Weak, really Weak.

[jdw1]

Well just think, now that they're gone your sled is ah......

"More Flickable" Ya, Flickable That's what it is, more Flickable!!!!!!

 

[nuggetau]

Well just think, now that they're gone your sled is ah......

"More Flickable" Ya, Flickable That's what it is, more Flickable!!!!!!

A new weight reduction program Polaris is implementing, things just snap and fall off during your ride making the sled lighter!

 

[Jaynelson]

There is no handguard of that type that would do any better. The only ones that would live on a mountain sled would be the Acerbis wrap-around type for a woods dirtbike (plastic with an aluminum support bar). Or the flexbile ones like Skins.

 

[njk4o5]

the engineer behind those hand guards was the guy who designed the pistons from 2011-2014 after he got demoted.
before that he designed the cranks in the liberty 800 engines and got demoted from that as well

 

[nuggetau]

There is no handguard of that type that would do any better. The only ones that would live on a mountain sled would be the Acerbis wrap-around type for a woods dirtbike (plastic with an aluminum support bar). Or the flexbile ones like Skins.

Wouldn't take me more than about 10 minutes on the back of napkin to design a spring loaded design that would allow a roll over or just about any other impact for that matter.

The weld that fails really isn't a weld at all, the weld appears to be a cast part made to appear as if it's welded. What a rinky dinky mess, if the guy who designed this part was working for me, he would be looking for a new job.........and he wouldn't get any good reference either.

 

[Jaynelson]

This rant makes no sense....you are clearly the only person who thought those things might survive a roll-over, or were designed to. They are wind-breakers plain and simple - if you used them for that, they'd probably last forever.

 

[nuggetau]

This rant makes no sense....you are clearly the only person who thought those things might survive a roll-over, or were designed to. They are wind-breakers plain and simple - if you used them for that, they'd probably last forever.

Polaris installed them on a mountain sled, so apparently I am not the only one who thought they should survive a roll over, or maybe you don't think Polaris knows how there product is used. If they were not intended to survive a roll over then why the hell were they put on a mountain sled!

 

[Jaynelson]

Technically the sled isn't "made" to roll....do many of us do it? yes. Does it usually work out ok? Yes. But taller windshields, for example, will also not enjoy a roll-over, particularly in harder snow. And many people have bent handlebars or cracked some plastic rolling over in certain conditions. Seats don't enjoy pointy tree branches, etc, etc.

4x4 truck manufacturers also promote their off-road capabilities....but they also sell or include running boards that will not survive 1 large water-bar. It's not one-size-fits-all.....there is some discretion on the consumer's part as to what's a good idea and what isn't. It was blatantly obvious those guards would not survive a roll-over, nor were they intended to. Not trying to be a jerk

 

[skibreeze]

Jaynelson beat me to mentioning the tall windshields that used to be on mountain sleds.

 

[Buster Douglas]

I set up over a hundred sleds a year at a dealership and ya they're garbage I dont even want to put them on but I do put some aftermarket MSR guards on they fit perfect and thread in to the end of the handle bars and are awesome for bark busting

 

[toofpaste]

I set up over a hundred sleds a year at a dealership and ya they're garbage I dont even want to put them on but I do put some aftermarket MSR guards on they fit perfect and thread in to the end of the handle bars and are awesome for bark busting

I'd be interested in more info. Part number of the kit used?

 

[sledneck_03]

Only handguards worth having are skinz heat locs and the rox speed fx ones. Roll over safe. Those polaris ones break under a tarp too. My powermadds moved a bit in a roll over, tops rolled back from the tarp. Trying to get some skinz ones in canada

 

[sledder22]

I had aluminum mounts made for mine have been good to go ever since

 

[Flyn Or Dyn]

gaurds

It kind of sounds like your pissed that they didnt work. You must have secretly wanted these POS

 

[2188]

Lol...I took one look at those things and thought they were junk...I wasn't sure the Polaris parts depot realized what they had sent with their top of the line sled...