which atv should I get
Jul 25, 2006 | 12:40 AM
#31
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I like to trail ride, and I've never ridden a polaris but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to slide your rear end out in a predictable manner. The way I ride you need to be able to kick your rear end out, if you can't you're gonna be way behind me or you're going to slide into the brush.
Jul 25, 2006 | 12:48 AM
#33
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Originally posted by: JJonJon
ugh, i tell you time and time again toyeboy, your whole opinion would be 100% different of Polaris if you would've only gotten the SP500.. that 400 is so0o0o0o0o sluggish!! i've driven my friends a few times and i literally cant believe how slow they are. And if i would've bought that as my first Polaris it would've definatly left a bad impression on me. And as i said, i really doubt anyone rides their bikes harder than me, and if you do, it cant be much harder. And i have NEVER ripped ANYTHING! .. Nothing on my machine has broke, malfunctioned, NOTHiNG.. And i dont maintenance my machine near enough as i should. And about that "real world setup".. i still dont agree with it. I use my ATV in real world scenario's almost every day. I ride with my buddie's AC500, i ride with my friends Grizz, and not only can i keep up with them in the mud, i make them look silly. I love my setup and couldnt stand stopping all the time to flip levers and push all kind of buttons. And as i've said before, i still cant notice the machine "engaging" itself whenever it wants to. Unless you specifically sit there and look for it to slip, you'll never notice. I think it is true 4wd at its best. Except for rocks. ill give the diff lock that.
ugh, i tell you time and time again toyeboy, your whole opinion would be 100% different of Polaris if you would've only gotten the SP500.. that 400 is so0o0o0o0o sluggish!! i've driven my friends a few times and i literally cant believe how slow they are. And if i would've bought that as my first Polaris it would've definatly left a bad impression on me. And as i said, i really doubt anyone rides their bikes harder than me, and if you do, it cant be much harder. And i have NEVER ripped ANYTHING! .. Nothing on my machine has broke, malfunctioned, NOTHiNG.. And i dont maintenance my machine near enough as i should. And about that "real world setup".. i still dont agree with it. I use my ATV in real world scenario's almost every day. I ride with my buddie's AC500, i ride with my friends Grizz, and not only can i keep up with them in the mud, i make them look silly. I love my setup and couldnt stand stopping all the time to flip levers and push all kind of buttons. And as i've said before, i still cant notice the machine "engaging" itself whenever it wants to. Unless you specifically sit there and look for it to slip, you'll never notice. I think it is true 4wd at its best. Except for rocks. ill give the diff lock that.
Jul 25, 2006 | 12:55 AM
#34
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Originally posted by: LOANSHARK
I like to trail ride, and I've never ridden a polaris but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to slide your rear end out in a predictable manner. The way I ride you need to be able to kick your rear end out, if you can't you're gonna be way behind me or you're going to slide into the brush.
I like to trail ride, and I've never ridden a polaris but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to slide your rear end out in a predictable manner. The way I ride you need to be able to kick your rear end out, if you can't you're gonna be way behind me or you're going to slide into the brush.
Jul 25, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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No no no. come on now. Consider this. After all my mods, after my lift, my big tires and rims and everything else, i still have the same stock axle's. And STILL not one of them has broke. And i've had this setup for almost 2 years now. And i loved my machine since day 1. If i didnt love it, i wouldnt put this much money to it. And if you think about it, i havnt really done hardly any mods. I've done no mods to my engine or anything else to give me more horsepower. I got tires and rims, a winch, and a 2 inch lift. And you cant hardly even notice the lift, so my machine is stock except for that lift. So HA....
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2004 Polaris Sportsman 700 (Green)
'27 ITP 589 M/S Tires
on ITP Type 5 Wheels
3000 lb. Warn Winch
3-Way Headlight Mod
High Lifter Lift Kit
2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 Mossy Oak - STOLEN
2001 Honda Rancher ES 350
Sold
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2004 Polaris Sportsman 700 (Green)
'27 ITP 589 M/S Tires
on ITP Type 5 Wheels
3000 lb. Warn Winch
3-Way Headlight Mod
High Lifter Lift Kit
2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 Mossy Oak - STOLEN
2001 Honda Rancher ES 350
Sold
Jul 25, 2006 | 04:26 PM
#38
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Originally posted by: Toyeboy
Yeah your right about that, the Sportsman's are far to heavy to do much of any sliding, ecspecially with their IRS that would more likely put you on two wheels than slide the rear tires. They aren't nimble, they aren't sporty...they are big heavy work machine's IMO.
Originally posted by: LOANSHARK
I like to trail ride, and I've never ridden a polaris but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to slide your rear end out in a predictable manner. The way I ride you need to be able to kick your rear end out, if you can't you're gonna be way behind me or you're going to slide into the brush.
I like to trail ride, and I've never ridden a polaris but it sounds like you wouldn't be able to slide your rear end out in a predictable manner. The way I ride you need to be able to kick your rear end out, if you can't you're gonna be way behind me or you're going to slide into the brush.
Jul 25, 2006 | 04:56 PM
#39
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Very well put Fireslayer and very true. If someone says a Sportsman isint sporty then they obvisouly havnt ridden one. They are so easy to powerslide around corners it makes me sick. My 700 has oodles of power and when you turn that corner and floor the throttle down, it'll make the front end pick up and GO! Not wheelie's. Anyway, yeah, and some people dont consider the fact that, the Sportsman 800 weighs at like 765lbs. While its competetion weighs in at mostly 600lbs and some at 695lbs, YET the Sportsman 800 is still the fastest ATV with the exception of the Bomb800, and the Brute (and thats very arguable) So my point is, is that Polaris makes stronger/better engines IMO.. And if rumors are true, and Polaris is taking off the weight for '07, well, i wish the competition all the luck in the world. They'll need it.
Jul 25, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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Originally posted by: JJonJon
Very well put Fireslayer and very true. If someone says a Sportsman isint sporty then they obvisouly havnt ridden one. They are so easy to powerslide around corners it makes me sick. My 700 has oodles of power and when you turn that corner and floor the throttle down, it'll make the front end pick up and GO! Not wheelie's. Anyway, yeah, and some people dont consider the fact that, the Sportsman 800 weighs at like 765lbs. While its competetion weighs in at mostly 600lbs and some at 695lbs, YET the Sportsman 800 is still the fastest ATV with the exception of the Bomb800, and the Brute (and thats very arguable) So my point is, is that Polaris makes stronger/better engines IMO.. And if rumors are true, and Polaris is taking off the weight for '07, well, i wish the competition all the luck in the world. They'll need it.
Very well put Fireslayer and very true. If someone says a Sportsman isint sporty then they obvisouly havnt ridden one. They are so easy to powerslide around corners it makes me sick. My 700 has oodles of power and when you turn that corner and floor the throttle down, it'll make the front end pick up and GO! Not wheelie's. Anyway, yeah, and some people dont consider the fact that, the Sportsman 800 weighs at like 765lbs. While its competetion weighs in at mostly 600lbs and some at 695lbs, YET the Sportsman 800 is still the fastest ATV with the exception of the Bomb800, and the Brute (and thats very arguable) So my point is, is that Polaris makes stronger/better engines IMO.. And if rumors are true, and Polaris is taking off the weight for '07, well, i wish the competition all the luck in the world. They'll need it.
Whoa a few of those comments seem a bit off... First off I've ridden the Sportsman ALOT and I'll tell you straight up compared to my Suzuki KQ they aren't very sporty. How can a 800lb ATV be considered sporty?
Also... The Sportsman 800 is a 760cc machine, the BF 750 is 749cc and it's faster so how does that make the Polaris have a stronger engine? The KQ 695cc single can beat a Sportsman 800 760cc Twin in a drag on some occasions, and if there wasn't a timing retard on the KQ it would win every time probably, we'll see when Velocity Devices Inc. releases their ECU for the KING, which will unrestrict that motor.
Hey the Jap brands (except for maybe Honda) don't have anything to worry about going against Polaris. Someone on NYROC's in the Polaris ATV forum said he switched to Suzuki b/c he felt his "American Built" 700 Sportsman motor was un refined and old American technology, compared it to rough running american built Harley Davidson.
