That's pretty much all they built back then and I had never heard of a four-wheeler back in the early mid-80s. That was actually quite knew at that time. I had actually gotten a Honda 250 big red 3-wheeler for Christmas from my dad in 1985 and that thing was awesome it had a manual 5-speed foot shift and electric start and get this. It even came with reverse that was not common😊 I was like a kid in Toys R Us with that thing I was ecstatic. God that was life growing up in the 80s I did not like that garbage automatic pvt transmission they made back then with a rubber band. I have to have gears to shift. It makes the riding more fun
@@robd1859 I had an 84 ATC200ES Big Red for a few years in the early 90s. I miss it but the Big Red 250 or the ATC250SX would've been better, more power and more importantly, rear suspension. Every time I rode my 200, I'd get a stomach ache from bouncing around!
@@jacobpoucher well obviously there are those out there that knew. The dealerships I went to as a kid with my grandpa sold Hondas and Suzukis. I never cared much for Polaris and that feeling was reinforced when I saw one in small engine in highschool and it was not as simple to work on as my grandpas Hondas.
i have an old polaris sitting outside in the yard pvt trans that is the baddest shit there mine is pretty rough its been rolled and hammered on hard before i got it i saved it fro the scrap yard.........................
And the very best part about those three wheelers and four wheelers. Is the fact that they did not build them in some pussy automatic. They actually had a manual foot shift. I hate an automatic four-wheeler
I have a cyclone kinda like the scrambler but four wheeler version and I gotta say Polaris just isnt a contender against Yamaha Kawasaki handa etc there not as dependable strong and they don't last like others do
Donald sparks i agree. There just not built as good as a honda or a yamaha or others. I had a '95 polaris xplorer 400 and it wasn't near as good as my honda fourtrax 300 in reliability or performance
Jump ahead to 2021...basically the same antiquated clutch system, that is even more prone to failure due to massively increased HP, while limited by design to manage the added abuse. Not so much the belt, but the heat produced by the continuous slipping. That's a system that is fine in snowmobiles, because check this out...they ride in snow, which is much cooler than say, New Mexico, Arizona and places like that. Heat is the enemy in a slipping belt CVT. Polaris knows there are far better designs now, and even some still incorporate a belt, but a fixed ratio belt with a centrifugal clutch on the primary. Kawasaki AND Yamaha both have versions using this system...the Yam RMAX, for example, which has a 10 year warranty on that belt. You'd be lucky to get ten months on a Polaris belt, if you're riding the machine. Polaris is too goofy to concede that need and technology have moved well beyond their PVT. I've owned serval Polaris ATVs and Utility vehicles, and over the years and machines, they ALL had two things in common...failing electronics, and failing PVT/CVT. I've finally reached a point where speed isn't worth two nickels when it comes at a cost of failed machines. I will never buy another Polaris until they get their heads back in the gearbox game.
@@snoop5658 then you sure are not riding that thing. Unless, down to the mailbox and back is riding. Even if the primary and secondary were perfectly aligned, 20 years of regular riding would have wore out the clutch/sheaves, much less would a belt still be in one piece.
Awesome video. thank you for bringing back the good days when i was a kid
those old 2 stroke trailbosses are fantastic! light, fast, excellent suspension
My jaw dropped when I learned Polaris made a 3-wheeler!
me to!!!
That's pretty much all they built back then and I had never heard of a four-wheeler back in the early mid-80s. That was actually quite knew at that time. I had actually gotten a Honda 250 big red 3-wheeler for Christmas from my dad in 1985 and that thing was awesome it had a manual 5-speed foot shift and electric start and get this. It even came with reverse that was not common😊 I was like a kid in Toys R Us with that thing I was ecstatic. God that was life growing up in the 80s
I did not like that garbage automatic pvt transmission they made back then with a rubber band. I have to have gears to shift. It makes the riding more fun
@@robd1859 I had an 84 ATC200ES Big Red for a few years in the early 90s. I miss it but the Big Red 250 or the ATC250SX would've been better, more power and more importantly, rear suspension. Every time I rode my 200, I'd get a stomach ache from bouncing around!
Old news. I have known tbey made one for decades
@@jacobpoucher well obviously there are those out there that knew. The dealerships I went to as a kid with my grandpa sold Hondas and Suzukis. I never cared much for Polaris and that feeling was reinforced when I saw one in small engine in highschool and it was not as simple to work on as my grandpas Hondas.
My first ever quad was a trailboss 250. Bought it when I was 17 years old
Loved your video. We have the RZR XP 1000 and Wildcat X ATV's and we appreciate them, they are well built and hold up well on our trails.
They still holding up?
I actually just got one of theses 86 Trailboss
I got a 1988 trailboss 250 4x4, and everything they say about it in this video is true, and works just how they wanted it to
so much better then their new commercial with that tattooed chick doing demon horns at the end they lost many costumers due to that
never been to impressed with anything other than sleds that are polaris
Baird611 same
belts work awesome in water that's why any of my friends that ride a polaris won't go in any with me.
My polaris goes through water just fine
i have an old polaris sitting outside in the yard pvt trans that is the baddest shit there mine is pretty rough its been rolled and hammered on hard before i got it i saved it fro the scrap yard.........................
Anthony McCoy can i have it?
And the very best part about those three wheelers and four wheelers. Is the fact that they did not build them in some pussy automatic. They actually had a manual foot shift. I hate an automatic four-wheeler
Before of snowmobile into ATV and ATC of polaris from Japan
I have a cyclone kinda like the scrambler but four wheeler version and I gotta say Polaris just isnt a contender against Yamaha Kawasaki handa etc there not as dependable strong and they don't last like others do
Donald sparks i agree. There just not built as good as a honda or a yamaha or others. I had a '95 polaris xplorer 400 and it wasn't near as good as my honda fourtrax 300 in reliability or performance
@@honda3007 you guys are rite except performance vs the 300
These two bikes are the ONLY reason id get a poo-laris. And only because I want to own ALL the 250 2-strokes from back then.
Jump ahead to 2021...basically the same antiquated clutch system, that is even more prone to failure due to massively increased HP, while limited by design to manage the added abuse. Not so much the belt, but the heat produced by the continuous slipping. That's a system that is fine in snowmobiles, because check this out...they ride in snow, which is much cooler than say, New Mexico, Arizona and places like that. Heat is the enemy in a slipping belt CVT. Polaris knows there are far better designs now, and even some still incorporate a belt, but a fixed ratio belt with a centrifugal clutch on the primary. Kawasaki AND Yamaha both have versions using this system...the Yam RMAX, for example, which has a 10 year warranty on that belt. You'd be lucky to get ten months on a Polaris belt, if you're riding the machine. Polaris is too goofy to concede that need and technology have moved well beyond their PVT. I've owned serval Polaris ATVs and Utility vehicles, and over the years and machines, they ALL had two things in common...failing electronics, and failing PVT/CVT. I've finally reached a point where speed isn't worth two nickels when it comes at a cost of failed machines. I will never buy another Polaris until they get their heads back in the gearbox game.
Strange with all of our use we haven't had those problems, unless you think they should be mouse proof.
@@J-1410 Nah, you just must ride like a little girl.
I still have a 20+ year old belt on my 1995 sportsman 400 ;-;
@@snoop5658 then you sure are not riding that thing. Unless, down to the mailbox and back is riding. Even if the primary and secondary were perfectly aligned, 20 years of regular riding would have wore out the clutch/sheaves, much less would a belt still be in one piece.
All the other brands have adopted this same system more or less except Honda
would not jump a trail boss. new or old. ouch.
Yeah they really ain’t a jumping quad I have a trailblazer and it don’t do well on big jumps
niether have i
I hate yamha