PLAYHARD

I'm thinking the metal hook on the front arm to hold the suspension down for shipping was not removed.  

Chris, looking at this again, as others have said, that skid looks like it is tucked up into the tunnel.  The picture isn’t clear enough but the coupler blocks look like they are nearly touching the stops.  Are the torsion springs set?  Is the front of the skid even bolted in?  It looks like it was just removed from the crate and you showed up before they fully set it up.  

Hard to find good help these days. 
 

Well .... even if you don't want to mention the name of the dealership .... it's right there on the Sled !!!  I agree with doonali that the skid looks like the front is tucked way to much up under the tunnel. Check your limiter and the front shock.

Not quite as shabby as leaving a critical bolt not tightly fastened that could end up with serious injury or death 

Ya think….LOL

I remember reading a year or more ago about someone else with the upside down shocks on a new sled. If I remember correctly when he contacted the dealership they told him to bring it in and they would correct the issue. I remember thinking at the time that it was a pretty shabby miss on the PDI.

That is why you got tbe good deal.
its a fixer upper

Maybe it's the angle of the picture but the rear skid does not look correct to me as mentioned before. I'd go through that machine with a fine toothed comb prior to departure.

looking and thinking about this more I gotta call bullshit on this blackjack1 and someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Just because it will fit either way dosnt mean its right. Two things are obvious. The small warning sticker on the shock is upside down and more importantly you dont have the two surfaces where the piston arm goes into the shock body and the crimp around the two part shock body facing up where water and snirt can lay and collect on whatever seals are there. I'd bet my lunch money that BRP would say absolutely only one way it goes on.
Besides the up/down issue I found this last night and just about shit my bibs. It's extremely unnerving that a dealership would let something like this out the door. Imagine the bolt coming out and the shock dropping and suck you right into the woods or worse.

Damn, I like chicken. I wish I was online last night…noticed it right away.  Easy fix.  I believe the only shock that is supposed to be mounted like that is the Motion Control shocks.  I to picked up a leftover 23 Enduro 900r at the beginning of the season. Had a 20 Enduro 900T with quite a few extras on it.  Wanted the 23 so I could reuse most of it.  Just a heads up the carbides are not the same as the ones on your 1200.  The TX ski takes a longer carbide.  Enjoy the new ride.  You’re going to love it. 

Yes!!!  Middle of March and no snow!

And... NO SNOW!!

All true that

This could be bad for everyone.

I don’t believe the Ville of St Raymond will sit by and watch this happen. They will do what they need to do. 

Dang! That would really suck 
 

Apparently this situation is getting deep. The ZEC here in question Well it’s more the people who use it in winter. They are charged winter fees by the ZEC and they want those fees abolished or they will block the trails. 
 
Hearing the TQ 23 could be cut Feb 1  (st ray to l’Etape) that is the deadline given by users of the ZEC for the board of the ZEC to act on abolishing fees. 
tha ville and club are trying to avoid the economic disaster closing TQ23 would cause.
 
stay tuned
 

Not that $h!t again.....
I thought this was settled law?
GutZ

Local trail issues with the ZEC Batiscan-Nelson
if i am understanding there is a dispute over paying fees 

see map below 
 

Interesting development.  Running a 650km loop north of Lab city, coming back to lab city due to no snow on the south coast.  Then heading for Goose Bay and the north coast.  If you haven't download the yellowbrick road app.  Will be interesting to watch.  Race starts tomorrow morning.  10 am local time in Lab City I believe.

I very much enjoy watching this race unfold.  The warm weather has caused a reroute from 3500km to 3150km.  If you want to watch this race you can download a link from the Cains Quest website and follow along the next four days. 50K to the winners.
Enjoy

Several teams scratched today.  Team Maine was leading (they are past winners).  Looks like they had a wreck and pulled one sled in on a rope for a significant distance (if they pulled from where the app shows them slowing down its gotta be well over 100 km they had the sled on a tow rope).  Pretty neat to watch.  Gonna have to make the trip one of these years.  Would be neat to see them get a real big dump of snow mid race.  If that doesn't occur it looks like the race will go fast.  They ran over 600 kms in something like 10 hrs today.  That's not trail riding either.  These guys are a touch nuts running this at the speed they do.

Nice, where was that snow in February??

I will probably go back to the Rene 900 ACE when they get the new front end and new skis. The problem with the non turbo ACE is that you can't get an upgraded model with the better shocks.
On my 900's I had tried the coupler blocks on #;s 3 and 4 but the rear suspension became miserably harsh riding. 
On the 600 I tried cranking the rear springs higher, then the front springs tighter, both tighter, front track spring loose. But I don't think I did try going any higher than #2 on the couplers on the 600.  You are right, that may have solved the push and the 600 rear suspension was so much softer it may have been fine with the couplers cranked up.
mike
(Anyone else with reviews on their 2024 sleds?)