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Our riding group has quite a few sportsmans and a few grizzlies. I've got one of each. I've never seen a grizzly with diff lock go somewhere one of the sportsmans could not.

As far as skid plates go, if your going to be riding over big rocks, its a good idea.

 

Polaris is all wheel drive engages the front wheels as soon as it detects the rears are slipping it has never let me down

 

Right, but without having ever experiencing it, seems like there would be times you would not want to have to spin the rear to get the front engaged?

 

You will never notice when it kicks in

 

Polaris all wheel activates very quickly with very little rear wheel slip, don’t worry, we got you.

 

Are you speaking directly to me?
Buying a new quad. AWD in 850 Sprotsman?

 

AWD is not an option on an 850, they all come with it!!

 

Polaris AWD is SUPERIOR to anything on the market. No other 4-wheel drive system is even close!!!! You have to buy skids!!!!!! My bud bought a 2020 1k Trail back in February took him riding maybe 15 minutes from you. Well he dinged a few rocks and got a bad shake in the machine. Bottom plate on the frame dented up and was contacting the oil pan. Long story short had to get a welder buddy to get it all fixed up. What a PIA!!! I would do Ceccos frame braces and for shits and giggles I'd do the diff cover as well!!

 

Does the trail package on the 2021 850 upgrade the tires? Or is it just the bumpers, winch, and spring paint?

 

Winch and bumpers only

 

I agree with everyone else. The Polaris AWD system is by far the best 4WD drive system out there. You get true 4 wheel tire spin when you need it and only rear 2WD when you don't. The amount of rear tire spin necessary to engage the front tires is not perceptible. Unlike the Visco Lok or other such 4WD systems where a certain amount of noticeable wheel spin is necessary before both front tires engage. The beauty is that you can ride in AWD all day under differt terrain conditions and the front tires won't engage unless necessary. Other systems have you driving around 2WD, then stop, switch to 4WD, and then "oh no I'm stuck, let me try 4WD lock!" Too late my friend.

 

I agree with everyone else. I had a yamaha with diff lock and it was a booger to turn all locked up but it went wear it was pointed. I get the same traction with the polaris, with twice the power, more comfortable ride and no problem turning, even without power steering.

 

Get the best bumpers made here..
atv-guru.com

 

Better off getting the premium model and only adding on the winch and getting the ATV-guru bumpers. They are more expensive, but they are "bumpers" as opposed to the cheap tin that Polaris tries to sell, which btw I have, so I am speaking from experience.

The 850 comes with factory plastic skids which are good enough if you aren't pounding rocks. You will want to dielectric grease all connections if going through water and get a bearing greaser, 44mm.

 

I leaned with my arm on a Polaris OEM bumper in the dealership showroom and it bent. JUNK

 

But they do look killer! Pretty good at deflecting cattails as well

 

The rear bumper is so designed to catch all the mud and rot and rust out in six months.

 

good to know about the bumpers, will check out the guru ones. Might make more sense to skip the trail package if the bumpers are crap and no tires. What about the polaris metal skid plates? Any good or should I look elsewhere?

 

This is atv-guru.com quality.

 

This is atv-guru.com quality.

Looks legit. Just curious, why not go with the ones with the wire mesh also?

 

How's the buying process for 4 wheelers? Anything like snowmobiles where you have to "snowcheck" or roll the dice on dealer stock? Or can I pretty much order one anytime throughout the year? Stopped at a dealer yesterday just to sit on a couple. They had one 850 premium trail and a few 570s. Said he'd be getting more in throughout the year, but should I be jumping on one before they're gone? I don't see any leftovers anywhere either.

 

If you find one, you better buy it, because there will be a line forming behind you. Be prepared to pay MSRP or very close to it.

 

Skids to lock at are Ricochet or Iron Baltic. Aluminum or HDPE they have they're pros n cons.

 

Don't take our word, go look at one and grab and shake it, the sales guy will stop you very quickly so it don't bend!!!!

 

You will see my picture on the guru web sight....

 

No snowcheck needed! They are pretty much made all year round. The only concern is that because of Covid, they have been selling like crazy and are asking full price.

 

Yes I figured there would be a covid premium. Thing is I won't really use it until probably March, but might just jump on one now anyway.

With the skid plates, do any of them work well with the plow mounting? Do you have to remove your skid plates to install the plow? What about the front bumper?

 

Ok so then you need the Ricochet skids as they are designed to work with the integrated snowplow mounts.

 

I’d start looking now if you want a chance of riding by March!

 

Pulled the trigger. 21 sportsman 850 premium trail. 10,500 +tax and reg. Not too bad I guess? Could have gotten the same without the trail package for 10, but I figure the winch is $400, so $100 for the polaris bumpers, if they really are garbage I can replace.

Next up skid plate. Kindof like the idea of the plastic ones sliding over rocks instead of grinding. Guess I need to really figure out if I'm actually going to plow with this or not. I don't want to have to take the skid plates off all the time, would also like to do some winter riding.

Also on my list is di electric greasing all connections. I've stumbled on some info about grease fitting relocation? I'm one to take good care of a machine... when not riding it. So any info or links to help me get up to speed on this machine would be great.

Thanks for all the info.