but a long time atv’er back out of the ashes after a 9 year hiatus from the machines. Pretty much started out in 1981 with my first Honda ATC 185, and finished riding in 2007 with my 2004 Polaris Predator 500. I owned about 10 other makes and models in between those two and all those years. Several severe injuries, (only one was an old atv related) surgeries, and rehabs (among other things) have kept me grounded from riding until this week when I picked up my new 2016 Sportsman 850 SP in Titanium Metallic.

We recently moved more rural, so I needed something to plow this winter, haul wood, gravel, dirt, other related stuff, so I was able to get an atv to take care of those chores. It was originally going to be a 570, but after test driving both, I craved the power ( remembering all the Predator outings) of the 850.

Anyway, looking forward to learning some things on this style of atv and sharing anything I can as get more experience and use on my new 850 SP.