Well, I'm new here, so talk slowly please!

I have a Polaris Hawkeye on it's way up to New York, from Texas. There is a foot of snow here in a lot of places, so I'm wondering what I need to do to prepare for the colder temperatures. Oil, grease, stuff like that. I'm using stock tires, and plan on keeping it that way.

Also, keep it as cheap as possible, please!

 

I rode my 06 summer and winter with no particular attention to anything other than normal maintenance.

 

Sounds easy enough. I guess Service Manuals like to scare you a bit...

 

Ditto on routine maintenance. Also, if you will be riding it in deep snow throughout the winter I remove the cv guards to help keep the snow from building up.

 

You might want to change the engine oil right away, just in case they had a heavier weight oil in it, seeing it is coming from Texas. Always a good idea to check all fluids and do a maintenance check on a new machine. Good Luck with your new purchase.

 

I'll check that engine oil thing.

Thanks for the input guys, and I'll probably keep the CV guards on, just brush out the snow after each ride.

 

Don,t bother ,all Polaris take synthetic 0W-40 ,that oils does the coldest days and hottest.

 

Please allow me to borrow this thread on a related note. I have a 2005 Polaris 500 ATP and the dealer told me I HAVE to use Polaris oil. Is this a fact or is their an oil I can substitute since the nearest dealer is 50 miles away?

 

And does any synthetic 0W-40 work? Or does it have to be specifically for ATVs?

 

So do you "know" this guy from Texas, that he bought the machine from, had the correct oil in it?