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On 1/11/2019 at 8:34 PM, Poncho said:

850 update. My brothers is working good. First ride, no plug issues or exploding engines. We ran from my place in Griffith to Eganvillle then to Golden Lake and on to Barrys Bay for lunch at Ash Grove Inn. Return was the same route. We put on 190 miles. Fuel consumption is a little better then my XCR 800.   For comparison my XCR 800 fuel burn was the same as my old 2010 1200 for those who ask.  

We may have crossed paths somewhere along the way. I unloaded in Arnprior ran the new trail along the Ottawa River to Renfrew, D'acre to Eganville  for lunch at the Rio, then over Golden Lake past the Sands to Pembroke back to Arnprior. Trails were flat and awesome with good snow. The only complaint is Pembroke to Arnprior is all Railbed!!

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1 hour ago, Fozzy said:

We may have crossed paths somewhere along the way. I unloaded in Arnprior ran the new trail along the Ottawa River to Renfrew, D'acre to Eganville  for lunch at the Rio, then over Golden Lake past the Sands to Pembroke back to Arnprior. Trails were flat and awesome with good snow. The only complaint is Pembroke to Arnprior is all Railbed!!

We were at the Vintage show in Eganville around noon and at the Sands by 2.  Three in our group. 

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Another couple hundred miles last weekend....the 850 is still hanging in.....and so is my XCR 800....looks at Frostynuts....  Plenty of sleds out and conditions were awesome.  With more snow coming this week and cold temps February should be a great month. 

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1 hour ago, 04nightfire said:

Rain in the forecast for sunday and monday

Just a bit to add some moisture to the snow that will come this week....side effect of snow falling when it is cold, it has no moisture!

It is for the best, right......:news:

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6 hours ago, Poncho said:

Another couple hundred miles last weekend....the 850 is still hanging in.....and so is my XCR 800....looks at Frostynuts....  Plenty of sleds out and conditions were awesome.  With more snow coming this week and cold temps February should be a great month. 

Your brother  must of got one of the few good ones.  Lots of carnage happening with those 850 motors. Glad to see you made the right choice staying with your 800. LOL

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2 minutes ago, Frostynuts said:

Your brother  must of got one of the few good ones.  Lots of carnage happening with those 850 motors. Glad to see you made the right choice staying with your 800. LOL

My other buddy in Renfrew has 1000 miles no issue too. ....and Mel's still working good?

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2 minutes ago, Frostynuts said:

Your brother  must of got one of the few good ones.  Lots of carnage happening with those 850 motors. Glad to see you made the right choice staying with your 800. LOL

Out of all the guys on the forums I frequent, the few guys that post regularly that have them, have zero issue.

Do not read HCS much....too much of a soap opera when it comes to all the issues with sleds, in case that is where you are reading all the doom and gloom.....

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4 hours ago, Frostynuts said:

Your brother  must of got one of the few good ones.  Lots of carnage happening with those 850 motors. Glad to see you made the right choice staying with your 800. LOL

Well....come on Frostyballs........give us an update.  you have buddies with 850's.  and they are handing you your ass......truth please.

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Not a chance anyone with an 850 Polaris could hand anyone with a turbo cat or Yamaha their ass. 

I haven,t rode with Mel this year yet, but I have dragged many of his previous Polaris sleds to roads where we could load them onto a trailer. LOL

I actually hate seeing any sledders have problems with their sleds, especially brand new ones. Kinda tough to enjoy the day, if anyone has to be worrying about sled reliability.   

Nice to see the trails around Eastern Ontario finally getting enough snow to get the trails open and groomed.

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5 minutes ago, Frostynuts said:

Not a chance anyone with an 850 Polaris could hand anyone with a turbo cat or Yamaha their ass. 

I haven,t rode with Mel this year yet, but I have dragged many of his previous Polaris sleds to roads where we could load them onto a trailer. LOL

I actually hate seeing any sledders have problems with their sleds, especially brand new ones. Kinda tough to enjoy the day, if anyone has to be worrying about sled reliability.   

Nice to see the trails around Eastern Ontario finally getting enough snow to get the trails open and groomed.

You seem to be overly worried about other's, you really shouldn't be cause it not reciprocal.

On the bold, do you ride with anyone who has a sled newer than 2011?  Cause thats when Poo fixed the 600's and 2015 is when they fixed the 800's.  Keep riding that heavy POS and outdated chassis, maybe they will come out with a 20 year warranty for guys like you, then you will still find an excuse.:lol:

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1 hour ago, Frostynuts said:

Not a chance anyone with an 850 Polaris could hand anyone with a turbo cat or Yamaha their ass. 

I haven,t rode with Mel this year yet, but I have dragged many of his previous Polaris sleds to roads where we could load them onto a trailer. LOL

I actually hate seeing any sledders have problems with their sleds, especially brand new ones. Kinda tough to enjoy the day, if anyone has to be worrying about sled reliability.   

Nice to see the trails around Eastern Ontario finally getting enough snow to get the trails open and groomed.

Next time I see Mel I will ask him how many times you actually pulled him home..LOL  Did you put a bunch of goofy stickers on your Cat like your old Yamaha or did you leave it stock?  Did you buy Charlie's old Turbo Cat? 

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