2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI?

[jigjigsk]

ok atv people. I am looking at buying a new Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI. I mainly want it for ice fishing, a big job it will do is pulling my 16' fish house on wheels on early ice when we can't drive on with our pick-ups yet. Of course I will use it for hunting also. But I would like some input of what people think of the 2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI.

[SomethingFishy*]

We have 2 of them and they are great. Get a winch right away and maybe a brush guard for when your in the woods. We have the polaris cargo boxes w/backrest, hand/thumb warmers, brushguards and rear bumper.

[dustin85]

I just bought one,....I only have about 50 miles on it, but I am happy with it so far. I know a few people that have them also , and they are also very happy with theirs.

[SomethingFishy*]

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I just bought one,....I only have about 50 miles on it, but I am happy with it so far. I know a few people that have them also , and they are also very happy with theirs.

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My girl got the same one as you minus the plow on wednesday berfore labor day, she now has 197 miles on it from the long weekend. She is loving it.

[tripper]

Picked mine up july 10th and have put on 571 miles so fare. I did have to take it in because it was shifting hard. They had to take a shim out of the clutch. So fare I am happy with the machine but then I had no complaints about the 2001 ho I traded on it.

[peerchking]

my wife just picked hers up and has a woppin 8 miles on it.

But that should change, wednesday-sunday will be up by icecracking. Then 29-31 we will be at Martineau trails.

By the way she just had to have burgendy LE with the flames and of course the stainless brushgaurd and rear bumper

[SomethingFishy*]

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By the way she just had to have burgendy LE with the flames and of course the stainless brushgaurd and rear bumper

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I bought the same machine as her's, I was looking at the mossy oak and walked in the dealer saw the L.E. and thought "that matches my truck". I regret it now as I use mine and within 10 miles of ice fishing the plastic looked used. The paint does buff but until you do so they look pretty poor after going down a trail. But then I came to my senses and said screw it, it's an ATV it's meant to be used. It just kills me I spent the extra money on it for it to look used faster

We will be up riding the pine center trails this saturday, somewhere between 2 and 10 of us. We will be leaving the trailhead at about 9:00-9:15 am.

[peerchking]

Yep that's just what I told her, but to her it still looks pretty!!And thats why I'll wait for her to put the first scratches in, then I'll take it for a good ride.

have a safe trip.

[Ely Lake Expert]

My brother got one recently with the camo plastics. It has about 50 miles on it so far. He let me take it for a ride, it is a strong engine with an improved very smooth suspenion, and good handling. And this is coming from a Yamaha guy.

[Neiko]

I bought the X2 and can't wait for ice fishing. It will be nice and easy carrying all my gear in the box since I have a flip up style portable. I have 500+ miles and no complaints. It made bear baiting a lot easier this year. I sure am not going to miss those long warm ups in the winter I had with my Xplorer.