My dealer says that the release date is Sept. 1st and the website www.sportsman700.com will also be up on that day.

 

Sorry, the 13th is the start of some promotions, not the 700.

 

Sept. 1 is a SATURDAY. I highly doubt that the official release date would be on a weekend.

 

I have some good NEWS ALL!!! well I decided for the heck of it to go to

WWW.SPORTSMAN700.com. And what did i find...??? Well I found that it is a registered website owned by Polaris Industries, ATV division AND its under Construction RIGHT NOW. So that means that it will make a debut VERY SOON. Also Rumor has it that Suzuki HAS released ALL 2002 ATV's except the 2002 QUADMASTER 500 4X4, BECAUSE they are going to release it as a 700cc Vinson "bodied" (PLASTIC and visuals) QUADMASTER 700 4x4 in September right about when POLARIS will introduce their's. If you want some info on the QMASTER, i will have the bulk of it this afternoon. THERE IS OUR FINAL ANSWER! And those of you who have been saying that this model will NOT be released are THE WEAKEST LINK! (I had to throw that in, I watched it for the first time and that lady is pretty funny) Let me tell you. Ive owned ATVs since my 1985 honda fourtrax 250 2x4 and every year things get more and more interesting in this market. RIDE SAFE! =)[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

If you are correct on the Suzuki 700, then expect one from Arctic Cat as well.

 

Just another verification of the Sportsman700.com website from http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-...ortsman700.com

Registrant:
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (SPORTSMAN14-DOM)
2100 Highway 55
MEDINA, MN 55340
US

Domain Name: SPORTSMAN700.COM

Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (PI1170-ORG) jeff.anderson@polarisind.com
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.
2100 Highway 55
MEDINA, MN 55340
US
612 542 0500 fax: 612 542 0599
Technical Contact:
WorldNIC Name Host (HOST-ORG) namehost@WORLDNIC.COM
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170-5142
1-888-642-9675

Record last updated on 05-Jun-2001.
Record expires on 05-Jun-2002.
Record created on 05-Jun-2001.
Database last updated on 13-Aug-2001 19:02:00 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS74.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.214
NS73.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.213


Notice when the domain was created: June 5, 2001. This looks like it is for real.

Also: quad_man, is that 4wd system the same as the 2002 Magnum 500 where they moved the electro-locking part of the system inboard, out of harms way?

 

And while I was at it, I looked up all the domains Polaris has registered:

POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISIND3-DOM) POLARISIND.NET
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISINDUSTRIES2-DOM) POLARISINDUSTRIES.ORG
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISIND2-DOM) POLARISIND.ORG
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISINDUSTRIES3-DOM) POLARISINDUSTRIES.NET
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISTRAILS-DOM) POLARISTRAILS.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (SPORTSMAN14-DOM) SPORTSMAN700.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (SPORTSMAN700TWIN-DOM) SPORTSMAN700TWIN.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISUNIVERSITY-DOM) POLARISUNIVERSITY.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISSUPPLIERS-DOM) POLARISSUPPLIERS.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISU-DOM) POLARISU.COM
POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (POLARISKIDS-DOM) POLARISKIDS.COM
Polaris Industries (POLARISRADIO-DOM) POLARISRADIO.COM
Polaris Industries (POLARISMIDWEST-DOM) POLARISMIDWEST.COM
Polaris Industries (POLARISUSA-DOM) POLARISUSA.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (VICTORYMOTORCYCLEGROU-DOM) VICTORYMOTORCYCLEGROUP.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (POLARISINDUSTRIES-DOM) POLARISINDUSTRIES.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (POLARISIND-DOM) POLARISIND.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (POLARISDEALERS-DOM) POLARISDEALERS.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (VICTORYOWNERS-DOM) VICTORYOWNERS.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (POLARISOUTLET-DOM) POLARISOUTLET.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (OUTBOUNDPOLARIS-DOM) OUTBOUNDPOLARIS.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (THENEWAMERICANMOTORCY-DOM) THENEWAMERICANMOTORCYCLE.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (VICTORYMOTORCYCLEOWNE-DOM)VICTORYMOTORCYCLEOWNERS.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (VICTORYOWNER-DOM) VICTORYOWNER.COM
Polaris Industries Inc. (VICTORY-USA-DOM) VICTORY-USA.COM
Polaris Industries, Inc. (POLARIND-DOM) POLARIND.COM
Polaris Industries, Inc. (POLARISATPLAY-DOM) POLARISATPLAY.COM
Polaris Industries, Inc. (POLARISATWORK-DOM) POLARISATWORK.COM

 

DOES anyone want to see a pic that was sent to me of the supposed 2002 Suzuki Quadmaster 700 4x4? e-mail me and i will send...Im not sure what to think of it.But it does envoke some excitement

 

Kevin,

Yes and no. The setup you talk about is just like the Ranger 4x4, but not like the Magnum RMK. I don't remember if all the 4x4's including the regular Magnum went to the new setup or not, I have 2002 brochures, but I haven't studied them or anything yet. But only the RMK will be using the Visco-Lok as of right now, nothing else.

 

Not the RMK, the regular Magnum 500. I read that they had moved the elctro-locking mechanism from the hubs to somewhere close to the front gearbox. This would keep people from cutting the wires out on the struts.