The mighty midsize Sportsman. So you’ve decided a Sportsman from Polaris is the right ATV for you. You’re looking for a nice balance of performance with utility potential, an automatic CVT transmission, do-it-all attitude and rugged styling. The first major decision comes in the form of engine selection. For 2022 Polaris offers four choices: 450, […] More »

Honda is making some Pioneer improvements. As a part of a huge 2022 model-year powersports product announcement, Honda revealed the bulk of its rec/utility side-by-side lineup, including the improved Pioneer 1000 platform and the returning midsize Pioneer 700. (The entry-level Pioneer 500 and Pioneer 520 were announced in November.) Headlining the announcement is the popular […] More »

Let the battling begin. If you weren’t paying attention to a piece we ran last week highlighting Polaris’s 2022 lineup, you may have missed the fact that the potent Scrambler 1000 S (and S Limited Edition) are back! This is big news because an earlier model lineup release included only the 850 (which, of course, […] More »

These things will make us rethink electric ATVs and SxSs. Ever look at all these new electric SxSs and think to yourself, man if you were to run out juice on the trails, what would you do? The answer, it turns out, is simply push, get towed or time it before hitting zero to the […] More »

A million miles logged. Polaris Inc. has announced that riders can now access more than one million miles of marked off-road and snowmobile trails through RIDE COMMAND. RIDE COMMAND is Polaris’ interactive digital platform that gives off-road vehicle and snowmobile riders the ability to find trails, plan routes, track rides, share experiences and build community. […] More »

Still bossin’. Your ATV Connection editors have to confess a certain degree of bias when it comes to the following review. Back in 2019 Polaris set us up with their Sportsman 850 SP to test. In our time with the machine we were able to press it into service on a ranch, use it to […] More »

Like a roller coaster. When it comes to taking your taking your hands off the bars, it’s usually a good idea to make sure you’re not being filmed so that when your friends come to pick you up off the ground, you can get away with saying you don’t know how it happened.