Hi all I just got back from my first weekend on my 1st sled. All I can say is wow what a blast. I was on Lake Simcoe for 5 hours tearing it up. My brother in law was cool and never blasted to far ahead of me and he stopped at every pressure crack so I knew where they were. I cant believe how much get up and go that 800 with a studded track has it goes like hell. After a few hours of practicing turns and learning how to handle bumps I started to feel more confident and wanted to open her up. Lets just say its a different felling doing 130kph on a sled than in a car. I know 130kph is not that fast for that sled but thats as fast as I felt I could handle should I hit a bump. I learned allot that day including to respect the power my sled has I can see why so many people get hurt or die. Self control is the number one rule to staying safe.

Good for you, sounds like you used the common sense approach to learning the in's and out's of sledding. Yeah, and your right, those 800's have lots of get up and go!