Polaris side by sides

[Mudman]

Seen it on youtube…  Cool but doesn't hold mustard to its competition imop.  We just bought a new Teryx 4.  Had a 2015 before and it was so reliable and rock solid.  Tough choice between the Honda 1000-5 and Wolverine 4.  Decided the reliability and overbuilt tank was the way to go and the price was thousands cheaper after some tough dealing..

[kirkl]

Here is a good honda forum and this one is for the Talon, there is a Pioneer 1000 one to if you want to read.

https://hondasxs.com/categories/honda-talon-1000-sport.140/

[bearpaw]

Yammy offering a 10 YEAR belt warranty!  Like the Kawasaki the Yamaha cvt is ultra reliable. And cheap to repair.  I prefer a manual trans but must admit cvt belts are superior in many ways.  Smooth as possible, always in the power band and ultra simple.  MPG is less and control/fun is less.

We are running three Yamaha vikings and a rhino, all with 700 engines, never had a belt or engine problem yet, about 14,000 miles total between them, including a couple thousand miles with tracks. We are looking hard at the new cab system for vikings, local dealer is getting one in next week, we are going to look after it's installed on a machine.

I rode in a new Polaris 1000 w/cab this winter, awesome machine except I could smell the belt burning about half the time. They had already replaced the belt once. Sure wished Polaris could get reiability figured out better, other than reliability they are an awesome machine and I would rather buy American.

[Mudman]

As much as I like the Honda some things like rear seats bothered me a lot.  Wanted the kids and others be comfy.  Yammy trans/belts are the best with kawa being close second. Same system designs. Honestly a belt every 3-6k is $100 and 2 hours easy work.  Bearpaw you should check out the new Yam Wolverine X4 with the new hard cab enclosure.  It looks to be the best by far!  $5k options though.  Wolv x4 was considered by me immensely.  But at $3k cheaper, vetted for last 6 years and a 3 YEAR WARRANTY the Teryx is a deal.  Best built UTV out there bar none.  Does lack in HP but lot of torque.  Heat in the cab is bad in summer.  Noisy inside cab.  No hard cab of worth, have to run soft cabs.  The goods are heat in cab is great during cooler months!  EPS is really good.  Axles etc never break it seems.  Full ROPS to protect everywhere including rock sliders.  Visibility great.  Shift and trans top notch.  Engine is really good and reliable.  Crawls every where and has engine brake.  Back seat super comfy with room for 6" fat guys!   America Built Kawasaki with no Chinese parts.

[bearpaw]

As much as I like the Honda some things like rear seats bothered me a lot.  Wanted the kids and others be comfy.  Yammy trans/belts are the best with kawa being close second. Same system designs. Honestly a belt every 3-6k is $100 and 2 hours easy work.  Bearpaw you should check out the new Yam Wolverine X4 with the new hard cab enclosure.  It looks to be the best by far!  $5k options though.  Wolv x4 was considered by me immensely.  But at $3k cheaper, vetted for last 6 years and a 3 YEAR WARRANTY the Teryx is a deal.  Best built UTV out there bar none.  Does lack in HP but lot of torque.  Heat in the cab is bad in summer.  Noisy inside cab.  No hard cab of worth, have to run soft cabs.  The goods are heat in cab is great during cooler months!  EPS is really good.  Axles etc never break it seems.  Full ROPS to protect everywhere including rock sliders.  Visibility great.  Shift and trans top notch.  Engine is really good and reliable.  Crawls every where and has engine brake.  Back seat super comfy with room for 6" fat guys!   America Built Kawasaki with no Chinese parts.

I've looked at them many times, but we need more cargo space than a wolverine offers. The Vikings are perfect but when I have tracks on I wished they had the larger 1000 engine. The Polaris has tons of power and goes further faster. The dealer says he's getting in a new cab for the Vikings that I'm hoping will be nice, I'd like to put a cab on one of our machines for winter hunts.

[Mudman]

Oh I see.  Ya I bet you haul plenty of gear.  Hey have ya thought of roof racks??

[bearpaw]

Oh I see.  Ya I bet you haul plenty of gear.  Hey have ya thought of roof racks??

Yeah we haul some gear and hopefully quite a few animals, I put whole elk in the back of my viking, one time we had 5 people and a whole elk coming out in 3 feet of snow with my viking on tracks

[bearpaw]

I cut the elk in half to haul them...