many of you have seen my posts from the past and know ive been hard on Polaris. i think they have had a little more quality issues then i think is necessary and have voiced my opinion on that quite often. now me personally, ive never held onto or ridden a quad long enough recently to have any real issues. i was going by mostly forums and very little personal experience to be honest. i have had many quads over the years with many being Polaris. i recently got rid of my rzr not because i hated it, I’m just more of a quad guy.

with all that said i just picked up a brand new 2016 sportsman 850. i only put a handful of miles on it before it down poured here, but here are some of my thoughts so far. this quad is deceptively fast and powerful. the power is so smooth that you don’t realize how fast you’re actually going. it steers really easy, even without power steering. turning radius seems to not be as tight as the old chassis sportsmans, but still good enough. the ride is plush as expected. the shifter is a bit notchy, but then again it might loosen up as it breaks in. i really like the look of the new 17 models, but not much beyond ergonomics and looks changed so i didn’t wait and got the 16′. so far i really like the quad and i plan on holding onto this one and i hope no gremlins pop up. i figured they had the 850 for a while and SHOULD have everything pretty much sorted by now. let’s hope so! overall i really like the quad

many of you have seen my posts from the past and know ive been hard on Polaris. i think they have had a little more quality issues then i think is necessary and have voiced my opinion on that quite often. now me personally, ive never held onto or ridden a quad long enough recently to have any real issues. i was going by mostly forums and very little personal experience to be honest. i have had many quads over the years with many being Polaris. i recently got rid of my rzr not because i hated it, I’m just more of a quad guy.

with all that said i just picked up a brand new 2016 sportsman 850. i only put a handful of miles on it before it down poured here, but here are some of my thoughts so far. this quad is deceptively fast and powerful. the power is so smooth that you don’t realize how fast you’re actually going. it steers really easy, even without power steering. turning radius seems to not be as tight as the old chassis sportsmans, but still good enough. the ride is plush as expected. the shifter is a bit notchy, but then again it might loosen up as it breaks in. i really like the look of the new 17 models, but not much beyond ergonomics and looks changed so i didn’t wait and got the 16′. so far i really like the quad and i plan on holding onto this one and i hope no gremlins pop up. i figured they had the 850 for a while and SHOULD have everything pretty much sorted by now. let’s hope so! overall i really like the quad