X2, both my 800 etecs I had I broke in with a 1 mile easy run around the lake then WOT pulls back and forth until it hit 10 miles, then usually trail ridden after that. Both made it over 10,000 miles with original internals and both ran pretty competitive with other 800s even with me being a pretty big dude.
Also I'm a firm believer that Tylor Buttcocks is just trolling for the sake of trolling, that's his MO to a tee!