From what I heard (hearsay) Yamaha reps have asked what it'll take to get back in the mountain sled market, when dealers say, 2 stroke 800, Yami reps say, no way they're going back to 2 Strokes. I've been reading rumors about a new chassis for '20, not Cat, but a Yamaha built chassis. Seeing a cat 600 2T in a Yamaha branded sled tells me that they'll use the Cat 800 in their own chassis, instead of their engine in a Cat chassis like last time. When Cat needed an engine supplier and help developing their own engines, Yamaha helped and traded for chassis, now Yamaha needs a 2 stroke for their chassis and will trade for that this time? maybe there will be a cat version of the Yamaha Mountain max?
Whatever happens, I hope it's a good mountain sled like the old MM was, all my Yamaha dirtbikes, streetbikes, and sleds were awesome, such good engines