I FINALLY took my 800 out for the first time in two years! I took it pretty easy since I’m still recovering from shoulder surgery so I kept it in 2WD and didn’t push it much. My buddy and I went to Prairie City which is a local riding spot that’s small but very well developed and just enough space for me to get warmed up. A little drama! I forgot my helmet so I had to drive home to get it then my buddies quad has a carb issue and his battery is dead so we had to keep jumping it until it got warmed up enough to idle…

I’ve had a "glitch" with the speedometer, whenever I’d go over rough terrain my dash board would light up and my speedo would go dead…I checked everything from relocating the battery to the rear storage compartment, checked all the connections in the dash cover. Well my old battery finally died so I put in a new one and problem is solved! I’m not really sure why this fixed the issue because the last battery was tight, wasn’t loose at all and I put rubber padding on top of it before I closed the compartment lid so it wasn’t moving at all! This was an issue when the old battery was brand new so my only guess is the ground side on the battery had a bad connection on the battery.

Quad ran great! Not a single issue, did pretty much everything to it in the past week in terms of maintenance, changed all fluids, plugs, cleaned out transmission case, new battery, new oil, new gas…Also used my new Harbor Freight trailer for the first time as well, it’s been sitting in the back yard for a year!

It was a good warm up and I didn’t feel sore today so I think I’m ready to ease back into some serious trail riding! :aniwheeler6: