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Polaris says their winch only takes 10 minutes....but it is really expensive and seems prone to failure from what I read here.

The badlands is 25% of the cost and seems to have a good reputation for quality. How hard is it to install?

Thanks,

So I bought a 2014 can am xmr outlander 1000 this past week. Love the bike. Now for the problem. It has the air ride suspension. It works in the rear all the time. The front works when it wants to. I don’t see any leaks. Is there anything I can do other than buying new shocks? The bike has 800 miles and 110 hours. Thanks for the help.


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Just took delivery of a new Defender HD8 today. It will be used in our neighborhood and our property for firewood, tree removal, transportation on gravel roads, etc. Also have plans for other rides as things develop. May transport it to MI, WI or MN for grouse hunting in the fall. No pictures yet.

Hey guys I have a 2005 800 Sportsman, that had exploded a belt. They put on Carlisle belt. I pulled the driven and drive clutch and can find nothing wrong. The quad keeps creeping when in gear, and it's hard to get into gear. Any ideas???

What is everyone’s favourite exhaust setup for the sportsman 850SP?

I'm not a Can-Am owner yet, but I'm awfully close :)

We had one hell of a winter here in western Montana with record-breaking snow fall. This has been a trend the last few years and looks like it will continue. I'm on about an acre with two driveways, one of them about 150 feet long and it's just gotten too much to keep up with shoveling or blowing, so I'm in the market for a plow machine.

I'm looking at an Outlander 570 with or without DPS. I love the Rotax engines, and the 570 v-twin makes great power; about the same as the Brute 750 I was looking at, for less money.

Glad there's an active forum like this dedicated to these machines!

What a great day ... Had the entire area to myself !! Hope you enjoy the video !!





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Hi everyone,

First post here. I’ve found a 2014 outlander 500 XT with the Camo package. It has a little under 350 miles on it and it looks like it’s im great shape and have been very well taken care of. I’ve never owned an atv before so I’m really looking for advice. What’s a good price for something like this? I’m not wanting to spend over $4,500 but I have no clue if that would be a price they would laugh at. They’re not asking a lot over that price so I figured why not. Lastly... is there anything to be concerned about with this year and model?

Thanks in advance.

Just bought my first ATV.


Love to make my own maintenance but can't find anywhere a parts seller anywhere in Canada.
I see lots of posts saying that it is cheaper than dealer but I have no idea where to go.


Can someone help me please ?


Thanks again for your help
Luc
Montreal, Canada

Hey Everyone,

I've started working on my quad and now I can't stop, LOL. I recently did a two up conversion, new HD springs all around Polaris out front, EPI on the back. I did the tamarack lounger seat with hand warmers and fender protectors with foot pegs and put in the relay so that the third brake light would work. I put waterproof shrink connectors on all the wiring, they actually melt glue out to seal them, seems pretty water tight. I put a o ring onto the stock accessory plug to run the rear hand warmers.

I have a factory Polaris winch hooked up to one of the factory accessory switched wires. For the second wire I'm planning on hooking up two wires into it, one for pure Polaris hand warmers, and one for a pure Polaris thumb warmer. I am going to split the one that the winch is hooked up to now and add a 72 watt light bar rated at 7200 lumens. I'm also swapping out all three factory 50 watt headlights with 80 watt LED that are supposed to use only 30 watts. I also have a brand new NAPA AGM battery and a battery tender.

I understand my machine doesn't put out much juice. Right now as it is I can't run my factory low beams without the battery warning light coming on. They are two 50 watt bulbs for 100 watts total. The high beam is fine at 50 watts. My thought is that the light bar might be a happy medium at 72 watts that will put out a lot more light but not turn on the battery light. When I run hand warmers I would probably need to run the one factory high beam with the new 30 watt LED to save juice for the warmers. Also I will have the option for the factory low beams using only 60 watts. Basically three light setting, never using everything at the same time.

What are everyone's thoughts on this setup? I was going to put some led taillights in too to help save power as well. The springs made a huge difference if anyone is wondering I attached some before and after pictures and one of where I mounted the relay in my box. Tires really look sweet too. Sedona Ripsaws, can't wait for the end of mud season to try out the new rig.