bob5701954

THE 2 plates on the left made out of alum. checker plate are the lower body guards to protect the battery and rad hoses, which polaris left wide open and unprotected, I am just lucky that the battery was not taken out by a stick, the 2 plates on the right are the rad. side guards made out of sheet metal, the are specific to the right and left sides , and are just mounted with zip ties so they can be removed quickly to service the bike LOWER BODY PROTECTORS AND RAD SIDE GUARD PROTECTORS FOR MY 2016 570 SPORTSMAN E.P.S.

also , I forgot to mention that I had been able to read about owners of sportsman 570 `s complaining about their right legs getting hot ,almost to the point of burning, that is exactly what ws happening to me , before I put on homemade radiator guards, then on one ride I figured it out . we had been riding for close to 2 hrs. and I noticed that mu inside right leg was not as hot as it usually was , since I drove the 570. what was different, the fact that I had put on the rad side guards, which # 1. protected the rad from sticks. but #2, it was now directing the air flow across the rad. and not letting slipstream around the rad , and letting the air take the path of least resistance. my first impression was , what did the polaris people think by removing these. , my bike ran cooler with 20$ worth of sheet metal , plus my rad . was now protected.

thanks for moving it to the polaris forum, I have been trying to get on that forum, but I have had no luck trying to register, that's why I joined quadcrazy.com, maybe there are other folks who have had issues with no rad . side guards

I have not taken photos of them yet , but I am going to take some and post them on the site, the original ones that polaris chose not to install were around 20 $ . can. so for 40 $ , which would be our cost , not their cost , they are taking on some bad press, the ones I made , I have been a millwright for 40 yrs. are made out of sheet metal , and I used bondo glass , a short hair type of fibre glass to join the two sections, I made templates out of card board to fit them, I then just drilled holes and used zip ties to attach them to the body , this way I can remove them fast for servicing , the bike . then of course give them a coat of black paint and you are good to go , I will also take pics of the lower protectors I made

I am new to this forum, have been atving for 3 yrs. recently got rid of my old 2006 Yamaha Kodiak , bought an new 2016 570 sportsman , I noticed that it was rather open in the front portion of the bike , so I installed alum. checker plate to protect the battery and rad . hose. but I did not think to protect the exposed sides of the rad. as I live in northern british Columbia and we drive on old logging roads and we clear a lot of trails. on my 3 rd ride I got a stick thru the rad, and into the elec. fan . 2 rides later the fan broke apart. but luckily I ahd since put on home made side guards out of sheet metal .. this actually created better air flow and kept the machine cooler, but my problem is with polaris, they installed side rad guards on the 2014 models- the 2015 models, then took them off for 2016 , I have seen lots of complaints about over heating, as a result of no air flow across the bike , due to no guards, then I get a picture of a 2016.5 limited edtion Canadian 570 that has rad. side guards, I put in an appeal and they will not come good for the fan and motor, I like the bike a lot , but am not very happy with polaris and their stupid idea to remove the side guards, not everyone drives on logging roads bob5701954