Hey guys i just picked up a 500efi and a 500 efi 500 touring edition stealth black. My dealer told me there will be new attachments where the seat comes out too. I have owned 6-7 polaris atvs and loved all of them. Nice picture of the mountains !

 

Thanks for the info! I'm glad they made the seat removeable, once they get some decent attachments available it'll be awesome. I guess I'll be getting one of these unless they can make me some amazing deal on an 07 x2.

 

OMG......the pic with the mountains in the back is awesome! Congratulations on the new Sportsman.

 

Having only seen the pictures posted here, I do have two concerns with the rear seat.

1. I can't believe Polaris would use a single mounting point for the seat, and such a small post for the mount.
2. The angle of the seat.
I say this because here in the mountains of the eastern seaboard, our trails are lined with bushes and overhanging tree limbs. In my mind I can see a passenger constantly bombarded with limbs and bushes, and heaven forbid; getting hit by a tree limb hard enough to knock them backward, break the seat mount, and tumble to the ground, all at 10-20 mph.

It's possible the impact of the tree limb or bush hitting their chest would kill them. Never mind the tumble backwards to the ground.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: HeftyLefty

Having only seen the pictures posted here, I do have two concerns with the rear seat.



1. I can't believe Polaris would use a single mounting point for the seat, and such a small post for the mount.

2. The angle of the seat.

I say this because here in the mountains of the eastern seaboard, our trails are lined with bushes and overhanging tree limbs. In my mind I can see a passenger constantly bombarded with limbs and bushes, and heaven forbid; getting hit by a tree limb hard enough to knock them backward, break the seat mount, and tumble to the ground, all at 10-20 mph.



It's possible the impact of the tree limb or bush hitting their chest would kill them. Never mind the tumble backwards to the ground.



I hope I'm wrong.</end quote></div>

Not to worry HeftyLefty pictures can be deceiving. The latch post and the seat height are not a problem.

1. The latch post is 5/8 inch diameter steel, the same size pin that's used to attach a draw bar to a class IV receiver hitch designed to pull 12,000 pound trailers.

2. The rear seat height isn't that high, maybe 3 inches above the riders seat. My wife is a quite a bit shorter than I am, the seat raises her up enough so she can see over my shoulder and doesn't have to look at my back all day long.

As far as tree branches are concerned, we have plenty here in fly over country also, but we take matters into are own hands and duck.

 

Nice Touring Model!

 

when i first examined the seat/latch i was concerned also but after i studied it some it appears very strong only time will tell and yes some storage box that would mount there would be nice too!

 

That latch looks a lot better than the way they did the X2 seat back latch that holds up the rear back rest. I replaced mine because it was getting jammed open and the seat back was flopping back and forth. I took the old one and bathed it in WD40 and it loosened up enough that I'll keep it as a spare.