>>>>>unfortunately boot tearing is the nature of the beast, every forum, every machine has the problem, depending on what you ride in....I put on stick stoppers and haven't had any problems....I believe the new '06 machines use thicker boots...<<<<<<

Yeah other brands do have this problem but I haven't had a boot rip yet on my Suzuki, I think it's probably because their boots are so much smaller like maybe twice as small so it's not as big of a target for something to get up in there and rip it, Polaris should really put a boot guard on there standard..it can't be that hard to just add an extra guard.

mtpockets, yeah I rode that Sportsman 400 soooo much and I plowed with it a ton..probably overworked it a little when I plowed, could have definitly used the extra power 500sp or 700sp...but the engine stood up to the abuse..still ran fine when I sold it.

 

Sorry chucky, I ride off-road and have yet to have the problem of torn boots you ignorant piece of scat!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]