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Read that about 30 minutes ago. Sad day for the industry. I think Yamaha lost its way with a four stroke only lineup, and lost its identity with Cat. Cat makes a good product, but coloring it blue and putting Yamaha on the side of it doesn't make it a Yamaha. Sorry to see them go.
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Yami absolutely made the most bullet proof engines in our industry.Read that about 30 minutes ago. Sad day for the industry. I think Yamaha lost its way with a four stroke only lineup, and lost its identity with Cat. Cat makes a good product, but coloring it blue and putting Yamaha on the side of it doesn't make it a Yamaha. Sorry to see them go.
Yami absolutely made the most bullet proof engines in our industry.
Crying shame they didn't chose to invest all of their talent into making a LIGHTWEIGHT 4 Stroke.
I Absolutely believe they had the know how to build a epa compliant 2 stroke. I get the snowmobile industry is shrinking, they just decided they had more profitable areas outside of snowmobiling. The final three (four if you consider Lynx a stand alone) will pick up the market share, what little was left. But all will have to follow the big three auto manufacturers if they want to survive. All are building less expensive trucks because not many can afford the high end stuff. Snowmobiles will be no different. The middle class has less money to spend thanks to inflation. Have you looked at a Polaris Pro R side x side? 40k, are you kidding me?? I paid less than that for my wife's top of the line SUV. Something has to give.You mean lightweight two stroke?
I Absolutely believe they had the know how to build a epa compliant 2 stroke. I get the snowmobile industry is shrinking, they just decided they had more profitable areas outside of snowmobiling. The final three (four if you consider Lynx a stand alone) will pick up the market share, what little was left. But all will have to follow the big three auto manufacturers if they want to survive. All are building less expensive trucks because not many can afford the high end stuff. Snowmobiles will be no different. The middle class has less money to spend thanks to inflation. Have you looked at a Polaris Pro R side x side? 40k, are you kidding me?? I paid less than that for my wife's top of the line SUV. Something has to give.
NOPEYou mean lightweight two stroke?
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I think you nailed itAs i se it, Arcticat will release their new engine ctec3 next year. Most likely discontinueing ctec2. With that yamaha needed to develope their own 2 stroke or a chassi that their 4 stroke fits into.. decission made that they cant do that while making a big enough profit and the industry is full with 3 manufacturers.. Probably the right buissness call but sucks for the consumer.
I don't believe they had the technology to do it or they would have done. Weight and handling were the big killers.NOPE
I absolutely LOVED all of my Nytros.
The engines really were BULLET PROOF.
Aspirated, Turboed and Supercharged, I simply NEVER had engine issues.
The only drawback was MASSIVE WEIGHT.
And Yami HAD the technology to reduce the 4 stroke weight ALOT if they wanted to.