 

[Gbur]

Thank you for your feedback!

 

[Mattblack22]

It seems like if it would rev a little higher, it would have a little more top end speed. I guess Polaris knows best.

From what I’ve seen, you should be getting between 82 and 8500.

 

[JTBarlow]

From what I’ve seen, you should be getting between 82 and 8500.

Not on a factory stock Xpedition. Even before the comfort clutch, in the early ’24s they only hit around 7900 tops.

8200-8500 is where they run the best, performance wise, but has to have at least a clutch kit to hit that.

 

[Curly411]

It seems like if it would rev a little higher, it would have a little more top end speed. I guess Polaris knows best.

I did the gilloman clutch kit, whereas it was just like it was always wanting to rev , big improvement. Whether it's their weights or gilliman's, these are not a speed demon. They are a purpose built. vehicle. More for slow and technical. they are unbelievable in the woods, i live in the catskill mountains it'll just about climb steep enough to go over backwards, enjoy you're new ride, i have the r p m muffler.Yes, it's just a little loud, but it got rid of a tremendous amount of heat and definitely runs better, possibly going to tune it soon

 

[Mattblack22]

I did the gilloman clutch kit, whereas it was just like it was always wanting to rev , big improvement. Whether it's their weights or gilliman's, these are not a speed demon. They are a purpose built. vehicle. More for slow and technical. they are unbelievable in the woods, i live in the catskill mountains it'll just about climb steep enough to go over backwards, enjoy you're new ride, i have the r p m muffler.Yes, it's just a little loud, but it got rid of a tremendous amount of heat and definitely runs better, possibly going to tune it soon

I have a 2025 and also did the Gilman clutch tune kit. The tune definitely woke it up. The clutch is geared a little lower than I would like. I also got a GGB exhaust at the same time as the Gilman kit and I got the quiet version at least they market it as quiet, but it was louder than F, so I sold it and went back to the stock exhaust, but even with the stock exhaust the tune definitely woke it up significantly

 

[TMIG68]

I put in the aftermarket assassins clutch kit in my 24 and it's quite a bit noticeable. How much better it performs. But I installed the cruiser weights that they sell and I'm only getting about $7,300 out of that. Maybe $75 at the most. I did that because I can't stand all the cab noise even though I put $1,000 of deadening in there. But I am thinking about pulling the cruiser weights out and putting the other weights in and getting a little bit more. Top end speed. Haven't made up my mind yet.

 

[topchop]

best upgrade you can do is a clutch kit and ECU tune. Gilomen or AA

I have a 24 and would like to install the Gilomen clutch kit because the high RPM and noise is annoying for my style of casual trail riding. For those that have installed the Gilomen kit....what reduction in RPM/Noise have you gotten cruising at 20-30 mph?

 

[Mattblack22]

I have a 24 and would like to install the Gilomen clutch kit because the high RPM and noise is annoying for my style of casual trail riding. For those that have installed the Gilomen kit....what reduction in RPM/Noise have you gotten cruising at 20-30 mph?

I’m not sure about Gillomen, I have Gillomen , but I got the performance clutch with adjustable weights. Doesn’t really reduce the RPMs much. I would recommend aftermarket assassins because they have a cruiser clutch option and it will definitely lower RPM significantly if that’s what you’re after.