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

hope so, its been three years now senses polaris updated the body style on the sportsman other than colors and painted plastic.</end quote></div>

The Sportsman 455cc looks different.

 

ya but that's the old Hawkeye body style now called sportsman for the 300-400 class, they better not make the full size sportsman look like that. well, at lese it has some metal up front.

 

Not sure why Polaris calls a 455cc a 400?

 

sounds sweet

 

The 455cc is the 400HO, and the 499cc is the 500HO why the do it that way bets the hek out of me.

 

I think Polaris was after the most powerful 400 Utitity crown, and a 455cc 400 is a good why to do it. LOL

 

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

Not sure why Polaris calls a 455cc a 400?</end quote></div>

It doesn't follow their normal numbers fudging liek calling a 760 an 800.

I can understand calling a 796 an 800 or a 492 a 500 but where is the limit? It's just deceptive to call a 760 an 800. It isn't just a Polaris problem. Arctic Cat calls their new 950 a 1000. 10-20+ cc discrepancies are strait up lying. Just call them what they are.

 

yea 800cc ture or even bigger twin would nice to, just hope it dont suck alot a gas or bigger tanks

 

Just got some seat time on a Griz 700 with power steering. Crossed a chisel plowed field at a 45 degree angle...on a side hill...with almost no feedback thru the bars. Simple one-handed riding...I liked it. Is it necessary??...Heck no. Is it practical??...Heck yes. Especially since I live in hilly country and my primary riding is technical rock crawling. The system, if reliable, would pay for itself in a heartbeat...but first it has to earn its stripes. Told my Griz owning friend I'd let him beat the crap out the system for a year or two (trust me, he will) before I'd consider buying one. System endurance will be the deciding factor.

IMO, Polaris has other issues to address before this tho...like a competent EBS system. I'm a little out of date, but if ADC isn't standard across the Sportsman line yet, it dang well should be. That is priority one. The two-wheel system has made me kiss more than one tree on steep descents. Next I'd like to see the power output of the 800 match that of the Kawa or CanAm. Right now she works hard to outpace the 700 Griz. What happens when Yama drops an 800??...We'll be stuck sitting at the kiddy table with Honda! Third, I'd like to see a slight diet. Personally, I've never liked a 600lb quad...but Polaris should be able to hit the 700lb range easy enough. This would help the power-to-weight ratio as well. Lastly, Polaris should invest in EPS. The idea has great merit.

Bottomline...Polaris has a lot of work it could be doing. Let's hope they are. We've all seen what happens when a company quits trying (Honda). That Griz is a very functional crawler with a lot of other Polaris-like qualities...It's looking pretty tempting...

 

Compared to my '97 Sportsman we DO have powersteering. I can park in the driveway and turn the bars back and forth on the newer ones, but it wouldn't budge on the old ones.

I'd like to see an automatic sport quad that's actually sporty, not heavy like a Scrambler. If they gave the Scrammy an aluminum tube frame I'd buy it next week.

I almost always have give it the gas to go down hill with EBS and no ADC. Even on Bull Gap hill which is the biggest legal hill I know of in Michigan. I'd like to have ADC anyway if it doesn't cost extra. It wouldn't hurt, but all the trees I've hit were on level ground. One time I couldn't decide whether to go left or right around a tree, so I didn't. I skidded straight into it. I think the bark grew back eventually.