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INDEX
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Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parking on an Incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Passenger Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41
Periodic Maintenance Chart . . . . 77-80
Polaris Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Polishing the Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . 124
Pre-Ride Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PVT Break-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
PVT Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
PVT System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-111
R
Rack/Compartment, Front . . . . . . . . 42
Reverse Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reverse Override Switch . . . . . . . . . 28
Rider Information Center. . . . . . . 44-51
Riding Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Riding Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
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Safe Operation Practices . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-27
Age 16 Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
AWD Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Box Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Clutch Cover Warning. . . . . . . 26
Discretionary Warning. . . . . . . 24
General Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Passenger Safety Warning . . . . 24
Rack Warning, Front and Rear 26
Reverse Override Warning . . . 23
Tire Pressure/Load Warning . . 25
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
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Safety Warnings
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
Passenger in the Cargo Box. . . . 13
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
Seat Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Severe Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Side Panel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sidehilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Signal Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Spark Arrestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Spark Plug Inspection . . . . . . . 106-107
Spark Plug Recommendations. . . . . 106
Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-107
Spring Adjustment, Shock. . . . . . . . 121
Standard/Metric Display . . . . . . . . . . 47
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Steering Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-128
Storage Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-128