It depends where you ride and how much you want to take your wife with you.
Personally I don't like putting my girlfriend on anything less than I am riding. If she rides it into something that she can't ride it out of I want to know it can handle it. Plus if I have any issues I know I always have a capable backup sled to ride.
She doesn't ride a lot but I had a 600 etec demo a few winters ago for her and she hated it. We were riding in the Koots so at moderate elevation and every creek she dropped it into to climb out of she complained how gutless was. Her words.
I had to try it. The power is very smooth, linear power, almost electric. It lacks some punch. It rose nice, didn't vibrate as much. Very economical to run as far as fuel and oil goes.
Regardless of the 600 or 800, grabbing a handful of throttle is going to get you in trouble if you do it at the wrong time. If you slapped 600 decals on a 800 would it make it less intimidating?
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