2023 Ski-Doo Renegade X-RS 850 | End of season review | 6500 kms of trail mashing heaven! 

Excellent review, not a standard product show up and throw up, but rather a real-world experience!

2023 SnowTrax sled of the year. Loved mine ordered a '24 MXZ 137 with a 1.5 track and DS2 skis.

Great review bud! 👍🏼❄️

Great video Mike! I'm surprised to hear you had quite a few issues with your 850. My buds G5 XRS was all good this season although he did get some surging when running the big wide open trails up north for long periods at insane speeds, while my Mach was right at home on those trails. My last 850 was a 2020 and it was flawless throughout. I did run the Ultimax on that 850 and just to be clear the Ultimax is a softer(grippier) belt then the stock 571 belt, so it LOSES approx 200 to 250rpm on top when compared to stock 571. I think you said it gained in video but I knew what you were meaning. For the guys reading, you can lighten up your pivot pin bolts on each ramp, this will gain back the Ultimax lost rpms. You want to lighten the bolts by 2grams. Stock pivot bolt is 15.1g I swapped them for shorted bolts that were 13.2g which nails the rpms perfectly with the grippier Ultimax. With that being said, i went back to stock belt on Mach after blowing a Ultimax at 1200miles only, so while I do think Ultimax performs slightly better, I have seen them not last as long and make a real mess! Great season of videos guys i always enjoy them. I got more content up this year too & hopefully even more next season, Cheers!

Digging the flat black windshield! Where Can I pick one of those up?

Those hand gaurd mirrors are all thats required in Quebec.

You mentioned that the flip down mirrors aren’t allowed in Quebec, this is what I have. Skidoo’s site is showing nothing will fit on my 2023 850X I am going to Mont Valin in two weeks. What mirror will fit? Thanks for you videos and great content

When we got pulled over in Quebec I didn’t get in any trouble with the mirrors that come on the hand guards

So I had the same issue with my sled. Same sled same year. It will not exceed 90 miles an hour on the road. I brought it back to the dealer they reflash did they read it and Spun it to 112 miles an hour. Then I took it back out for a test run, but it did not solve a problem. When I returned, it is sad that for a couple of weeks and then the season ended where it will remain until next winter.

Hi Mike, Circling back on this. Now nearing 2024 riding season with 23 Rene XRS, do you know if there is any fix on that big screen blanking out?

Awesome vid Mike,,,,I just got a 23 renegade cars 850 700 k on it and am having issues as well with max rpm not being consistent,,you said you got a reflash done is that available at the dealer..

From what I hear the new switch gear is a flop. The appearance of it does look good. But a lot of people say they have gone backwards compared to the Gen4’s -buttons to small to press with gloves - buttons to close to together. -needs color coding Especially the on/off button. And the biggest complaint is the hand/thumb warmers They need to go back to separate hand and thumb control switches. And they need to function like previous years. Yes you can adjust temps in gauge for each the hand and thumb, BUT people want the 2 buttons like the previous years , so they can toggle independently from each other up and down. Hopefully they remedy this for ‘24’s.

Hey Mike. Great review. I loved mine this year. Did you have any issues with headlight condensation?

Great video but the bedex issue is on ever 800 out there. It's clutch dust causing the issue. Spray the starter with wd40 and it will clean it up and lub thw spring inside. Easy fix.

Between the Bergstrom and Qualipieces 6” carbides on the pilot x ski, did they both lighten up the steering abit from a stock carbide?

Hi Great review what kind milage do you get on the 850 vers Machz, would go back to 4 stroke or are you going to stick with 850, by wayare you going to go for the new 2 stoke turbo, Christopher Ottawa, love your channel have watched all your video this year by way I was the first one on this video today, driven 2022 Polaris XCR LOVE THIS SLED

Had ALL the same issues 4700km…including bad water temp sensor, stress cracked left handle bar control box and broken limiter shaft bolt.

Are the headlights bright enough where you don't need to add an extra Led in front..?

Do anything with your limiter strap?

I checked your store and didn’t see them? Where did you get your custom knee pads that are on this sled? Love the look of them. Thanks