I never get involved with online anything but since I dug so deep into reviews and such before I bought my 1000 sportsman highlifter I'm gunna say my two cents because i wish i read an honest review like yoi are about yo recieve. Here is what i thought after putting my first solid 3 hours into breaking in my new bike.
I'm 25 years old, iv owned Polaris most my life, owned 850 sportsman xp, owned 800 s and 900 s rzrs, was due for a new machine.
Went into the dealer ready to buy a new 1000 s rzr two days later left with a 1000 highlifter sportsman. Done my home work before hand and I must say everything I have read and research didn't prepare me to recieve what I got.
I have honestly in all my life never been more disappointed with anything I have done with my money... For starters the bike will go threw anything ! Or most anything, I did manage to get it stuck tonight.
the bike has a 50 mph govener witch I did not know and honestly researched top speed and ask the dealer and could only find out extremely little an found out after I bought the the bike I must have been lookin at rzr stuff because I was expecting 80 mph... my bad right. The dealer couldn't even answer me this.. Big rubber small gears, should be some what normal right ? I knew it be a bit slower with the gear reduction but deffinatly didnt expect 50 mph. is what it is, that one was on me..
Alright secondly I knew the bike would have a big turn radius, I knew the shocks were stiff. I bought the bike thinking it was a walk ot of the door ready to go bad ass machine. Witch I guess in one way it is. But it's certainly not for me.
I love the mud, I love noise and anything obnoxious, I'll remind you I'm 25.. I honestly hate this machine, huge Polaris man, would trade it in tomorrow after one solid ride if I wouldn't loose my shirt.
I was a little sore be for tonight, after 3 hours on that huge hulk like monster I am pounded to pieces. The bike has absolutely no trail driveablitly. It's heavy and gutless, at midge range an above. the power steering feels heavy and a small rock will rip the bars from your hand, super unpredictable, super tippy, handles like a dump truck. Every time you hit a "bump" the bike wants to buck you off like an angry bull, we found some mud, I threw roosters 30 feet an drove were no one could. the clutch felt soft and the tires just wanna dig you into China. Was accutly fun there for a moment.
For a 1000 I feel like I have a peddle bike. yes it has a ton of yank from go until you smash the chip instantly and run at 48 mph. Even in low awd in seriouse mud the bike was very disapointing for power imo. I had my own old 850 out run me all night. made this machine look like a joke. There was 3 times my old machine had troubles getting threw a rough spot that I crawled threw and made look all to easy because it accutly was. The other 90 % of the time we were not in very serious mud the old 850 was far superior.
Final thoughts.. perfect mud bog machine. Perfect bike if you want to live in a mud bog. Absolutely useless for anything else. Super stiff, super rough, super tippy, super unstable, super gutless, supper disaponted with my 1000 that goes 50 mph.
My two cents worth..
