How were they before they went to the Hawkeye chassis?Was it just a Sportsman 500 with the 450 motor in it or an entirely different design as in the chassis?
Thanks.

 

same bike as a 500, just a diff motor

 

Yup like Brutus450 said! I still have a SP450-2006 (wife's), its a great quad and nice
wheel base, power etc. etc. For me I just needed more being a big guy, and I
wanted to go deeper in the stuff (water crossing, mud holes) but the 450 held its own
as always. No bash on the new ones, I like all the new technologies that Polaris
has put out in the last two years. We are happy with ours, and enjoy when we can
ride together.

Cheers,

R'

 

Yes 2006 and 2007 were the Sportsman 450 with the same frame as the larger Sportsmans..........I bought two of them........Like them alot, More than enough power for me and the wife on the trail riding we do..................50-55 miles per hour is still too fast for me..............Caper...............

 

Love my '07 450, really didn't find much differance between it and a friends older 500.