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That’s rough. Hoping the ‘26 treats him better. Going to dealer next Friday to see if we can come to some sort of resolution.

Fun in the woods if that helps?! lol

Thing is, I've seen quite a few 858s on the trail and at stops. I've always tried to chat with people riding them and haven't found anyone that has had any issues. Guess I'm just lucky! lol

Long story.... 2025 R-XC 858 Put 7 miles on it last year and wouldn't rev. Dropped off at dealer, bad servo motor after I finally convinced them to take it for a ride. Rode it one full day after that and season was over, should've been out of break-in but still wouldn't rev consistently. 150ish miles on it at end of season. This year, put some clutching in it preseason and rode it about 40 miles prior to an appointment for '26 reflash. Waited for it and told them it wouldn't rev. They said ride it. ~190 miles. Rode it for the weekend and dropped it off again. Would briefly rev to 7k then fall to 6500 like it was in limp mode. They put stock clutching back on it, no change. After back and forth, cat told them to put injectors in it. Took another week to get them and no change. Another week plus gone. Cat then supposedly had them run through a bunch of things and decided to program a new ECU. Again, another week to get and sled actually ran worse. In the meantime, a buddy's sled went down so he was going to ride my procross (that I thankfully kept) and I was going to ride the 858 in all its 6500 rpm glory. Told dealer to put old ECU back in so I could ride it for the weekend. Picked it up, ran like shit and ran out of gas right after warm up on way to fill up. Got towed, filled up, rode back to cabin which was ~2 miles away. Got back to cabin and gas gauge showed half a tank. We decided to stay in for the night. Went out next morning, started it, looked like someone was dumping gas out of a can underneath sled. Dragged it on trailer, took it back to dealer, spoke to owner and showed him the gas leak. That's the day I rode my buddy's 850 matryx. Told him it's been nearly 2 full seasons with a sled that's never run right. I've been more than patient but told him I was done and that someone needed to make it right. That's where it still sits. It's been almost 2 weeks and haven't heard anything since last week. New ECU was still in 1st stage break-in, but they couldn't run it until the leak was fixed. I'm actually surprised it didn't start on fire while I was riding it. So I've been riding a procross 800 from 2020. Better than nothing but not happy about it. Pissed to say the least.

Rode an 850 Matryx last weekend for a day instead of my 858 (long, stupid story) and really liked it. May have to have one if my 858 ever gets figured out or bought back.

Rode out there about 20 years ago right after Christmas. Definitely a different kind of scenery and some pretty awesome trails. Found a few significant rocks with my steel skis back then but we had a blast. Actually planning a late season trip there this year too.

Got a package of parts (from NY) on Monday! Plus, others needing install. Days are getting shorter!

22L worth! Hehehe...

Nails are installed! Went through 2 Dewalt batteries between drilling and impact.

No frost in the ground yet either.

Wife and I stayed at Superior Shores end of last September and it was quite the disappointment. It was run down, we booked a handicapped accessible suite which turned out to be not accessible. They found us a room that we made work but it was a struggle. Talked to some other people in the lobby checking in and they had been waiting for a room for 6 hours. They had driven 8 to get there. We had fun, but not at Superior Shores.

I had a JT kit on my '14 800 after the tri-hub was gritty. Worked great for a couple of years but then had a catastrophic failure, ALMOST didn't make it home. Todd was surprised it happened and offered to help make it right. I ended up going back to a tri-hub just because I had another trip planned in a few days and ended up selling the sled after that. FWIW, I did put a JT on my '20 800 last year so it's good to go now since I didn't have it out. I've run 144 studs and 8" carbides on the last 4 sleds and I'll do the same on the new one. We ride anywhere from sight-seeing speed to hard and fast and it's been a great, balanced combo. Enough traction to launch hard and yet still kick out in the corners if you want.

Buddy had one, beautiful sled.

I had same problem with my original Aimpoint. You probably have astigmatism so it causes the dot to appear smeared or starburst. I switched to Aimpoint T2 (with magnifier) and it's perfect. Just a thought.