So awesome, So true! Thought this needed to be brought back from 9-22-2000 originally posted By Thor

Your Results May Vary It is interesting and fascinating to watch the posts on various topics within the forum. Each one of the over 13,000 members has a different perspective and frame of reference regarding the various threads. Their experiences can be real, imagined, first hand, second hand or deduced. Let's take durability issues. Some folks will swear the Polaris products are the most unreliable ATVs in the world and a virtual money pit. Why? Because they heard from somebody who knows somebody who said they were. Or, the competitive dealer says they are. Any quad no matter what it is requires maintenance. Some more preventive maintenance than others. Some ATV's have grease fittings, some do not. Some have bushings, which are designed to wear out without lubrication. Somewhere along the line somebody will wind up replacing those bushings if a quad is to have a longer serviceable life. Some machines require frequent oil changes because they are driven in deep water or very dusty conditions; the same goes for air filters. The use of an ATV is so diverse that one person's frame of reference can be totally different than another's. Let's take Swamp Riding Vs Trail riding for instance. If for instance a quad is driven in standing water, mud and varying thicknesses of gumbo, it is not unusual for that driver to replace disc brake pads on a fairly regular basis. Some pads will wear out in as little as 3 tanks of gas if the riding has been through viscous mud. Mud riders will also wear out u-joints at a higher than normal rate. Mud riders love to install monster tires on their quads and the tires are becoming larger and more aggressive each year. These oversized tires place torsion stresses upon a drive train that the average trail rider will never be exposed to. As tire traction increases stress occurs that the trail rider is never exposed to. Deep water running may cause muddy water to enter the crankcase, counter-balancers, starter housings, and differentials. Again, something that the average trail rider will never expose his machine to. Mud running is also a higher load upon the entire drivetrain, which further enhances wear. Etc. etc. etc. So when somebody says they went through a set of brake pads in a weekend you can believe it. When a trail rider says I have never replaced the brakes we can believe him also. When the owner of a mud running Xplorer says that his chain and sprockets wore out in 2000 miles we can believe him. When the owner of a logging road rider says his chain lasted over 3500 miles he is also believable. I guess what I am getting to is a concern for some posters (with tunnel vision) who say, "I never had any of that stuff happen to my quad", therefore my quad must be better than yours. Let's face it. Some ATV's do not have hour meters, or speedometers. Some people do not know how much they have used their quads. Some of these quads are never driven in any mud or water over the floorboards, they have never seen a mud hole let alone a deep puddle, and they are driven down logging roads or in the desert. Some of our brothers out there only put around the deer camp, out to their hunting posts, or the ice shanty in the winter and occasionally motor down county roads. Some people only go down to the mailbox and do not have trailer ***** on the back of their machines. Do quads break? Sure they do. And severe service is most likely the cause not what brand it is. So please don't compare your brand x which has never seen severe service with brand y or another brand x which has never had it easy.

 

amen brother.

 

well said!

 

PREACH ON!!!

 

yea baby!

 

That is awesome.

10 points to thor.