I talk to one of the service department guys about the Sho and he said keeping a clean fuel system is key. And to stay away from sta-bil

Four, my dealer says the 4 stroke is running on all 6 cylinders in neutral as well as in gear. Is that incorrect?

The dealer is correct. No tricky valves.

Mine is a 2013 with 126 hours. I don't run mine hard that much. Normally cruise about 3,500-4,000rpm. But I do run it wide open for a good ways when the weather and lake conditions permit. I hear you need to run them wide open all the time and that you're not supposed to. I don't need to go every where wide open so I just run it hard when conditions are good for it...

Way to go Probait, that's what it's all about, taking the grandkids fishing !!!!
I personally don't have any yet, but I have fond memories of taking my 2 boys fishing from when they were little bitty.....4 poles,2 boys, and schooling sandies on Ray Roberts = 1 wore out pappa, but great memories ! !!!

Had a 2011 with 350 hrs when it was sold with no issues and have a 2013 with 82 as of yesterday morning and both have performed as expected.

The very first ones as with anything first marketed had some issues with water compression. The next generations have be spot on. I have had two. Great engines. As mentioned.
Break In
High speed transition early to seat rings
When it is cold, let them warmup before take, never a cold start.

Make sure on it or any engine that you have a Micron water filter on there.

Called Rockwall Marine, they said bring it in on Nov 2. Looking forward to getting it fixed.

I'm glad to hear everyone's had good luck with the SHO

Majority of the time, you only hear about 3rd party problems. People tell stories and blame the engines not always the service centers, owners, ect....