Its crazy the 300 Sportsman has a larger gas tank the the 800. LOL 2008 Polaris Sportsman® 800 EFI H.O. ATVs

 

Yes that is about what I normally see on my 08 800 Sportsman. I never understood why they went to a bigger cc and smaller gas tanks. Makes me miss my old 500 Sportsman for the milage.

 

Hey Im new to the site and was wonderin what the top speed is on your 800 mine will only do about 60mph but I do have 27inch zillas on it would that be why maybe

 

I have 27" Mud Lite XTR's on mine right now and according to the stock speedometer it reads 60-64 mph on a long flat stretch. When it was new with the stock tires and rims it would run 70 according to the speedo. The stock speedos arent always the most accurate but thats what mine said.

 

Well that helps and makes sense I just bought the quad on saturday its an 08 and has 960miles on it its like new but I wasnt sure I am new to a polaris quad the other Q I have is when it is idleing in cold weather it puffs exhaust more outta one pipe than the other not much but a bit more any ideas?????

 

Mine is an 08 also. That is normal on that machine, if you look close it had dual mufflers but really its a single exhaust system that has another muffler plug into it. It doesnt have a true dual exhaust. I put an aftermarket muffler on mine and it turns it into a single muffler system mainly to safe the weight. Not a huge performance gain at all.

 

AWWWW fwewwwwwwww LOL thanks man that just made me worry free I havnt heard many horror stories on the 800's my buddy has one and he loves the thing I had an 03 GRIZZ and nuthin but probs thats why I swithched to POLARIS hopefully its a good machine and I can get out a little more with out walkin back every 2nd time still tryin to figure out this site and check out some more stuff on here ok well thanks again my friend and good rides to ya brotha.

 

Actually I did hear a little whisper about the drive belts being bad or thier hard on em or somthin any reason why ?

 

I have been real happy with my machine and I do a lot of different types of riding. My only complaint is in warm temperatures and low speeds your right leg will get really warm from the exhaust.

Belts are just like any other machine. Belts will always be a weak point but as long as you use low range at slow speeds and when your putting more of a load on the machine that will save you a lot of ware and tare.

 

they do run hotter then singles for sure and make sure you keep your radaitor completely clean of mud(front and back) if not they can over heat easily. i never had any issues w/ either my 06 or 08' 800's for belt issues. i always used low range when working the bike and going real slow. the extra clutch speed at slow speeds help cool the belt form the excesses heat. as far as speed goes i could do about 70 mph w/ the stock tires and closer to 64 w/ my 27" xtr's i ran.