Polaris Sportsman Touring 500 HO - Manual (Page 144)

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INDEX
P
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Parking on an Incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Passenger Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Periodic Maintenance Chart . . . . 67-70
Polaris Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Polishing the Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . 114
Pre-Ride Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PVT Break-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PVT Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
PVT System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-106
R
Reverse Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reverse Override Switch . . . . . . . . . 26
Rider Information Center. . . . . . . 37-41
Riding Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Riding Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
S
Safe Operation Practices . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-25
Age 16 Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AWD Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Clutch Cover Warning. . . . . . . 25
Discretionary Warning. . . . . . . 23
General Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Passenger Safety Warning . . . . 24
Rack Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Reverse Override Warning . . . 25
Tire Pressure/Load Warning . . 24
Safety Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Age Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Carrying a Passenger . . . . . . . . 12
Carrying Multiple Passengers . 12
Crossing Hillsides . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deep Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Descending Hills Improperly. . 15
Excessive Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exhaust Exposure . . . . . . . . . . 11
Failure to Inspect . . . . . . . . . . . 11
S
Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Frozen Bodies of Water. . . . . . . 20
Handling Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hot Exhaust Systems . . . . . . . . . 21
Improper Cargo Loading . . . . . . 19
Improper Hill Climbing . . . . . . . 15
Improper Tire Maintenance . . . . 18
Jumps and Stunts . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operating a Damaged ATV. . . . 21
Operating on Pavement . . . . . . . 13
Operating on Public Roads . . . . 13
Operating on Steep Hills . . . . . . 16
Operating Over Obstacles . . . . . 18
Operating Without Instruction. . 10
Physical Control of the ATV . . . 14
Physical Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Poor Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Protective Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reverse Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Skidding or Sliding . . . . . . . . . . 18
Slippery Terrain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Stalling While Climbing a Hill . 16
Turning Improperly . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unauthorized Use . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Unfamiliar Terrain. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Alcohol or Drugs. . . . . . . 12
Service Interval Programming. . . . . . 41
Severe Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Side Panel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sidehilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Signal Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Spark Arrestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Spark Plug Inspection . . . . . . . . . 96-97
Spark Plug Recommendations. . . . . . 96
Spark Plug Torque Specification. . . . 96
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124-125
Spring Adjustment, Rear Shock . . . . 98
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 47-48
Steering Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-118
Storage Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116-118