Hey All, I’m the new guy from Tucson, AZ. Just picked up a 2004 500HO Sportsman with 280 hours and 2250 miles. All I gave for it is a Honda generator and a couple of second amendment items. It does need a starter and maybe the bendix too, won’t know til I tear into it. But it does start easily with the rope. Have been reading lots of good info on this site since I decided to look for a quad. I’m up in age now (75) and the little trail bike was getting harder and harder to push through the sand so I decided to go with a 4wheeler and really liked what I learned about the Polaris, especially the Sportsman. Gonna use it mostly for hunting small game, rabbits, coyote, squirrels, etc. and then just for some good times trail riding. After all, I can’t let you young dudes have all the fun!!!! Looking forward to learning a lot from all of you.

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ok my display malfunctions, sometimes it shows backwards rrrrr’s then sometimes it works, then sometimes blank.. anyone know anything I called can am and they said maybe ignition switch, maybe not ,lol anyone have this issue before.i have checked cleaned, greased everything on this bike

i have a warren winch on a outlander max 650, the winch will go out but not in, i can hear it clicking but not working…..any suggestions

OK as some know, I have a lot of bears in my area
even in my yard pretty often.
well last few days I have had this LARGE male black bear following a pretty big female(a solid 300-350 lbs female BIG for a female)
and this Male has been trying to get some off her, this morning they were in my yard for 3+ hrs, and she was playing hard to get, having him follow her around and around the trailer, all over my yard, at one point she came up on my deck to get away from him, as he wasn’t brave enough to come up on my deck it seemed??
so, he simply used it as some time to take a nap LOL
this is a HUGE male, all of 600+ lbs, he dwarfs her, I have tons of bear experience, and trust me, this is a monster of a black bear, he is tagged by the state, but cannot get a number off his tags, too small a info on them???

but come fall I wouldn’t be surprised if this bear pushed 800 lbs, he is OLD< and he is Grizzly bear sized, way past normal for black bears

but here are a few pic’s

OK as some know, I have a lot of bears in my area
even in my yard pretty often.
well last few days I have had this LARGE male black bear following a pretty big female(a solid 300-350 lbs female BIG for a female)
and this Male has been trying to get some off her, this morning they were in my yard for 3+ hrs, and she was playing hard to get, having him follow her around and around the trailer, all over my yard, at one point she came up on my deck to get away from him, as he wasn’t brave enough to come up on my deck it seemed??
so, he simply used it as some time to take a nap LOL
this is a HUGE male, all of 600+ lbs, he dwarfs her, I have tons of bear experience, and trust me, this is a monster of a black bear, he is tagged by the state, but cannot get a number off his tags, too small a info on them???

but come fall I wouldn’t be surprised if this bear pushed 800 lbs, he is OLD< and he is Grizzly bear sized, way past normal for black bears

but here are a few pic’s

which direction should i tap that adjusting screw above the cylinders so the shoes go down? if that doesn’t work, then what? (1986 fourtrax 350 4×4)

I am looking at getting a tandem disc to work around my tree’s. Anyone used one? How well do they work?

Ill apologize in advance for the long read. I am going to explain in depth an issue we are having with a 2008 grizzly 700 AFTER swapping a new stator.

So, I helped my buddy replace the stator in his 700. The old one was toast. He bought the bike and it needed some work. It would run great but was not charging.

We ordered all the necessary parts to perform the update to the case to prevent repeated failure. We stayed up until midnight Friday, getting it all back together, to go ride over Memorial day weekend.

It was later in the afternoon when we got out to Crossbar, the sun was beating down and most of the machines were experiencing some overheating issues from the slow pace of riding the rougher trails.

At first it ran great, but bout 45 minutes into the trail it tried to overheat. The fan wasnt coming on. After a quick inspection We found a bad cooling fan relay. Luckily we had a spare and swapped it back in. After we got the fan to run and let it cool of it would start die, start die. We towed it back to camp and started looking it over and double checking out work from the night before.

We got it into diagnostics mode and at first it was throwing a plethora of codes. There were 7 codes (I believe these were the majority) One was the tip sensor, primary coil resistance, unstable battery voltage, crank sensor circuit, and one more that I dont recall. Codes 8, 12, 30, 33, 46.

I believe there was either a code 15 or 17, probably irrelevant as the only code that continues to come back after we cleared them is 12. I concluded that most of those codes were thrown when the stator failed and he had to jump it.

I started with the coil. We checked the connections. Replaced the boot, new plug. The way it is acting I assumed bad coil. It fires right up after sitting, once it reaches operating temp it dies. This is a classic sign of a bad ignition coil. It will do this repeatedly like clock work. We double check the oil level. It was just below the full line so we added another 1/2 quart just to be safe.

Im assuming most of these were due to low voltage before the stator swap. After clearing the codes we are left with a crank no start issue code 12 and before anyone asks yes it is cranking over. I have found other threads where bad relay or bad starter throws the code. This isnt the case. The motor is turning over, I am either not receiving a reference signal from the crank sensor OR ___________ fill in the blank.

Here is the kicker. If you let it sit it will start and run until it gets to operating temperature and then it dies. It just dies as if you were pushing the kill switch.

Ive also found another strange twist. WHEN it starts after sitting, and you place it in four wheel AND in gear it dies immediately.

We found this out while trying to unload it off the trailer. It will repeat this every single time. If you place it in four wheel drive and leave it in park it will stay idling.

I have checked the connections, check the wiring its all still good. At first I thought it was a bad stator assembly/crank sensor, but the fact that I can get it to repeatedly die while putting it in gear AND in four wheel drive has me stumped.

Good Morning Everybody,

Though I would introduce myself and at the same time get some input. I am from El Chuco, Texas so we have bast land to ride and been thinking about getting me a side-by-side. Never own a quad but been riding for a while. Would like to get the family involved and thought about getting a RZR. Now, in all honesty, 14k is expensive but like everything, it will be an investment for the future. I will not lie, but I was looking at the cheapo Chinese model and found a Benchee at my local dealer and they are willing to let it go go 3k. After doing some research, I found out that, like any chinese made stuff, they come with problems. Now, I am not saying that any of the other brands (polaris, canam, kawasaki, etc) aren’t perfect but at least you have the warranty as a backup. I am getting close to the questions, I promise :nana:

Now, right now they have the 1.99 for 60 months. I called Shefield Financing and they told me that in order to get that special financing, you must have 700+ credit score. Is it true? Has anybody, recently, dealt with them? How are they support, etc? I ask because I have the Capital One CC for Kawasaki and they aren’t that bad.

Ok, now for the most important question. I am looking to do trail and dunes: which model would be best? I’ve ridden in a SXS one time but never drove it. Would it be better to get it one with the EPS or without? Now, I would like to save as much money as a can and get the parts myself (I am mechanically inclined) and install them myself. Looking at a two seater rzr. Now, how much can I haggle with my local dealer?? I only have 1 dealer locally but can always go out of state (NM) or to other neighbor cities.

I recently got me an f150 and I am itching to go 4×4. Been looking at used quads but the prices are ridiculous (4k+) Might as well spend a little more money and get something new.

Thanks for your help and appreciate the time you took to read my post.

-I