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Hello everyone. I am 72 years old and had to give up my Honda VTX 1800C due to my dropping the bike quite often. They are very top heavy. Anyway, I love not having to balance my new to me 2011 Spyder RTS SE5.
I have two issues with this Spyder. Number one it drifts all over the lanes at high speed and number two, I get terrible fuel mileage. 25 to 26 MPG. Anybody have some solutions I will be grateful.

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Hi All,

I am looking for some advice on changing out the stock tires on my 570XT to something better in the mud. I am really new to the ATV world and have watched a lot of videos of people riding trails and getting into the mud and they seem to have thinner tires with big paddles type treads. I'd prefer to keep the stock rims and just change the tires. Is it worth doing? Thanks in advance for your help.

I was so proud of myself for managing to get the cable undone from the carb that the cable end jumped out of my hand and the brass plunger piece fell.... somewhere.

I swear it's still sitting somewhere ON the engine, but I'm at a loss.

So, is it possible to buy *just that little brass plunger thing*? what's it called? where would I find that?

I have a 2017 sportsman 570 non-powersteering and I’m thinking about getting a 2017 sportsman 850 sp for $7,000. Should I keep the extra cash and get wheels, tires, winch, etc. or do you think I should spend the money and upgrade to an 850??

So my understanding and most everything Ive read says stock offset for the sportsman in 6+1,
I registerd on dennis kirks website tonight and put in my vehicle as Im shopping tires an the specs for my model popped up. I have a 18 850 touring SP and the specs say d that my front wheels are 3+3 and the real wheels are 4+3. Anyone know if those are correct or is 6+1 the real offset??

Hi there,

So earlier this winter, I was running tracks on my 2016 Outtie Max 1000 and I tried to go up and over a hillside to beat my brother who was taking the road over a hill. Needless to say, hills with snow on them don't look as steep as they are and I took a poor angle. I rolled my atv onto its side and had to winch it back upright with another 4 wheeler. Picture is attached....I couldn't figure out how to rotate it properly.

Now I am not sure if it happened then or later (I can't remember the last time it went into park and I wasn't driving my own machine a good part of the day so may not have noticed if it didn't go into park), but I certainly noticed the next day that I could shift to any gear but no matter what I did I could not get it back into park....but certainly started and shifted in all other gears and I rode it for most of the next day.

On another can am forum post (which I can no longer find) I recall someone mentioning something about a gear shift lockout that may be triggered for a number of reasons but is supposed to lock the machine in park so it can't be moved. The thought was that maybe the rollover triggered the lockout and that is why it won't go into park. Does anybody have any knowledge of this lockout or is it a can am urban legend.

If no knowledge, other suggestions of what it might be? It did not look like the gear shift lever was bent, although I did not look really close as I keep the atv in another state and was leaving town. I did talk to one dealer and they just wanted me to bring it in and I am hoping it's something dumb that is a quick fix.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Hi there,

So earlier this winter, I was running tracks on my 2016 Outtie Max 1000 and I tried to go up and over a hillside to beat my brother who was taking the road over a hill. Needless to say, hills with snow on them don't look as steep as they are and I took a poor angle. I rolled my atv onto its side and had to winch it back upright with another 4 wheeler. Picture is attached....I couldn't figure out how to rotate it properly.

Now I am not sure if it happened then or later (I can't remember the last time it went into park and I wasn't driving my own machine a good part of the day so may not have noticed if it didn't go into park), but I certainly noticed the next day that I could shift to any gear but no matter what I did I could not get it back into park....but certainly started and shifted in all other gears and I rode it for most of the next day.

On another can am forum post (which I can no longer find) I recall someone mentioning something about a gear shift lockout that may be triggered for a number of reasons but is supposed to lock the machine in park so it can't be moved. The thought was that maybe the rollover triggered the lockout and that is why it won't go into park. Does anybody have any knowledge of this lockout or is it a can am urban legend.

If no knowledge, other suggestions of what it might be? It did not look like the gear shift lever was bent, although I did not look really close as I keep the atv in another state and was leaving town. I did talk to one dealer and they just wanted me to bring it in and I am hoping it's something dumb that is a quick fix.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Anybody out there help me on this one? I have a 98 Scrambler that finally has started to cost me in repairs. The front hub seals both let go, so I REPLACED THEM ALL. When I read the repair manual, it said to pack the innermost bearing and seal with Polaris grease?! Does this even sound right? I've had these hubs apart many times and just refilled them with type F. Now I am replacing both axle shafts (one bent somehow), and want to make sure I get things lubed right when I put it back together. My mind says that the type F lubes all the bearings, all 4 sets. That sound about right, or does the inner bearing get no type F and needs the grease? Of course I will grease all the seals to prevent burn out. Thanks.

I have a 2011 sportsman 850 eps. It has a intermittent problem. Sometimes it will start fine and idle perfectly but will barely rev up at all. When you give it gas it will start to rev and then it like you turn the key off. If you keep throttle open it will die, if you let throttle off it will go back to idle. When it is doing this the check engine light comes on. You may go out the next day or an hour later and it will run as it should. I’ve checked the throttle switch under the cover on handlebars and it is operating as it should. Has me stumped. Any sugywould be appreciated.

2015 Outlander 1000 XT Max
Registered to bitch about the factory brakes. 458 km new pads all around. Dealer was honest. Got the same story I have seen on the site, Soft pads to be quiet. I am going with a Conspiracy theory to create service business at the dealerships ....LOL
I can count on both hands the times I have used the rear brake.