12/26/15 - me and b drove to High Country Polaris in Newland, NC and bought the 4-wheeler...they were closed!!! but the owner was kind enough to meet me at the store, let me test drive it, and we (b) bought it for $2200...(we stopped at the harbor freight in ashville, to call them, that's when me and the owner talked, and we then bought ramps, a tarp, and straps at harbor freight)...then we ate lunch at fryz...drove the quad back to decatur that night
12/27/15 - took the quad to habersham, most everybody got to ride and enjoy it...speedometer is not working...came home and ordered a service manual and an owner's manual off ebay
12/28/15 - ordered a koltec rack pad from summit; ordered the clymer manual off ebay
12/30/15 - the koltec pad came today, that was fast!
12/31/15 - the factory service manual came, but it's the wrong one!!! (LT-A500F)..and it's for a 2002 and up...contacted seller on ebay
1/1/16 - b put the pad on (and sent pics); trent and the kids rode it
1/3/16 - ordered another manual off ebay; packaged incorrect manual for return
1/11/16 - factory manual came today (not much on the '01 in there)
1/12/16 - correct clymer manual (M343-2) came today
2/14/16 - used SG's mirror to investigate the speedometer cable; it was there, and felt loose! removed the cover, the cable had been disconnected! reconnected/tightened it, but didn't drive the 4-wheeler to test it out
03/06/16 - rode it, speedo still not working...i'll dig deeper later