Does the 2015 sportsmen 1000XP have a factory skid plate. Was wondering if a full aluminium skid plate was nessessary.

Thanks

Trying to decide on a 2015 Polaris sportsmen 1000XP or 2015 Canam outlander 1000XT. Other than the cost difference, tell me what and why you would choose 1 over the other.

thanks, EK in CT

sometimes you just have to laugh! this guy claims to be putting down 110 rear wheel horsepower (same as the RZR 1000) and it is topping out at 89 miles per hour. considering he looks to weigh 400+ lbs, i’m calling bullshit on the 89 mile per hour thing.

as for the whole 110 rwhp thing, where do I even start? he claims that there is a lot of restriction in tuning due to a law that no single seat atv can produce more than 90 horsepower so he took it to the dealer to tune it up for him.
most stock 1000s put down about 67 rwhp on the dyno but his dealer managed to milk 43 more horsepower out of his just from tuning??? when he was comparing it to the RZR 1000, I wonder if he knows that their 110 HP rating is at the crank or that the two 1000s have entirely different engines or that there is even a difference between crank horsepower and rwhp that his imaginary dyno sheet supposedly shows???

I also like how his story changed from the dealer tuning it up for him and uncorking all this horsepower to his buddy owns a race quad performance shop and got all that power with a little tweaking on the lap top and a K&N filter. i just felt this was too hilarious not to share. all you Massachusetts members better watch out for the baddest sportsman 1000 in mass! :rotflmao:

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sometimes you just have to laugh! this guy claims to be putting down 110 rear wheel horsepower (same as the RZR 1000) and it is topping out at 89 miles per hour. considering he looks to weigh 400+ lbs, i’m calling bullshit on the 89 mile per hour thing.

as for the whole 110 rwhp thing, where do I even start? he claims that there is a lot of restriction in tuning due to a law that no single seat atv can produce more than 90 horsepower so he took it to the dealer to tune it up for him.
most stock 1000s put down about 67 rwhp on the dyno but his dealer managed to milk 43 more horsepower out of his just from tuning??? when he was comparing it to the RZR 1000, I wonder if he knows that their 110 HP rating is at the crank or that the two 1000s have entirely different engines or that there is even a difference between crank horsepower and rwhp that his imaginary dyno sheet supposedly shows???

I also like how his story changed from the dealer tuning it up for him and uncorking all this horsepower to his buddy owns a race quad performance shop and got all that power with a little tweaking on the lap top and a K&N filter. i just felt this was too hilarious not to share. all you Massachusetts members better watch out for the baddest sportsman 1000 in mass! :rotflmao:

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I do plan on buying the 1000, maybe tomorrow! What are the pros and cons of the bike? Any problems being that 2015 is the first year their made? Main upgrades? Just some concerns, it’s alot of money. Lol. I also don’t plan on running bigger than 28in tires. And I’m pretty sure this ain’t the first tread asking the same questions, please forgive me.

I do plan on buying the 1000, maybe tomorrow! What are the pros and cons of the bike? Any problems being that 2015 is the first year their made? Main upgrades? Just some concerns, it’s alot of money. Lol. I also don’t plan on running bigger than 28in tires. And I’m pretty sure this ain’t the first tread asking the same questions, please forgive me.

Hey all I’m on vacation in eastern KY right now and riding these trails up and down mountains this quad is an absolute beast! There are 8 of us riding couple raptors 3 grizzly 700 and a can am outlander 1000. The other couple are older quads. We were on a road yesterday and I took off and I was bouncing off the rev limiter at about 82 according to my analog speedo. Does this seem correct? Others are getting 86mph I will use a gps later and see what I’m getting.

So took my new Sportsman XP1000 out into the woods (about 12 miles in) and noticed the display indicated "Lo 11.3", which turned out to be the battery voltage. I immediately started heading back, and before I made it a mile the electronic power steering cut out. Next was the cooling fan, which caused it to overheat a few minutes later. It seemed to go into a "limp" mode almost immediately where the engine RPMs would go up and down as it someone was hitting the on/off switch. Within a few seconds, it quit altogether; I could hear the coolant going from the radiator into the reservoir so knew it overheated. After towing it 10 miles out of the woods, I loaded it up and took it home. It jump starts fine, and looking at voltage with a meter it shows 14.3 volts at the battery terminals while at idle. It was obvious to me during the failure that no battery charging was going on, so taking it to the dealer in the morning. Has anyone seen this happen? I didn’t have headlights or anything else on, so not sure how/why the generator/regulator quit.

So took my new Sportsman XP1000 out into the woods (about 12 miles in) and noticed the display indicated "Lo 11.3", which turned out to be the battery voltage. I immediately started heading back, and before I made it a mile the electronic power steering cut out. Next was the cooling fan, which caused it to overheat a few minutes later. It seemed to go into a "limp" mode almost immediately where the engine RPMs would go up and down as it someone was hitting the on/off switch. Within a few seconds, it quit altogether; I could hear the coolant going from the radiator into the reservoir so knew it overheated. After towing it 10 miles out of the woods, I loaded it up and took it home. It jump starts fine, and looking at voltage with a meter it shows 14.3 volts at the battery terminals while at idle. It was obvious to me during the failure that no battery charging was going on, so taking it to the dealer in the morning. Has anyone seen this happen? I didn’t have headlights or anything else on, so not sure how/why the generator/regulator quit.

Hi all. I got my new Sportsman 1000 a few weeks ago. Already done quite a bit of work to it. Check it out and let me know what you think 🙂

Mods:

• Front Brush Guard
• Fox Podium Shocks
• New Wheels & Maxxis Bighorn Tyres
• 2500lb Polaris Winch
• Ricochet Under Body Armor
• Rear Bag by Ogio (Lock n Ride)
• Polaris LED Lightbar
• 4 LED Lights from Ebay
• Rear & Side Guards (not shown on pics yet)

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