I have 10 hours on my 500 Ho sportsman and the plastic melted on the bike above the exhaust also the seat melted along with the brakets on the breather box ...This happend with about 4 hours of riding at the Marango Swamp ride In Hebert La over the weekend.. has anyone else seen this i also seen 2 other bikes that i stopped a 700 and a 800 that was worse than mine Has any one else seen this ???? The dealer who has it now said he was calling polaris to see what the fix is and if this is a problem that has been reported....Has any one else had the same problem if so what did you do and what did polaris say if so please respond Thanks
Wyant

05 Sportsman
front brush buard
rear double bumper
2500 warn winch

 

not on mine.

 

There have been alot of problems with the new body style melting. Polaris does know about it and I think there is a heatshield to fix the problem.

 

yeah polaris knows about this, take your quad in for warrenty work,you will get new plastic and a new seat also, plus the heat shield

 

Thanks for the advice went by the dealer this morning they said that they will replace everything but only putting back that silver tape looking stuff on the plastic do you know of a different heatshield???
thanks

 

Here you go call Customer Service at 1763-417-8650 Have Your Vin Ready