Polisport Plastics

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Edited Date/Time 3/18/2015 5:51pm
Has anyone run these before?
Are they bad quality? Their price point is extremely appealing but I don't want to sacrifice quality too much for cost.
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reded 3/13/2015 9:22am
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Don't shy away due to price. The stuff fits great and the colors are correct.
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scooter5002 3/13/2015 12:12pm
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Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long time, far more so than any other OEM decals.
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.kyle 3/13/2015 1:12pm
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Some lower fork guards I bought for my kx125 were Polisport if memory serves. The fit wasn't brilliant.

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I bought a Polisport kit for my 95 CR250. It didn't fit very well and the first time I pulled my bike off the stand, it left a white crease on the rear fender. I ended up giving it away.

IMO, UFO and Acerbis is much better quality.
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Flex 3/13/2015 2:34pm
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I only use Polisport but can't say that fit has always been perfect. On a RMZ250 and YZ125 I had to force them into place pretty hard and it left stretch marks on the plastic luckily covered by graphics. Good stuff on KTM's though, always a perfect fit.
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Bruce372 3/13/2015 2:58pm
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.kyle wrote:
Some lower fork guards I bought for my kx125 were Polisport if memory serves. The fit wasn't brilliant.
yep, I tried their fork guards on a Suzuki- they fit was terrible, they looked like they came out of the mold bent and the holes were off and the wrong size- in fact, they actually split when trying to use the correct metal insert on the mounts.

rockymountain replaced them with Acerbis that fit as good as OEM
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Seems like Polisport is generally a bad fit for Suzuki. Bought Polisport plastic for my RMZ450, not many of the bolt holes lined up. Had to pick up the drill before I even got the graphics out. Of course the shroud graphics didn't line up either. Racetech plastic is even worse. I go with Acerbis or Ufo from now on.
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Flex 3/13/2015 3:26pm
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Olson wrote:
Seems like Polisport is generally a bad fit for Suzuki. Bought Polisport plastic for my RMZ450, not many of the bolt holes lined up. Had to...
Seems like Polisport is generally a bad fit for Suzuki. Bought Polisport plastic for my RMZ450, not many of the bolt holes lined up. Had to pick up the drill before I even got the graphics out. Of course the shroud graphics didn't line up either. Racetech plastic is even worse. I go with Acerbis or Ufo from now on.
Ya and when I found out the crappy fit on my RMZ250 i sold i called them and they tried to tell me my bike must have been bent out of shape, so I bought some UFO and they bolted right up.
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They work fine on a Honda.


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Bought a full KTM set last year, the colour match was good, the side panels didn't fit well so I had to take a knife to them to get them right, but made it work. Quality was a little poor too, looks like the shrouds were taken out of the moulds too quick, more or less hidden by the graphics though.
It didn't break in crashes so that's a plus, but I'll prob go Acerbis when I next need a set
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I bought acerbis for my 2000 kx 250, and the edges were horrible and the radiator shroud holes werent deep enough and made the shroud fasteners stick out a mile.
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Slosh 112 3/15/2015 3:34pm
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Polisport....

bought a full kit for my YZ85 project most of the kit went on okay but the rear fender was totally off, didn't even have the holes drilled out. was warped beyond use, bike shop swapped it out for an OEM for nothing for me. Also bought a front fender for my YZF, it was also warped. Got a front fender for a CRF450R, was bright pink, almost nuclear red in colour, not even close to the rest of the plastics.

UFO or Acerbic never had a drama with either.
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scooter5002 wrote:
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long...
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long time, far more so than any other OEM decals.
Acerbis is ktm oem.
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BobPA 3/16/2015 10:25am
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Cycra all the way.

Made in 'Merica too
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scooter5002 wrote:
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long...
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long time, far more so than any other OEM decals.
markit wrote:
Acerbis is ktm oem.
Not on mine.



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Flex 3/16/2015 4:54pm
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scooter5002 wrote:
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long...
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long time, far more so than any other OEM decals.
markit wrote:
Acerbis is ktm oem.
Polisport is OEM KTM.
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ML512 3/16/2015 5:19pm
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Flex wrote:
Polisport is OEM KTM.
Acerbis was for quite a long time.

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Flex 3/16/2015 6:40pm
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Flex wrote:
Polisport is OEM KTM.
ML512 wrote:
Acerbis was for quite a long time.
Not anymore
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bronwynrayne 3/16/2015 8:10pm
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Alright I will give them a try I think. Can't seem to find the damn air box covers though. Annoying.
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ML512 3/16/2015 10:16pm
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Flex wrote:
Not anymore
"Was" is past tense. As in they were before Polisport.
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scooter5002 wrote:
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long...
Seems to me, that Pumpkin uses them as their OEM supplier, and the graphics are molded right into the plastic. The stuff will last a long time, far more so than any other OEM decals.
markit wrote:
Acerbis is ktm oem.
reded wrote:
Not on mine. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/03/16/84085/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Not on mine.



Send me your bike and i'll retract my post.Huh Did you get your bike off of E Bay? that's the China model i think.
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After last weekends headshake episode I was ready to ship it back to China.
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seth505 3/18/2015 10:42am
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Only sets I haven't had a single issue with on several bikes is UFO. I got a flo Acerbis full setup for my ktm and the front/rear fender fit great but the airbox and sidepanels fit horrible compared to my oem set. No experience with Polisport aftermarket.
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Sixeightone 3/18/2015 11:15am
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Polisport is what has been coming stock on ktm's for a while now! They fit the best, much better than acerbis!! I'll never buy any other brand now!!
racerhansen 3/18/2015 12:16pm
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I always buy polisport for my bikes, it's cheap abd fits well
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Team Ideal 3/18/2015 5:51pm
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BobPA wrote:
Cycra all the way.

Made in 'Merica too
This guy knows what's up. Cycra all the way, there's a reason a lot of the teams use it.

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