Guy wants to trade his 97 Polaris Sportsman 400L 4x4 , it has 3100 miles , wants to trade it for both my sleds , I told him maby the 670 . But I need to know weather or not these things are any good or no ? I mainly will just trail ride it with my girlfriend and hunting. It has handguards , front brush guard , and a trunk, what ya guys think ?

 

2 for 1 - no deal!!!

 

In the 2006 owners manual it says the Sportsman 450 replaced the 400 . So they are no longer made, but one more thing to note here is the 400 lacks a bit of speed for the actual size of it !!!!...So they may be under-powered abit........You should really find out from someone that has one though........I can only tell you about the 450 and can't do a comparrison on the two.......

For you info only the new S.P. 450 improvements listed by Polaris are:
More H.P. than 400 A 15% increase.
Higher top speed than the 400 a 10% increase.
Better acceleration than the 400 a 30% increase to 30 MPH.
Overall bigger and better.
I know I am comparing a 400 to a 450 but I think Polaris knew these were under-powered and needed to due something to improve that!!!!!!!..That is mine take.......The 400 was around for awhile and should be very dependable though!!!!!.........Good luck.......Hope someone replies back that has one ......Caper...

 

Well I told him only the 700 , I still feel like iam getting screwed but I need a 4 wheeler for my girlfirend and I to use this summer for poker runs and hunting

 

i beleave thats a 2 stroke 400l in which it would smoke our 450's.

 

i thought that, but was not sure.

 

How can you tell just by the year?.......Fill me in here please!!!...Caper..........

 

look at the diagram of the engine and you'll see it has reeds and has no valves.

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]the Sportsman 400L is a two stroke with straight axle...These are good atv"s but do not have the ride of the Sportsman's with independent suspension...They are very fast though..We have a couple of them who ride with us...3100 miles is not a lot of miles...

 

one of my rideing buddys have a 97 scrambler 400 4+4 , this thing hauls butt!!! wleelies like nothing.. always runs , just bring a sprare plug.. great shape he paid $850.00 and it need a battery, rode it ever since..