I have a 06 Polaris Sportsman 700efi that the rear suspsion is to soft. I tightened up the shocks but that didnt help. When I add just a 100lbs. to the rear of the bike it all most bottoms out. Anyone have any idea what might be wrong.

 

you either need stiffer springs or the shocks are gone. epi or high lifter makes heavy duty ones.

 

Does anyone know how much weight the reciever hitch is rated for? I noticed when I put a trailer behind my bike it bottoms out also. The trailer tunge weight is only about 75 pounds or less. When I put a load on top of 100 pounds I notice that my shock springs are not going down but the swing arms are taking all the weight and making the bike squt down. Is there any way to adjust this up tighter?

 

My 500 has a hitch tongue capacity of 120 lbs. and a towing capacity of 1225 lbs. The machine has a dry vehicle weight of 715+ lbs and a gross vehicle weight of 1200 lbs.

I would think that a 700 would have a similar tongue weight. At 120 lbs it should not normally bottom out.

 

To my other statement the rear capacity of the 500 is 180 lbs.

 

check to make sure shocks are rebounding to see if there bad or leaking or not.

 

My 4 wheeler does the same thing. I was hauling around a trailer with maybe 200#s and the suspension was almost bottomed out. I was thinking new springs.

 

I only have 200 miles on this bike so the shock are new. Were can I find stiffer springs?v

 

epi, highlifter. go on ebay and check. not sure if any rear springs on there or not. even check into the x2 springs which are stiffer. just a thought

 

wow only 200 miles on it? i would pitch a bitch to the dealer....sumtins wrong