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Hey guys. New to the forum and new to the UTV world in general. I’m buying a 6 seater utility side by side. Pretty sold on the defender max just not sure whether to land on the HD8 or HD10. I found a great deal on a 2018 demo HD8 defender max DPS. Want to pull the trigger but would hate regretting not having enough power. Will use this primarily to take family of 6 back and forth to the lake and also riding on our hunting property. Curious if anyone has much experience riding both the max 8 and the max 10. Most of the reviews I could find were on the 8 and 10 defenders, not the max Would love your thoughts. Thanks!

Hi everyone
Can some one answer this
I raced my 2017 850 Max XT against a 2018 850 XMR and he smoked me, both are stock the only differences are the XMR is running 30x9x14 ITP Cryptic all around and I'm running 28x12x14 rear and 28x10x14 front swamp lights
And also the spec sheet shows the Max dry weight is 821lbs and the XMR comes in at 963lbs and I dont see where the weight increase is on the XMR

Just Sheard my front driveshaft on my Outlander 2017 XMR 1000R. A couple of posts I read told me something about pulling the motor mounts and rotating engine. All I had to do was remove the three differential mounting bolts and rotate the rear end of the front diff upward to give me all the room I needed. Is there something I’m missing? Everything I read made it sound a lot more difficult than it actually was…

I backed it all the out using the motor then I ran it all back in smoothly on the spool.
If you turn the end to free spool, it might pull out a turn or 2 of the spool then it locks.

So what is up with that? How to fix, does it need to be taken apart and greased?

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Hey all,
I just bought the alpine plow kit for my 2012 outlander XMR. Put everything together w/ no issues. Now I am having trouble w/ the mounting bracket. I got ATV KIT sku# 715001411. I verified it with the dealer. From what I can see this just isn’t the right kit. Now where I don’t know if the issue may be...when I went to the dealer they had it listed as a 2011 XMR...when I went to purchase it, good news they said they ran the vin and its actually a 2012. Verified that. Now from what I can see...the 2011 and the 2012 look exactly the same. Has anyone else had any issues with the mounting bracket on their 800XMR 2012. Case I’m stumped! Thanks all for any input.

Just wondering if there is a way to override the AWD system and make it like an actual 4x4.

I have a 98 sportsman 500

I push the button to start it up and it will crank but then stop. Feels like battery is dead. Check battery and has good power in it. I did replace the voltage regulator a couple of years ago and could have been a cheap chinese one but not sure. could it be decompression because quad has been sitting for a year or so.. When i pull the starter it is hard to pull but will fire right up. any ideas before i go into the motor for this decompression spring i am hearing about or could it be electrical?

I just got my kit in the mail. I honestly have never clutched any of my previous machines and do not know much about it at all. I’ll be having the shop install it. As you can see my secondary spring is silver/orange. They have written down that it’s silver/green. I’m wondering which is correct? Did they write it down wrong or give me the wrong spring? It’s for a 18 sportsman 1000 with 26” tires. I was hoping someone here has installed this kit and can tell me what color the spring was. I’ll obviously contact RVS but they won’t be open till Monday now.

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I know this is a worn out question, but I'm at a lost! 2006 sportsman 800 that is used primarily as a heavy mud and water ride. most of the time I'm under 15 mph, 90% of my riding is done in low. EPI mudder clutch kit for up to 29.5 tires, clutches cleaned and properly aligned, snorkeled right and tight, so never any water in housing! she never creeps and shifting is easy and smooth.......But she keeps blowing belts! I't has to be something and it's become a pain in the..........Any help will be appreciated!

My 400 sportsman 6x6 idles like a dream until you push in throttle then it pretty much falls on its face. what's wrong is it my carburetor