Why did you buy a Polaris
Jan 17, 2011 | 09:21 AM
#43
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From: Quincy, IL.
Bought a used 2003 700 Sportsman with almost 3000 miles on it. Wow, money pit is correct. But I purchased the machine worth the money, so I could spend a few hundred dollars. Well, here it is a month later and I had to replace the following: rear left inner cv joint, all the wheel bearings, ignition, wheel speedo sensor, all the brakes, clean shifter housing, painted frame and racks, wrap in camo wrap, replace themo sensor in raditator, new seat, new tires, changed all fluids and filters and rebuild rear brake caliper. Almost $1,700. My idea was to replace what needed replaced so I knew what I had. I now have about $4,000 in it all told, but I have a machine that should not need any major repairs for awhile or at least until Hunting Season. I could have purchased a machine for $4,000 that was in good condition, but you still don't know what repairs are in front of you at purchase.
Jan 17, 2011 | 01:37 PM
#45
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Bought a used 2003 700 Sportsman with almost 3000 miles on it. Wow, money pit is correct. But I purchased the machine worth the money, so I could spend a few hundred dollars. Well, here it is a month later and I had to replace the following: rear left inner cv joint, all the wheel bearings, ignition, wheel speedo sensor, all the brakes, clean shifter housing, painted frame and racks, wrap in camo wrap, replace themo sensor in raditator, new seat, new tires, changed all fluids and filters and rebuild rear brake caliper. Almost $1,700. My idea was to replace what needed replaced so I knew what I had. I now have about $4,000 in it all told, but I have a machine that should not need any major repairs for awhile or at least until Hunting Season. I could have purchased a machine for $4,000 that was in good condition, but you still don't know what repairs are in front of you at purchase.
Jan 17, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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From: Baxter MN
^^^Very Valid point Redymixer169^^^
It so easy for people to talk trash about a brand but not so easy to admit that they never preformed matinance and most the problems were self inflicted
It so easy for people to talk trash about a brand but not so easy to admit that they never preformed matinance and most the problems were self inflicted
Jan 21, 2011 | 01:17 PM
#47
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I got my 1988 Trailboss 2x4 for free, from a friend who had it sitting for over 10 years. I have since put a few hundred dollars into it (including top end rebuild and replacing the crankshaft bearings after I got nailed out on the trails with a broken piston skirt).
I have had more fun than I honestly expected, both playing with the machine out on the trail, AS WELL AS pulling it apart and fixing it, and learning about engines etc in the process.
Well worth the hundreds I have put into it
I have had more fun than I honestly expected, both playing with the machine out on the trail, AS WELL AS pulling it apart and fixing it, and learning about engines etc in the process.
Well worth the hundreds I have put into it
Jan 21, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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I think Polaris has the best package overall. Yeah a can-am 800 will pry out do my sportsman 800 in speed but who the he!! cares? how often are you using your complete top end on the trails? Sure Polaris will weigh a bit more then the competition (Except Cat) but look what you get... you get a tough ATV that doesn't need skid plates to protect everything down below and a frame that has some strength instead of a frame made of 1.5"X3" tube (can-am). Also the 4x4 is second to none! It doesn't even compare to the competition. We all know there isn't one PERFECT ATV out there, each one has its pros and cons but at the end of the process it boils down to the best overall package. POLARIS WILL GET YOU OUT!!!
Jan 21, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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From: rindge, nh
I think Polaris has the best package overall. Yeah a can-am 800 will pry out do my sportsman 800 in speed but who the he!! cares? how often are you using your complete top end on the trails? Sure Polaris will weigh a bit more then the competition (Except Cat) but look what you get... you get a tough ATV that doesn't need skid plates to protect everything down below and a frame that has some strength instead of a frame made of 1.5"X3" tube (can-am). Also the 4x4 is second to none! It doesn't even compare to the competition. We all know there isn't one PERFECT ATV out there, each one has its pros and cons but at the end of the process it boils down to the best overall package. POLARIS WILL GET YOU OUT!!!
I've owned two sp 800's and 4 can-am outlanders (650 - 800)... I'll take the outlander any day over the sp. sportsman's are great on a farm or as a working quad- Case in point- I've been through this bog a dozen times since on my outlander- never needed a winch out... first time attempting it on my sportsman 800, had to get winched out by a grizzly (who made it through). I've found the fender design of the sportsman turns it into a plow as debris and mud start backing up under it, the mud has no where to go- unlike the outty fenders that channel the debris away from the tires (but also covers the rider- but I'd rather be covered in mud, then stuck in it
)a few weeks ago, I also had to pull a new sp 500 out of a grassy mud hole- that my outty and troys grizz walked over no problem...
also- I punish my spar fram over rocky terrain and jumps- never an issue with the spar chassis-
just saying- wouldn't be so quick to knock a can-am... you never know when you'll be getting pulled out by one
