Beats me thor, The only thing I can think of, is its because some of the posts above mine, scrool off to the right???????? rangerchet

 

Loyal it cant be a Xplorer because the Xplorer is chain drive expect for the Xplorer 500 which had a independent rear.....

im confused

 

Lets see . . .

Turning my head to the right I cannot see a rear "pumpkin" housing the drive gears and shaft. What "I" can see is the large metal "disk" that is mounted next to the sproket for protection of the chain. It looks much smaller than drive gears.

The tires resemble Titan 489s that came on the 95/96.

Anyone have the guys e-mail who sent in the picture so we can settle this quandry?

 

Like Loyal said, the bike is an early model Xplorer 400. They had red springs. Xpeditions have black springs.

 

My question is: How did he roll it like that? Does this guy "Drive like Steve McQeen?"

 

but this one is not chain driven! THe Xploer is expect the Xplorer 500 which is IRS and this is strait axle!

whats going on

 

clindst,
You need to look again. The bike in the picture is chain drive. The trailer ball mount is a dead give away. On a shaft drive bike the mount comes off of the tube that runs all the way to the end of the left side of the axle. On a shaft drive bike you cannot see the axle on the left side. If you look in the picture you can see the axle plain as day. On a chain drive bike the mount mounts to the bolts on the rear axle bearing carrier. The exhaust is another give away. On an Xplorer the exhaust outlet goes straight down. On an Xpedition or Magnum the exhaust outlet turns back. The bike is an Xplorer 400. I own an Xplorer 400 and an Xpedition 425 and I am telling you that the bike in the picture is not a Xpedition, Magnum or any other shaft drive bike from Polaris.

 

I will bet it is a 97 400 explorer

 

It's probaly a '97 Xplorer 400 4x4:

1. Color

It's red, and the only other red models are the Xpedition 425, Xplorer 500, Magnum 425 2x4, and Sportsman 500. Can't be Xpedition because it's chain drive. Can't be Xplorer/Sportsman because it's straight axle. Can't be Magnum 425 2x4 because it has different tires.

2. Driveline

It's chain drive, and the new Xplorers are concentric which has the brake disc on the axle, this one doesn't have the disc on the axle so it must be pre-'99.

3. Exhaust

Only 2-strokes and Magnum 425's had that style exhaust. The 425 2x4 was red, chain drive, and had that style exhaust, but it can't be that because....

4. Tires

The Magnum 425 2x4 had Goodyears, not Dunlops, so it can't be that.

So, it must be a '96 Xplorer 400 4x4! The '97+ models were green, and the pre-'96 had Gen II body style.

 

Adam, your right. A friend of mine has a '96 Xplorer 400. It's Red with the Generation IV body and the exhaust dumps straight out the bottom of the muffler. The one in the pic is chain driven.