Just a note to forewarn fellow 500 HO Sporstman owners. I was getting ready to load up my new Sportsman ( less than 20 hours ) this last weekend and it fired up then died. I have yet to be able to get it to start after numerous attempts. It turns over fine, just doesnt seem to be firing. I loaded it up and took it back to the dealer where I purchased it and described the problem. Immediatley the owner of the shop and the mechanic exchangedglances and said they are pretty sure what the problem is. Seems they have had 4 Sporstmans in the last month brought in with the same exact problem. Seems Polaris has the spark plug cable routed underneath the gas tank in a way that it rubs against the frame and is shorting out the cable. This will be the 5th machine in just a short period of time they have seen. They put it in thier shop and I should have it back this week. Luckily I am still under warrantry, but I wanted to forewarn fellow owners to watch for this potential problem. When it happens there is no warning it will simply not start. Please let me know if anyone else has had this happen and as soon as I pick up my 500 HO I will once again RIDE ON!

 

Just a thought, maybe it would be more helpful to post this in the Polaris forum. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]