whats the deferance in a xplorer an a sportsman?? i got a 95 xplorer an cant tell it from a 95 to atlest a '02 sportsman from pics an info i can find on net,...also what was the last year of the 3 chain system on the 4x4's???

 

Pre 97 they still made the 400 2 stroke sportsman which is "essentially" the same as the your 400 xplorer besides body style and racks. Same motor and 3 chain system.

They started to make the 500 sportsmans 4 stroke in 96. The body style on your 95 xplorer is the same style body on that 500 sportsman up till about 02-03...Lots of body parts/plastic are interchangable if need be. What's different between your 95 400 xplorer and the sportsman 500 up till 02. Your motor is a 400 2 stroke, has 3 chains, rear swing arm. The sportsman 500 is a 4 stroke and Independant rear suspension and doesn't use any drive chains.

As far as the 3 chain system and when they stopped using it...depends what machine. They still used it on the 400 xplorer till 2000. Other machines,sportsman(96), scrambler(99).

I think my years are right...if not someone correct might correct me.

Wenty

 

thats pretty close to what i found lookin at diagrams on bikebandit last 2 hours..thay did show a 400 sportsman up to 97 with 2stroke an swing arm...ant had this xplorer but few weeks but i really like it,but only other thing ive rode is a ol lt230quadrunner i drug home last spring!

 

if you want to make it really run get ahold of Rick Ritter, Ritter racing, he can make them old 400s scream

 

it screams nuff for my in-experienced butt right now!! just tryin to catch up on polaris tech knowledge,..an keep this thang runnin as good as it dose!!

 

It's even enough for my "experienced" butt...they're quick machines as is! But, like said...if you want to pep it up,lots of stuff you could do. Mine's pretty stock besides lift/tires. On trail rides we swap machines once in a while...guys like to get on the 400's...I always want mine back! Nice thing about these machines...they're easy to work on if you need to.

Wenty

 

really just wanta lift it an put 27's on it an make sure everything is water tight!! thinkin bout a heat gauge,an how to hook it up! an maybe some deeper geared sprockets