atv for ice fishing, no good in cold weather

This is the principle reason people end up buying sh!t products. If they'd consider the additional 1 or 2 grand as insurance of reliability and good resale, they'd just go out and get a honda or yammi to start with. We've all done it at some point though. Never again for me!

really? I went to many places and most 800+ cc bikes were cheaper with other brands. I took the Polaris cause it was more $. I didn't do my research right but there was another purpose other than ice fishing. Cause if it was solely for ice fishing I would of bought an Argo for what I paid.

I'm generally happy with my Argo. Dropped into water once.

Great ride in the summer on trails! Smooth and the 4x4 on demand is great!

7000 plus members who read..............

1-2 letters to corporate.

You all deserve more for what you paid and expected.

************* SAFETY ************

That would be the company motto. Much like Abu's is Abu Garcia for life. More B.S. since they don't honour their life time guarantee.

I have a 2009 Grizzly. Never had a problem with starting on the ice. Get rid of the Polaris !!!!

put some dielectric grease on the relay contacts where they plug in. Polaris wiring and connectors are terrible, they corrode because they don't put any grease in the connections???

I have a 2006 Sportsman 500 H.O. This is the first year that I have used it in the winter. I used it 6 times. 4 of the times the temp was between -8 and -20. No issues. 2 of the times the temp was below -35 and it wouldn't start in the morning. Once it warmed up a little bit it started.

all members with pull start should be happy,my cat has only electric start

X2 on the Yamaha's, never a problem getting mine started

What about Polaris sleds, any members drive these find they have problems starting them in cold weather? Seems odd to me that someone who manufactures sleds should be able to build an ATV that starts in cold weather. I once heard someone call them called pull-pull-pullaris, maybe there is a good reason why

Just go on the Polaris atv forum the issue is well known and very common...

I sold my polaris with 1100 km on it and it gave me so many issues its unbelievable but I must say I love there 4x4 system

Now I have a 2011 Grizzly 700 and I've put 2200 km of agressive trail riding on it in just under a year and haven't had an issue yet!

I hope you get everything solved I know first hand how you feel

You might want to research dielectric grease. Contrary to popular belief, it's an insulator, not a conductor. It's best use it to prevent corrosion from entering connectors once they are sealed, not to prevent the actual contact from corroding. There are other types of petroleum products to protect contact points.

Fisherman, thanks for the info, that is something that i learned today (from you), live and learn and pass good info to others. What is somthing that could be used in wiring to prevent corrosion and still make good conductivity?

You'll probably sh.. when you read this but here goes. You know those toilet bowl sealing rings, sort of a sticky beeswax, yup. It seems like nothing gets through that stuff, no salt corrosion, etc. I've always had good luck with it. The only trick, stuff has to be warm, it gets pretty stiff in the cold. Another one is the green can of Rust check, it's not runny.

You can get copper grease. Great conductor and protects from the elements.