Quick Drive with 2009 Polairs sportsman 500 EFI Part 1

[kokkimokki]

did you have any kind of speed limiter in your atv. I'm asking because I'm from finland and we have a Polaris 500 EFI HO at our cottage. In Finland the polaris we have is in tractor licence so in principal it is the same thing as a tractor. It certainly has a some kind of speed limiter in it because it goes only about 35 km/h. We can't find anywhere. Do you know anything about that. The polaris model year '09.

[bjugen1]

kokkimoki

The speedlimiter is just a piece of metal screwed on under the throttle, just remove it and it goes like hell.

Atleast thats how they limit the speed on atv's registered as EU-tractors in Norway.

[kokkimokki]

ok. I'll check the throttle on my christmas hoilday with my dad. but is it inside of the big throttle box where it says something abot the "frozing throttle" or is it outside the throttle box. because we had a can-am outlander 500 and it wasn't in any license at all. only speed or actually throttle limiter it had was a screw behind the throttle trigger that was limitin the movement of the trigger. I think there wasn't that kind of thing in our new polaris, but I'm not sure. I'll have to check

[bjugen1]

i think it is behind the throttle trigger

[bjugen1]

On the one i tried in Norway, it was outside the throttle box, behind it, and it was limiting the movement as you said.

Good luck :)

[kokkimokki]

ok. Thanks:

[sveinungj]

yeah, thats true. i also got an 500 EU - tractor... my speedlimiter is using vacum. ( modern )

[Chevysuburban69]

I saw something like your story on an atv blogspot. I'm pretty sure if you take it to a dealer and tell them about your problems they can fix it. Mine didn't have the thing but i'm sure that a polaris dealer can fix it.

[kokkimokki]

yeah. i found it with my dad. it was under the seat. the speed limiter was a some kind of see-through hose and it was attached to a support beam of the atv's frame. It's pretty complicate to explain and my english isn't very good. But we solved the problem and now our polaris goes like hell. It was pretty cool to drive around the backroads of finland in winter. Top speed is now somewhere around 100 km/h = 60 mp/h. But thanks for the adwises anyway.

[Chevysuburban69]

no problem, always glad to help and glad to hear that you found it :)

[riksa93]

@kokkimokki se on siä kaasuboxin takana vaan semmonen metallinpala jonka vedät pois sieltä ja johan kulkee =)

[jeffac500]

cool video dan. that must be from a helmet cam?

[hotrodkid77]

thank you. no it is not a helmet cam actually i just held the camera with my left hand and used my foot to operate the "emergency brake"

[jeffac500]

oh ok. i have a helmet cam and because its water resistant the sound is awful, so that explains why yours sounds good. i didnt know that till after i got it.

[epert1010]

hey just so you now that isnt the guy who mad this video.

[hotrodkid77]

yes it is. For some reason youtube won't let me comment on my own videos anymore. So i created this account just so i could reply to people comments.

[DomDaBomb777]

freaking sweet!