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12-13-2011, 10:27 PM
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Thinking about an ATV...
2012 Polaris Sportsman 550 ATV : Overview
Sportsman 550. 1ft of ground clearance, with what looks like a pretty powerful motor. Pro's and con's??
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12-13-2011, 10:46 PM
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12-13-2011, 11:11 PM
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The Polaris seems to be a pretty tough machine. I rented one a few months back and beat the living hell out of that thing. Anything about 14 inches or under I didn't even slow down for and it seemed to soak up that kind of abuse pretty good.
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12-14-2011, 07:23 AM
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What will you be using it for? This will have a lot to do with which one you should choose.
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12-14-2011, 07:59 AM
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Yeah, you really need to start out with what you'll do with it. I owned a Grizzly 660 for seven years, then sold it and bought a Kawi Mule because my boys got too old/big. There's no way I'd go back to an ATV now - they're fun, but I'm 42 now and flying over things at high rates of speed is now out of my system. Perhaps you need to get that into your system - who knows.
Over the past nine years of owning these things, I've learned to buy on probabilities of reliability; I always want a machine that'll run when I want it to with the least amount of hassles. Honda reliability is first, followed by Kawi, then Yamaha. Polaris always ranks somewhere around 5-6th place based on everything I've learned. I passed on the Polaris Crew and bought the Kawi Mule solely because of the reliability factor.
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12-14-2011, 08:57 AM
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yamaha parts are ungodly expensive.
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12-14-2011, 09:55 AM
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Going to a mule type vehicle does introduce some US made products into the equation.
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12-14-2011, 10:27 AM
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With scheduled maintenance, I haven't noticed too much of an issue. I would recommend them. I owned 2 Hondas before. Nothing spectacular. Their Rubicon and Rincon. I like the Polaris better.
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12-14-2011, 10:28 AM
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Wouldn't be enough to make me change my mind as to what to buy. IF all things are about equal, I would buy a US made product but I am not going to buy a US made product and figure out what I want.
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12-14-2011, 07:49 PM
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I want something to blast down trails with, and that goes like stink when I get it in a field or on a dirt road.
In other words I plan on beating on it. I like Polaris I'm sticking with them, they don't seem to break to often compared to what I have seen people do to them.
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12-14-2011, 08:52 PM
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I just bought a Banshee. Talk about blasting down trails! Wooooooooo! It's like cartoon fast.
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12-14-2011, 09:15 PM
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