and should i get the 2009 or 2010 model i know as the years go on the fix thing that were wrong on the year before but im not sure which ine is better

 

No difference on a 09-2010 on the 500s,heck I doubt a 04 or 2010 have any differences.

 

I would agree that the Foreman is probably not the machine for him....that is why I refered to is as more of a work quad, rather than a recreational quad. I would however, never get the clumsy Polaris either!

 

In 1500 miles of mixed hard New England water, mud, rocks, ice, snow, etc. we've never had a wet belt in our group of 5 Polaris 500s. 3 Sportsmans, 1 ATP, and 1 Sportsman X2. I've gone through deep enough that I've had my feet up on the front rack and gotten the back of my thighs wet with eye opening 33 degree water. I've only seen one Polaris broken down in my years of driving and it was because the guy driving it saw a moose and did not notice the log in the trail that went up and under and ripped his throttle cable apart among other things. I towed him 5 miles out of rough country and down to his trailer with my X2.

 

i found a 2005 polaris 500 for sale from one of my buddies it has about 100 hours on it the front bumber is alittle bent and one of the plastic is cracked and he is asking 3500 is this a good or bad deal and also i pulled the pull start out and it was all wet with dirty water is this bad or is it sealed some how

 

The recoil should be drained and cleaned. It should be sealed better than that. It sounds like the handle wasn't pushed down tight on the recoil housing.

 

pk will there be any damaged from that water in there or will it be fine

 

I had enough water in mine that a minnow could swim in it. I Cleaned it out and silicon the pull handle in place no water is ever getting back in again. I have 350 hr on it now.

 

ok and another thing he said the engine light or some light because it had old gas in it and if he took it to the dealer the could clear it

 

If its a 05 you better check if it was involved in the ECM recall. Here is a link. Polaris Expands ATV Recall