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I've recently been hearing a ticking noise coming from the front end of my bike. It only happens while the bike is in motion and there is nothing that I can see that stuck in the wheels or anywhere in that area. Has anyone else ever noticed this? Anyone have any idea what it could be?

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I have been dealing with random, backfires, bad idle, erratic idle, all out stalling and dying on the trails, you name it. This has been going on for the last few years. At first I thought it was my exhaust mod leaning the bike out, so I recently installed a power commander and richend the bike up. I took it trail riding about a month ago, and after about an hour, it started running like shit and the engine light came on. I got code 51 "TPS Voltage High". This is what I eventually found.

I think the wire has been broken for a while, and the insulation finally let go. After I repaired the wire, and re tuned the bike with the power commander, it runs great!

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Decided I'd make a post about the factory polaris bumpers with the factory polaris "tough rack" since I couldn't find information anywhere online.

On Polaris' website they say that this bumper and rack won't work together, so I decided to look to see if anyone tried and why they wouldn't work together, since Polaris' email team wasby very helpful on the subject. My concern was that the edges on the rack would hit over the headlights and I wouldn't be able to get into the compartment at all. Not the case.

I installed both front and rear bumpers without issue, although I find the rear bumper to bolt in in a strange way, I don't like the idea of threading my own holes into a bike thats only a few months old but I did anyways.

Anyways back on the front end subject, the lid opens about 90% of the way and thanks to my gun rack stays open, who knows maybe the rack itself would be heavy enough to keep it open. I pulled the bumper as far away from the bike as I could as well to maximize the amount my lid would open. I like the way everything works, now that I know everything will bolt on without issue I'm going to pull it all off and send for powder coating since I bought these used online for 350 cad. Much better than the 550$+ from dealer. Either I have them done in a satin black to match the rack, or I might go to the same blue used on the logo to tie in some of the color. Feel free to give your opinions on colors.

I wanted the atv guru but couldn't justify the 410$ considering the only real reason I bought the bumper was for my light bar. I don't beat my bike to the point where something like the guru is necessary however they are beautiful bumpers from what I've seen online.

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Hi,

Last winter my 98 polaris 500 ran poorly and would stall (we use it for plowing). Over the off season I did a series of improvements: new carb, oil, fuel filter, air filter, battery.

I tested it a couple times in good weather and it idled perfect. After a few laps around the property, it ran okay but seemed to missing about 5 mph of high end speed. To plow, I didn't think it would be a big deal so didn't worry about it.

A month later I got it out to plow and it still idles excellent. However, now when I press the throttle it sputters on a consistent cycle. I get about 2 seconds of power, then a sputter and repeat.

It never stalls but the power just cuts in and out.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Been smelling anti freeze last few times out. Refilled coolant as it was low. Went for a short ride, starting leaking from overflow tube. Bubbles are coming into tank pushing coolant out.
Am going to do a cylinder leakdown test this weekend hoping it's not a head gasket.
Pumped the lower radiator hose hoping it was just trapped air, but the bubbles kept coming.
In denial still.
Has anyone else had gasket failures? Search feature here seems rather limited data base wise, so it produced no results.
Also has any one replaced the stock pistons with a better, longer skirt piston to get rid of the "normal" knocking, slapping pistons?
Facing the inevitable, ill timed, teardown I'm afraid.
PS: seems to run fine, no skipping and don't smell it in the exhaust.
Dumping the oil to check for contamination this weekend too.
Ahhh, denial, denial,denial.

I have a lock and ride front cargo box on my sportsman 550 and recently built a removable wood carry-all box to install on top. For chainsaw, extra gear/etc. Worried about is sliding around when strapped down so I decided to build a 1/4" plywood boss on the bottom of it to allow it to lock in place with the recessed pattern in the top of the Lock-N-Ride unit. If anyone is interested in the template to make one, I can email a file to print it out. I'm a NEWBIE to forum but will add pictures if I can and anyone needs a visual.

I installed a winch on my Renegade 1000 and ordered the Warn 54" plow with mid mounting plate. The plow is scheduled for delivery tomorrow but we had about 6" of snow arrive today! I did not want to shovel all that snow so I searched the web for something my son had mentioned to me.

He told me that he had seen someone use a television box to plow with. I thought, no way could a tv box hold up to that. But, as I searched the internet I quickly found a video of someone using a TV box attached to the front of his ridding lawnmower plowing a small amount of snow. :eek

I received a new 55" television for Christmas and still had the box in the garage! Could it possibly work? Only 1 way to find out!

https://youtu.be/eYNHHmgA32I

I installed a winch on my Renegade 1000 and ordered the Warn 54" plow with mid mounting plate. The plow is scheduled for delivery tomorrow but we had about 6" of snow arrive today! I did not want to shovel all that snow so I searched the web for something my son had mentioned to me.

He told me that he had seen someone use a television box to plow with. I thought, no way could a tv box hold up to that. But, as I searched the internet I quickly found a video of someone using a TV box attached to the front of his ridding lawnmower plowing a small amount of snow. :eek

I received a new 55" television for Christmas and still had the box in the garage! Could it possibly work? Only 1 way to find out!

https://youtu.be/eYNHHmgA32I

The windshield and fairing is pretty much brand new, the bike had 29km on it when I bought it. CDN both are worth $330 + tax, I will sell for $250 CDN. More for the local people to Toronto/Guelph/Kitchener Ontario area. Thanks

I am a 2001 Polaris Sportsman 500 H.O. and when i shift into high it will sometime pop back into neutral. Is there away to just adjust the linkage to make it work or is this a deeper issue?