I live in TN and we have been riding around alpine mountain a lot lately and I was glad I got the 900S, the trails are way to tight for the 1K. My 900 was rubbing on both sides at times but it is 2" wider than stock but the length of the xp would have hurt it as well because a lot of the trails are just to tight. Several of them looked like nothing but dirt bikes had been on them for some time.