Soo… this past riding season has been a nightmare. My once beloved 2012 Polaris Sportsman 850 XP saw more time in the garage than riding. With only 2000 miles on it it was one thing after another. Yesterday my wife finally had a chance to ride with me. One week ago I just got the thing back together. I had to replace u joints on the prop shaft. We get 30 miles into our easy, dirt road ride and I hear this whining noise. I pull over and low and behold BOTH hubs on front diff are loose. Now my bearings inside the diff are both bad!!!??? At 2000 miles? Come on Polaris…really!? That was final straw for me. Started doing some research and found that its pretty common for things to go downhill around 2000 mile mark on an 850. So its getting traded in….and I am looking at the Yamahas. The 700 Grizzly to be exact. I see they are selling the 2015 to make room for the 2016 models. Everyone says they are superior to polaris and I compared the parts schematics of 850 to that of the Grizzly. Polaris has this habit of making the common wear items available as an assembly. Didnt see much of that on the Griz. Also Griz looks much easier to work on. Sometimes you get feeling Polaris designed stuff so you have to take it to the stealership. Anyways…. I am looking for everyones input on their grizzlies!!! Is it fairly easy for a second person to ride on it? Sometimes my wife will ride with me. This doesn’t happen alot though. Most of time I am solo.

Soo… this past riding season has been a nightmare. My once beloved 2012 Polaris Sportsman 850 XP saw more time in the garage than riding. With only 2000 miles on it it was one thing after another. Yesterday my wife finally had a chance to ride with me. One week ago I just got the thing back together. I had to replace u joints on the prop shaft. We get 30 miles into our easy, dirt road ride and I hear this whining noise. I pull over and low and behold BOTH hubs on front diff are loose. Now my bearings inside the diff are both bad!!!??? At 2000 miles? Come on Polaris…really!? That was final straw for me. Started doing some research and found that its pretty common for things to go downhill around 2000 mile mark on an 850. So its getting traded in….and I am looking at the Yamahas. The 700 Grizzly to be exact. I see they are selling the 2015 to make room for the 2016 models. Everyone says they are superior to polaris and I compared the parts schematics of 850 to that of the Grizzly. Polaris has this habit of making the common wear items available as an assembly. Didnt see much of that on the Griz. Also Griz looks much easier to work on. Sometimes you get feeling Polaris designed stuff so you have to take it to the stealership. Anyways…. I am looking for everyones input on their grizzlies!!! Is it fairly easy for a second person to ride on it? Sometimes my wife will ride with me. This doesn’t happen alot though. Most of time I am solo.