Hi all… Just picked up a 2017 Sportsman 570 EPS (Camo) this past Friday. This is my second ATV and my first Polaris. I rode a 2006 Honda 400ex for several years and have been without an atv for about 3 years. I wanted something to use for hunting, leisurely trail riding, and getting my and some equipment to my bee hives.

I shopped around a bit but just kept coming back to Polaris as I felt they offered the most features for the money, and I really liked the looks of them.

I’ve only got two short days of riding in, and it was really sloppy mud, but I’m pretty happy so far. My only real complaints are the stock tires, which don’t seem to do too well on muddy hill descents with the engine breaking and they didn’t clean out very well… but I knew I was going to upgrade those soon anyways. (Probably Bearclaw HTR’s).
My second complaint is the hard shifting, which seems to be somewhat of a common issue. The first day I had it out, it was a bear. Today, after some riding, it seemed to have improved a good bit. I figure I’ll try to ride it a bit and if doesn’t get any better, I’ll take it in and see if they need to put the shims in it maybe. If it continues to improve, I’ll hope it’s just from being new… I dunno. Time will tell.

I think my future plans are new tires, build a box for the back rack, and adding a winch. I really like that KFI stealth 3500 with synthetic… but will try to find some reviews on those first.

Anyways, happy to be here!