Polaris 500 H.O. Offroad Vehicle User Manual


 
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INTRODUCTION
Failure to heed the warnings and safety precautions contained in this manual
can result in severe injury or death. A POLARIS ATV is not a toy and can be
hazardous to operate. This vehicle handles differently than other vehicles, such
as motorcycles and cars. A collision or rollover can occur quickly, even during
routine maneuvers like turning, or driving on hills or over obstacles, if you fail to
take proper precautions.
Read this owner’s manual. Understand all safety warnings, precautions and
operating procedures before operating a POLARIS ATV. Keep this manual
with the ATV.
Never operate an ATV without proper instruction. Take a training course.
This vehicle is an ADULT VEHICLE ONLY. Operation is prohibited for anyone
under 16 years of age.
Never permit a guest to operate the ATV unless the guest has read this
manual and all product labels and has completed a certified safety training
course.
European Vibration and Noise
The driver-perceived noise and hand/arm and whole body vibration lev-
els of this machinery is measured per prEN 15997.
The operating conditions of the machinery during testing:
The vehicles were in like-new condition. The environment was con-
trolled as indicated by the test procedure(s).
The uncertainty of vibration exposure measurement is dependent on
many factors, including:
Instrument and calibration uncertainty
Variations in the machine such as wear of components
Variation of machine operators such as experience or physique
Ability of the worker to reproduce typical work during measurements
Environmental factors such as ambient noise or temperature
WARNING