2025 Yamaha sleds - an end of an era

[motojunkie101]

This is the last year to get yourself a new Yamaha snowmobile. Is anyone out there going to grab one? I have a '23 Mountain Max, and it will probably be my last one which sucks. I had really hoped with them at least rebranding into the 2 stroke market that it would keep them in the game. Too little, too late I guess.

You can get an SRX limited edition with an X of 998 on the plate which is cool.

https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/snowmobile

 

[Trashy]

Quite the price on the sidewinder SRX. I didn’t look at the specs, must be turbocharged or something

Makes me sad that they are done. My first few sleds were yammys, way back when. My back doesn’t miss them though.

 

[joshkoltes]

I wonder if the 25 mtnmax will be a catylist?

 

[MTsled3]

I wonder if the 25 mtnmax will be a catylist?

It's not, they already released them. Same as the last 4 years. There is a sidewinder MTX again though in a 153"

 

[Jerry2star]

I wonder if the 25 mtnmax will be a catylist?

I believe they dropped the Mountain Max and brought back the Sidewinder M-TX.

Only two stroke is the Venom.

 

[MTN_VIPER]

Sad to see them go, I've owned 5 different Yamaha snowmobiles over the years. Drag raced a 02 Viper for several years that went pretty good. Lot's of fond memories on Yammy sleds!

 

[gonehuntnpowder]

Back in the mid 80’s early 90’s they made a hell of a sled. We took the 116 track off those phasers and put 136 in them. Same with the 121 exciters. Wasn’t there a year or 2 that Yammy sold more phasers than the rest if the industry sold sleds????

 

[MTN_VIPER]

Back in the mid 80’s early 90’s they made a hell of a sled. We took the 116 track off those phasers and put 136 in them. Same with the 121 exciters. Wasn’t there a year or 2 that Yammy sold more phasers than the rest if the industry sold sleds????

Yes, I think so. I had a 92 Phazer 2 that I put a 136" 1 1/4" track on with Tom Hartman's rail/tunnel extensions on. Had that sled for at least 10 years mainly as a back up sled. They would run forever and I wouldn't be surprised if it was still going strong today.

Back in the late 70's early 80's I had a couple of leaf spring free air Cats. In the mid-eighties I sold my sled when we were saving up to buy a house and got out snowmobiling. Then sometime around 1991-92 my sister in-law's boy friend at the time who had a couple of Phazer 2's asked me if I wanted to go riding. Those Phazers got around and rode so much better than my old Cats, that I was hooked and bought a new left over 91 Exciter 2 the following season.
Since then I've always had a sled, whether it be a Yamaha or a Cat of some type.

 

[BeeDoo]

Still going strong! Feb 2024. Only 37 or so years old!