So I went out and bought myself a 2015 sportsman 570 sp touring model the blue fire one. Had 38 KM on it when I drove it off the lot at the dealer.
For the most part it’s been a pretty great machine but I’ve come into some fairly serious issues that I wanted to discuss and share. It now has 1187 KM and 54 hr’s of use after 3 weeks of ownership, Man I love riding!
Please let me know if you’ve had a similar issue and what you’ve done to fix it.
1) HEAT!!!!! , There is a ridiculous amount of heat coming into the right foot well. So much in fact that all the hair on my inside shin is melted off and the ankle wrap of my boot is melted also. Is this normal? like this cannot be safe….
2) MORE HEAT!!!!! , My seat seems to have melted on the right 2 rear seat bumpers. From what I can tell when properly seated, these bumpers are sitting directly on top of the muffler heat shield. Who thought that up? Of course its going to melt if it’s not ceramic or something. Anyways now it has slipped to the right side and sits more diagonally. allowing the seat itself to rub on the side panelling and taking off that nice paint finish. Furthermore now that it’s sagged so much it’s rubbing the breather box arm and scouring that all up. (the dealer has my machine right now, this better be a warranty fix or….)
3) PVT Sealing, Finally had some riding partners for my last ride and grew a pair of balls. Unfortunately that meant i had to endure the embarrassment of having to push my bike through the water as the PVT got soaked and lost all power right in the middle. (the depth was just above the footwells but below the passenger pegs). I know the owners manual says not to go above the footwells. But really? Drying it out however was a piece of cake. I was up and running within 10 minutes. but it was such a shame I had to do that in the first place. After visual inspection of the PVT (while pulling the drain plug) I noticed that the front cap for the PVT was not even flush with the back cap and there was clearly no seal here. (Again fingers X’d this should be warranty stuff).
4) Front tire beads. Now I ride pretty hard. I like to go fast, but i already know what I can handle as far as cornering, climbs etc. However running a trail with 4 others and just keeping up to their pace. 35-50k down the trail and slowing at rough spots, I blew the front tire beads on both sides while going over some roots, about 2 inches or so high. These where not huge at all…maybe similar to driving over a small stone on the road. Anyway bead blows, insta flat tire. (thank god i was riding with a canam partner who had air ride) We pump it up, then 20 minutes later the other bead goes. They held air fine afterwards, but really? Everything on my machine is stock and the dealer told me pretty much any modification voids my warranty. I cant use any bead sealer and apparently these tires have no bead locks. Am i forced to just baby it? why is this happening? ( dealer already told me def not a warranty cover. "Rider error")
5) HEAT!!!!!!!!! This time inside my gas tank. this puppy starts to burn to the touch and when you stop to re-fuel you almost die from a geyser of death fumes. This thing is like a pressurised gas bomb. I’m just waiting for it to explode in my face, then touch the glowing hot exhaust and boom. After inspection I noticed there is quite a lot of heat shielding under the tank so it shouldn’t be heat transfer. Dealer told me maybe a plugged breather line with mud.
6) Steering column starts to bind and squeak like crazy after longer rides, eventually gets harder to move around too. Maybe because this pressurised gas tank bomb is burning out the bushing?
7) A few random stalls. over the 1000KM put on it just randomly stalled 3 times. no key turning, no killswitch. Driving along the trail no issue then dead. No clue what would cause this. I’ll let you know what the dealer says.
8) Transmission clacking? I’m not a mechanic but this doesn’t seem right to me. whenever the engine break is engaged (no throttle) and then i hit the throttle, it seems the clutch is messed up and clack’s every time. during times of throttle feather in rough trail it sounds like I’m a popular breakfast cereal going down the trail. "Snap, Crackle, Pop, Clack, Clack,Clack" Is this normal? Is this just the way PVT’s sound? My dealer was sceptical that i was having this issue. "Maybe your just new to Polaris machines" Idk, when reverse takes 5 seconds + to engage and cant unless you apply the throttle and get a huge ka-chunk and forward gears clackity clack clack down the trail anytime you release the throttle. IDK man, I must be new =/.
Other than that I have just minor maintenance issues, and i think the belt might be glazed a bit from the water stuff, as i feel a bit of power loss and get up and go is delayed now. But we shall see what the dealer says!
I brought it in earlier today and the service guy really made me get the feeling that nothing would be covered. Mentioned the pvt miss mount "Oh must have hit something" , Tire beads "driver error" , PVT water "swamped the machine", Melted seat "too much mud caked on innards causing to overheat" Gas tank issue "mud plugging breather". He pretty much seemed dead set I abused the machine, which no…. not even close…..
However I called back a couple hours later and spoke with the sales rep who sold it to me and he was like "Yeah the 2015 models have a known issue with heat transfer to the seat, and they remedied it in the 2016 model. I’ll talk with the service guy and see if he can order a 2016 seat for you." It was like night and day. Made me feel a bit better than the service guy haha! That being said why are people selling bikes with seats they know are going to melt.
Anyways I will get back to all of you on what the dealer does for repairs, warranty etc. and in the meantime any information or issues you might have experienced with the same model would be greatly appreciated.
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