How do I know which rack my machine has?

Look at the rear rack. Black steel tubes mean a metal rack; a one-piece plastic deck means a plastic rack. If it’s a Can-Am with LinQ mounting points or a Polaris with Lock & Ride, choose that. Your owner’s manual and the maker’s accessory pages name the rack your model has.

The four rack types

• Metal: a frame of black steel tubes.
• Plastic: a one-piece plastic deck with the mounting holes moulded in.
• LinQ: Can-Am’s accessory mounting system. Accessories lock into LinQ mounting points on the rack.
• Lock & Ride: Polaris’s accessory mounting system, with its own mounting points on the rack.

LinQ and Lock & Ride are named after the mounting system, not the material, so a rack can be metal and still carry LinQ points. If yours does, either answer finds the right box.

Why the rack matters

Tesseract boxes fasten into the holes of the factory rack and follow its shape. Most models came with one factory rack, so once you know the model, you know the rack. A few were sold with different racks over the years or across trims, and for those a box may fit only one of them.

One example: the rear box for the Can-Am Outlander 500/700 is made for the metal tube rack. Its fitment table lists the metal and LinQ racks and not the plastic one.

Where to check

• The rack itself: look at it from above and from the side.
• The owner’s manual and the maker’s accessory catalog for your model, which describe its racks.
• Your model’s page on our site: the fitment table shows which rack each box is made for.

Still not sure

In My Garage you can choose “Not sure”; we then show every box listed for your machine without filtering by rack. Or email a photo of the rear rack to [email protected], with the year and model, and we’ll tell you which box fits.

Boxes are made for factory racks. If your machine has an aftermarket rack, send us photos before you order.