I have the same bike in the Matte Rust Orange. Have around 18hrs on it so far and I agree with most of your comments. I put Mudlite 2s on mine right away...the tires are a must. Looking forward to more content.

Nice review. I appreciate the honesty. Very helpful.

Best real review of the sportsman 850 on youtube. Thanks for posting.

On the placement of the front wire, I think they put it there to help protect it and that's why it sits right behind the front axle I mean they had to put it somewhere and needs to be protected for limbs / rocks and so on

Nice review I just got a 20/20 850 premium and I hope to put up a review after some trail riding but so far it seems to be a great machine. Thank you

I own a 2019 with 1900 miles and really haven't had any problems with it. I ride it pretty hard. I have no complaints. Thanks for the review. 👍🏻

Simple hose clamps on the inside or outside of bushings of the stabilizer bar.

Awsome video man! Just one quick question. In terms of power compared to other bikes how do you like it? Do you think it could be faster/more powefull or is it enough for you? Thanks. Keep uo the good work

I have the same machine. One thing I've noticed on the 21 model is some have LED lights or not, some have the stitched seat or not. I noticed you have different springs than I do, mine are painted and adjustable. I love the steel blue I don't know why it was only available 1 year

awesome video brother !! just got mine 3 days ago im in love with it

Looking at buying a 850, used, possibly new. Video helped, thanks man

For your rear sway bar put hose claps on both sides of the mounting bracket. It’ll keep it from sliding

How is the shifter going from park to in gear? Mine are kind of hard to get it out of park

Also the rear axle is solid so that's why you only have one brake on the rear tire

Where are you in PA? I’m in CT and I’m always looking for fun places to go.

Would the 570 trail have similar issues?

I had a 2021 sportsman trail that stopped working after the 4th ride down regular flat florida dirt trails. When I took it back they were just going to keep replacing the part in the clutch everytime it wore out every 4 rides. They tried upgrading it to a heavier spring and it ruined the ride quality, you had to Rev the engine to 1800 to get the gear to catch. The shifter was also constantly getting stuck.

Love my 2021 highlifter so much I also bought a 2022 highlifter both 850

My only complaint would be the 850 stickers on the side. The power of the 1000 is amazing. Overall excellent review, thank you.

Great Video man- im looking to buy a new bike - greatly appreciate ya!!

Hi, I m on the way to buy the sportsman 850 touring. My only concern is the ebs system. Do you know if the 850 ebs is more or less agressive than the pokaris 570 or the outlander 850? I did a trst drive of the 570 and the outlander but not the polaris 850. The 570 is too much agrassive and the outlander is fine.

Great job on this review. I’m going to get a quad later this year and I’ve narrowed it down to the sportsman 850, king quad 750 and grizzly. The sportsman is what I want but the flaws in the design and lack of quality in areas is making me lean king quad. Sucks because the sportsman is so dang nice.

I love trail riding on any machine and I've owned just about everything at one time or another. Honda and Polaris have always done me right. I had 2 emergency back surgeries two years ago and I'm disabled now so I have (damnable) considerations I have to take into account such as comfort, ease of use and maintenance and reliability. I test rode everything 3 months ago and am ordering a PoPo 1000. I can ride that thing all day and not be miserable the next lol. Very comfortable machine, and the AWD is crazy good compared to the 3 wheel 'C'mon Visco, please gimme 4wd' system of my Can Am I just sold, not to mention (tho the shocks were amazing) it was uncomfortable to ride for more than 2 hours at a time and I paid the price the next day. Not sure which trim level yet but I'm liking the ultimate trail quite a bit. Might get my girl the 570 UT or the 850. She's not new to the life but she's a little thing so I'm thinking the 570 would be fine but I wouldn't mind having a backup like the 850 in the stable for property work backup if I send the 1000 to the shop. Very well thought out look at the Con's of this machine in your vid, but I feel like they are all easily remedied. Thanks for putting this vid out, brother 👊 Subscribed 👍

I have 6 hours on my 2021 850 premium.. My rear sway bar moves to the right about a 1/4 inch so I will put a collar like you said.. I noticed the bike dives heavy from the engine brake so I stiffened the pre load on all corners..The power is awesome, and I feel it is in the "zone" with a 1000.. Surely 12 horsepower is not worth 2500 plus dollars..The exhaust sounds great stock, but may be a bit throaty for sneaking into a hunting stand.. My neighbor says it sounds like a Harley Lol... All in all a great quad and very happy so far.. My buddy has a 2020 Sportsman 1000 and we switch off now and then when riding... There is NOT a significant difference power wise... 1000 owners with big egos love to think so, but simply not true..

I have the exact one. Same package. And yes! Omg the engine break is wayyyy to much. My 1st ride I was like wtf! Definitely takes some getting used to.

Great review! I just bought a 2021 sky blue color with green springs, led lights, cargo rear box, hand guards, heated grips & heated throttle plus different tires. Had 331 miles on it and still have 11 hours to go for the 25 hour service. 10k, how’d I do for piece of mind. I’d send a picture if I knew how.

The thing i hate about my sportsman 2018 is all the little rattling pieces i side de bike from belt intakes rattling onto the frame ect even got told by a shop my connectin rod bearing was bad because it made that sound but it was the fuel line passing over the fuel tank vibrating against it violently

I have 2020 850 premium trail. Not sure if the seat size has changed between the two but mine is not slick like you mention yours is. Maybe you could swap the seat out for the 20.

I respect your honesty and opinions, but you didn’t see these issues before purchasing? I research everything I purchase.

i have the same wheeler only in orange matte rust. im 6'5 500 pounds and this thing rag dolls me!! the fix for the sway bar can be found on youtube. its a split ring put on each of the brackets. i put a GSE exhaust on it and WOW what a differance!!!.I too live in PA in the northwest corner just south of lake Erie. we go to tall pines, Majestic trails, Mines and Meadows and rock run been a blast. i put 1' wheel spacers in mine too that helped greatly!!

For the people out there asking if the 850 has enough power, this is coming from someone who in their 20's had a Banshee (95 mph top speed) and a Honda CR 250 2 stroke dirt bike. My brother recently retired from the Army as an E-8 and bought a 30 acre ranch in the foothills of the mountains in NE Georgia. I went stayed a week out there this past spring and he has a 2021 Sportsman 850. 45 years old now and I never even felt the need to top it out. Plenty of pep all through the power band! As someone who had never ridden a 4-wheeler with power steering I'll never buy one w/o it now. His wife has a 450 Sportsman without power steering and it's an ogre on the trails! As far as the tires I found them perfectly capable for trail riding and unless mudding is your thing your just putting extra stress and wear an tear on your machine with oversized ones. As far as the exhaust of course I like the throaty and loudness of aftermarket ones but here in Louisiana we call them cop callers! I like to just trail ride nowadays and don't want kens or karens attention and especially the polices attention so I would probably leave that as is. It's hard enough to find places to ride as it is so don't want to attract unwanted attention. It really does sound fine. Your rims do look really fire but when I buy one myself I'll probably install a new performance ECU and a K&N air filter and call it good! Stay safe out there!

Just bought a pursuit camo 23’ 850 ultimate trail!…Dude I love the wheel and tire set up you have…Any chance you could list the specs of both…Thanks…love that color w the white accents..It pops!!

My friends all have side by sides and it became a big thing so quads took a back seat but i love the riding experience of a quad ripping the trails ect and now girls want to ride with me and the advantage is its very close contact hahahah

Guys are using hose clamps to fix rear sway bar issues one on each side of mount loop

Have you rode a 1000 trail or xp model and if so how was the power difference between the 2? Was it overkill?

Just got a new highlifter and wish I got this bike I do more trail than mud and the suspension sucks on the trails not forgiving at all

What I don’t like about my 2018 sportsman is the battery is under the ATV and my bright lights are just the single light on top . It’s not very bright .

I have the same bike but idk something is wrong with it cuz every time I wash it with my power washer once I turn it on it starts stuttering like it doesn’t want to accelerate and like it wants to turn off and then I leave it off for like ten minutes and then I turn it on and it turns on like nothing happened

Would you recommend this bike to someone in the market to buy a new atv

What size zilla tires are you running? Will 30s fit stock? 30 zilla

What size tires are u running, i want to step up to 28s once my 570 trail comes in

I agree there great quads but there’s a lot of little things you have to fix as a own that Polaris could have fixed.The sway bar is stupid and I just remove mine because it was hitting my springs and keeep breaking bolts.

Outlander has only one brake on the back also !! And the Dash gets wet in side also

Have the same bike love mine

The KFI 2” receiver stiffens up the rear end.

what is the company name or link for that frame/rear differential stiffener,

Seems to be fine on my 570

The bighorns are awesome

Polaris is the best but people hate a winner

Definition: Bike bīk noun A bicycle. A motorcycle. A motorbike. Not hating, but seriously drives me nuts when people say that. Anyway, good video going over things that often are not pointed out. I just got mine a few days ago and I'm going to have to go have a good look at it and maybe put in some of the fixes you mentioned.

What wheels and tires do you have

Love to ride man

I've got a '21 matte rust premium trail from NEPA and agree, only I'd add one hate... the gas mileage! Lol, I'm getting about 14-15 mpg with an 850cc engine, really?!? My 03 chevy avalanche is a 5.3L V8 and gets 16 mpg city, that's just absurd. I hear guys are getting 32-35mpg on the 570s which are only a step down. What does the 1000 get, 7mpg? Lol I just don't like the idea that if I went for a weekend long riding/camping trip I'd have to bring half an oil drum full of gas with me.

Get the highlifter for a mud bike you can thank me later. Can am s have clutch & rear differential issues

What parts of PA i ride western pa

What wheels are those?

Your quad is immaculate. You really clean it well. Are you a designer or test engineer? Many of your "opinions" about what you dislike say no. Sell her and get your Canam

, Bend shift lever a head a couple inches

I have the 2017 1000 !! I just trail ride myself and have 10000 kms on it now !! I also have a 2013 outlander 1k !! Polaris is a lot better quad for working on!! And a lot better ride !! Make sure to remove your spark arrester and clean it often on your po po !! They plug up bad

What bike? All I see is your quad.

Wow you are rite there's a lot of things they could fix on that...lovv my Rubicon

I think the seat feels cheap and feel like it will rip easy, completely comfortable

That wire engages 4x4

Love the Honda rubicon

Sway bar fix: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndlipbN2lainZY0.html

I own a 22 and tbh the you should t ride aggressively if you don't hold yourself on the bike like you can't expect to stay in the same spot if your moving around so much your bashing the shifter maybe stop riding

Everybody complains that Yamaha, Suzuki,Yamaha or Kawasaki don't make quads as big as can am or Polaris. But u get quality and dependability over hp... can am and Polaris are way behind in fit and finish

I got a 21 850 Ultimate trail. And it was 16k CAD. There aint even any grease points on it. They are cheap and poorly designed.