Today my friend traded his '00 400EX for a '00 Sportsman 500. It took a year of riding along with my Scrambler 500 4x4 for him to crack but I knew it was coming. Dragging that sport quad backwards and getting stuck in every bit of mud didn't work out for our type of riding.
Looks like my Scrambler is going up for sale and I'm getting a Sportsman also.

 

Good choice! Very comfortable go through anything quad there. I love the 500.