P1000 Thinking of selling and going Polaris

[lee]

Haha, @JTW had one of those.
I heard he went too fast and his hair caught on fire.
(Too soon?)

 

[Admin]

 

[JTW]

This is the Donkey I was referring too, I can't believe anyone would ever need anything else, it's the greatest SxS ever created..... @JTW Have you considered a Donkey.....LOL
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Haha, @JTW had one of those.
I heard he went too fast and his hair caught on fire.
(Too soon?)

It’s true.. that’s what I started with. And much of why, is due to the suggestions here. It was the wrong suggestion for me.

 

[906UP]

To the OP @Jakey sorry if your thread is getting derailed....it happens. As far as your SxS choice, pick whatever you want but since you asked for our opinion, I think the majority on the site would agree that Polaris has some cool features but the one they fail to advertise is that they are absolute SH#T!!! I'd buy a Chevy before I got another Poo....I've had a few and they were all garbage and the Polaris's I've owned were even worse.

 

[JACKAL]

Well I think context of when they burned up will help, I don’t think it was from just driving around, believe deep mud was involved but I could be wrong.

Mud you say? Not a puddle in sight......

 

[CumminsPusher]

Lol i always laugh at this video. Cracks me up. I feel bad for jakey this whole thread has really gone down the s***ter.

At least most are in agreement on Polaris being questionable. It’s derailed yes but there’s that.

 

[DG Rider]

This pretty much sums it up... View attachment 241427

I've seen those for 500's too. Just sayin'...

 

[Glank]

You need to spend $15 and fix your cup issue. Also there are door storage mods that cost under $30. Do you need/want a hard enclosure only? Number of options for most units for both hard and soft.

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Exactly, and another $20 and 5 minutes of your time, you can have 4 more.

https://www.amazon.com/KEMIMOTO-Holder-Bottle-2014-2019-Pioneer/dp/B07GSTKR2W/?tag=sxsweb24-20

 

[tdhanses]

Exactly, and another $20 and 5 minutes of your time, you can have 4 more.

https://www.amazon.com/KEMIMOTO-Holder-Bottle-2014-2019-Pioneer/dp/B07GSTKR2W/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Ha, forgot about them.

 

[trigger]

There were plenty of pure sport machines when we were all drawn to the sport/utility aspect of the Pioneer. Have to sacrifice some features for the ability to do more than just trail ride. The General was engineered to steal that market, nice design but still a popo. Now Yamaha is going after it with the Rmax 1000. That's the baddest machine on the planet right now IMO and I really need to stop watching those videos.

 

[CumminsPusher]

There were plenty of pure sport machines when we were all drawn to the sport/utility aspect of the Pioneer. Have to sacrifice some features for the ability to do more than just trail ride. The General was engineered to steal that market, nice design but still a popo. Now Yamaha is going after it with the Rmax 1000. That's the baddest machine on the planet right now IMO and I really need to stop watching those videos.

I’ve said it’s not the rig for me and probably came off negative about it but it is a bad mother f***er. I truly believe that’ll be a good machine. Seeing what our little Wolverine is capable of and how well it’s held up leads me to believe the RMAX will be just fine lol. f*** the General!!!

 

[JTW]

There were plenty of pure sport machines when we were all drawn to the sport/utility aspect of the Pioneer. Have to sacrifice some features for the ability to do more than just trail ride. The General was engineered to steal that market, nice design but still a popo. Now Yamaha is going after it with the Rmax 1000. That's the baddest machine on the planet right now IMO and I really need to stop watching those videos.

Do it!!

 

[906UP]

There were plenty of pure sport machines when we were all drawn to the sport/utility aspect of the Pioneer. Have to sacrifice some features for the ability to do more than just trail ride. The General was engineered to steal that market, nice design but still a popo. Now Yamaha is going after it with the Rmax 1000. That's the baddest machine on the planet right now IMO and I really need to stop watching those videos.

I stopped at Honda East of Toledo last week on my way back from NY to see if they had a couple parts for the Donkey project.....they didn't but they did have a RMAX sitting in the showroom, I was impressed, looks like a nice rig.

 

[tdhanses]

There were plenty of pure sport machines when we were all drawn to the sport/utility aspect of the Pioneer. Have to sacrifice some features for the ability to do more than just trail ride. The General was engineered to steal that market, nice design but still a popo. Now Yamaha is going after it with the Rmax 1000. That's the baddest machine on the planet right now IMO and I really need to stop watching those videos.

You can pimp out a pioneer pretty badass for less then the Rmax costs new. My dealer had it at $23k.

 

[Russ989]

You can pimp out a pioneer pretty badass for less then the Rmax costs new. My dealer had it at $23k.

I have more than that in my Pioneer now, they are all money pits.

 

[dilligaff82]

I agree on the Yamaha RMAX 1000. I think it’s hands down the best sport/utility machine on the market right now, and at a crazy good price considering everything is basically already done, up to and including a winch, radio and 30” tires. 109hp, quiet, smooth, no heat issues and a 10 year warranty on the belt & trans.

 

[Russ989]

Have you checked out the Yamaha RMAX 1000? I think it’s hands down the best sport/utility machine on the market right now, and at a crazy good price considering everything is basically already done, up to and including a winch, radio and 30” tires.

It’s still belt drive and I don’t consider 22-24k that good of a deal for a sport utility. I only paid $15,300 for my 1000-5 last year. It was my decision to spend the extra money on it. If you think you are going to buy an Rmax and do nothing to it, think again.

 

[Russ989]

At least most are in agreement on Polaris being questionable. It’s derailed yes but there’s that.

I wouldn’t have a Polaris if they gave me one, they just aren’t built that well and I’ve pulled several of them back to the safety of the driveway.

 

[tdhanses]

It’s still belt drive and I don’t consider 22-24k that good of a deal for a sport utility. I only paid $15,300 for my 1000-5 last year. It was my decision to spend the extra money on it. If you think you are going to buy an Rmax and do nothing to it, think again.

Yup, I just paid $16k for mine, not including tax but including all fees but the $23k for the Rmax also didn’t include tax or dealer fees, so while I walked out paying $17.4K for the pioneer, Rmax including all fees/tax would of been closer to $26k out the door or close to $9k diff, you can add a lot for $9k to a pioneer.

I also wonder how much of the 109hp is lost to the belt system, it’ll still have more power but I crack up how everyone is now a professional racer or rock crawler once they get their hands on one of these sporty utv’s, guess I’m old at 40.

 

[jjau06]

I had a 700 Rhino and loved the thing until I started having problems out of it.

First problem I had was it kept running hot on me and was puzzled as to why it was. Long story short, the Rhinos were bad about the cooling system getting air locked. You would have to jack the front end up and burp the coolant to get the air out of it. This led to a blown head gasket for me and about an $18-2000 fix.

Secondly I couldn’t keep the battery charged on the thing. I didn’t have any accessories on the thing (imagine that!). I didn’t really keep it long enough to put any on it. I took it to the dealer and he said the magneto was burned up and would have to replace it. $8-900 bucks later I was going again. I had had enough. Sold that sucker while it was still running and bought a 700-4. Best decision I ever made!

I kept the Rhino maybe 2 years, had my 700-4 for nearly 7 years before I sold it and bought my 1000-5 1-1/2 months ago. The only thing I did to my pioneer during the 7 years was put a battery on it and oil changes. You can’t convince me to buy a Yamaha. Maybe they’ve improved a lot since the Rhinos but I’m sticking with the old faithful Honda. The Rmax does look pretty cool and offer some nice options but screw me once shame on you, twice shame on me!


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[Russ989]

Yup, I just paid $16k for mine, not including tax but including all fees but the $23k for the Rmax also didn’t include tax or dealer fees, so while I walked out paying $17.4K for the pioneer, Rmax including all fees/tax would of been closer to $26k out the door or close to $9k diff, you can add a lot for $9k to a pioneer.

I also wonder how much of the 109hp is lost to the belt system, it’ll still have more power but I crack up how everyone is now a professional racer or rock crawler once they get their hands on one of these sporty utv’s, guess I’m old at 40.

You’ll lose about a third of your HP through the belt system, we lose about 12%.