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

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

Seems to be fine on my 570

, Bend shift lever a head a couple inches

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.

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!

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.

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 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 👍

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!!

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

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

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. 👍🏻

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

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.

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

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

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

The bighorns are awesome

Got same machine ...I have 2 inch lift and thinking of putting 29 inch big horns .... do you think they will fit ??

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

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

Polaris is the best

What bike? All I see is your quad.

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.

2 or 3 inch lift or high lifter a arms and a clutch kit and it will be mean.

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

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

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

Would the 570 trail have similar issues?

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

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

Perfect fkn wheels, holmes. Almost unleashed tha Kraken in me britches when the packaging got pulled back.... 🔥🔥🔥💨💨💨🍺🍺🍺🤟🤟🤟💯💯💯

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.

Nice review. I appreciate the honesty. Very helpful.

I have Maxxis on my 550 Polaris Limited from 2012. They worked well on the trailers and woods I drive on. However, in sand they are crap. They won't even pull my 14ft boat out of the lake. It wants to, then begins to dig into the ground. Great "traction" in getting stuck. Mine are 6ply and I find the tread pattern needs another tread in the space where there isn't any. They lasted longer than the original's when I got my bike new, but at least the original's could pull my boat out of the lake up to the cottage.

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

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

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

Polaris is the best but people hate a winner

Love to ride man

That wire engages 4x4

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

What wheels are those?

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.

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

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

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

people bitch and laugh at what others buy and ride but people should just buy what they like and have fun and stfu

I just picked up a used 2020 850 premium. How in the world do they lose one out of four tires? LOL that's kind of bizarre. Good info here thanks