I have had my fare share of (on and off) trail problems with my SxS’s. Over the years i have broken almost everything you can think of that can be broken 0n a Polaris Razor. Diffs.,Axels,A-arms,Trailing Arm,Steering Componets,Shocks,Cracked Frame…etc. I have blown two motors and dealt with ghost electrical problems to include ECU issues. I have been in one trail head on crash and have rolled 2 of the 4 Polaris razors I’ve owned.
After all of that …. and a whole lot of money later …. I can tell you that the best machine out of the four …. the most reliable and the one that I trust the most …. is the one that I have basically kept completely stock, and this machine is our current machine…. The Side Chick.
I truly believe that the Polaris engineers know what they’re doing. Obviously…if you’re going to beat the piss out of a machine…you’re going to have problems…I know…. I did it.
As soon as I started modifying and upgrading things I started having problems. Machine started becoming unreliable and a couple of times left me stranded (which is a whole other problem).
I’m not saying you shouldn’t upgrade or modify…. I’m just saying (for me) these machines are tough right out of the box.
It took 3 RzR’s and a boat load of money to figure this out.
My 2 cents….
