Without a doubt! Some may be faster(who cares) or better looking(I don't think so,but many do) or lighter(who cares)or get better mileage(again,who cares) but for UTILITY Polaris Sportsman is #1 hands down! After all the Sportsman is a UTILITY ATV,and as such there is no comparison IMO. And while I LOVE my XP I must say that the "regular" Sportsman is more of a pure utility machine than the XP. Polaris has felt to the pressure to have a Sport Ute and answered with the XP. At first I thought it would be the end of the "old style" Sportsman,and it may be. But I have to say I hope it isn't. Bottom line the "regular" Sportsman is a tank...and that is a good thing IMO. I didn't need brush guards on my old Sportsman. Put the 850 motor in the "regular" Sportsman and tweak the steering geometry to make it a little lighter and that would be the PERFECT Utility ATV IMO.

 

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

Without a doubt! Some may be faster(who cares) or better looking(I don't think so,but many do) or lighter(who cares)or get better mileage(again,who cares) but for UTILITY Polaris Sportsman is #1 hands down! After all the Sportsman is a UTILITY ATV,and as such there is no comparison IMO. And while I LOVE my XP I must say that the "regular" Sportsman is more of a pure utility machine than the XP. Polaris has felt to the pressure to have a Sport Ute and answered with the XP. At first I thought it would be the end of the "old style" Sportsman,and it may be. But I have to say I hope it isn't. Bottom line the "regular" Sportsman is a tank...and that is a good thing IMO. I didn't need brush guards on my old Sportsman. Put the 850 motor in the "regular" Sportsman and tweak the steering geometry to make it a little lighter and that would be the PERFECT Utility ATV IMO.</end quote></div>

No put the 850 in the scrambler!!!!that will make the renagades and wolverines of the world sweat bullits[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

You won't believe this??? Of course we will!!! Polaris rules. Now tell us something we don't already know. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]


Frank

 

go get the old polaris diesle polaris made. you want to see something that will pull. lol. w/ traction that would pull just about anything you could hook to it w/ the torque that has.