Well, my brother rolled it for me. It WAS a 2007 ES. Insurance company has given me full value minus the deductible. (Brother wrote me a check for the deductable.)

When I went to the dealer to get a replacement, they had a Polaris Sportsman 450 on sale for basically the same price. This is $1,200 dollars less than 2 months ago when I got the Rancher. I know what the guys on the Polaris boards will say. What do you think of this as a replacement for my Honda?

100 Proof

 

I think you are nuts , Stick with the best , HONDA...you will hate the polaris within a few months

 

haha, thats a good joke, considering a polaris....................wait, are you serious. DONT DO IT, get another rancher.

 

Tell us the story of how he rolled it so bad that it got totalled.....

As far as the Polaris...if you don't know any better, then you deserve to ride a Polaris!

 

I rolled my dads 97 Sportsman end over end 3 times with a side roll over for the grand finally while going down a steep hill . Once the peeled off tires were put back on the rims and the pod , speedo and front rack were changed it was back in action for $500 and that was 4 years and many hard miles ago.

I rolled over my Yamaha 89 Big Bear so many times I think I lost count of them and its out there running around faithfully for the person I sold it to.

What kind of roll over totals the whole machine?

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: TLC
What kind of roll over totals the whole machine?</end quote></div>

I would like to know this also. I rolled and flipped mine down a double hill, rolled it down a country ditch, and rolled it this weekend by turning too sharp too fast...This has all been within a month. My 07 Rancher 4x4 has some fender bumps, but otherwise is fine. I have two bruised ankles, two sprained wrists, and a DEEPLY bruised knee...

Neither me nor my Honda is close to totaled.

A 300lb buddy of mine rolled and flipped (like seven times) his 07 Rancher 4x4 down a levee 2 weeks ago. He cut the front right fender, lost a handgrip, and flooded the engine. Still runs great!

 

Let someone tell you that has experience of owning both a Polaris and a Honda. DONT BUY A POLARIS. Let me repeat that. DONT BUY A POLARIS. I purchased a Polaris as my first ATV with the price and automatic transmission being the 2 biggest selling points. Although I had no trouble out of the motor or transmission, I did have numerous problems with other things like starters, axles, etc. Check my profile to see some pictures of some problems I had. My real good friend had the exact same ATV and had the same problems. Combine that with the fact I could never get any help from Polaris and after market parts are hard to find. If you can afford it, go with a Honda.

 

I can contribute to both topics here. My older ATV is a 2004 Polaris Scrambler. First, a friend rolled it and it was nearly totalled too. Seemingly little damage, but the top shock tower/mount was bent and that is part of the frame, so they had to replace the whole frame. Once insurance got involved, they chose to replace all of the plastic too. So, now it looks like new...... about $2800 later!

The engine on my Polaris is rock solid and starts in all weather, including when the choke cable wouldn't operate... so there was no choke. But I've had NOTHING but problems with the CVT belt. I've been through about 3 belts and one pulley. Unfortunately, the Scrambler does not have a low range, so I just decided it wasn't correct for my style of riding and needed to be running fully out instead of slow technical trails. I know people with bigger Polaris and Yamaha's with CVT's that have had no problem, but th experience soured me on CVT's for a while, so I went searching for a non-CVT machine and bought the Foreman. So far I love it. Was out with a buddy on my first ride, he had a Grizzly 660, apparently the CVT vent fell off, he went in water and got stuck immediately. At that point, I LOVED my decision to stay away from CVT! Again, I know there are a lot riders and even mudders out there running CVT's with no problem.

 

I'd rather have the rolled Honda than have a new Polaris............ even if rolled and on fire!