Yamaha done in 2025

[leech~~]

Love um or hate um their done after 2025.  

And with Textron owning Polaris and Arctic cat, Arctic Cat is on Shakey ground!  

2025 model

Yamaha recently announced on Wednesday that they will no longer be making Snowmobiles. They will stop selling snowmobiles in North America through the 2025 model year. However, many people in the Northland are upset, because it's been a beloved brand for the past half century.Jun 29, 2023

 

 

 

 

[Wanderer]

Hate to see manufacturers pull their lines.  I love Yamaha outboards and I set my personal speed record on a “picked, piped and ported” 700 Yamaha snowmobile but they just haven’t struck me as a player in the sled market for the most part.

 

I don’t think the Phazers helped set the tone very well….

[leech~~]

8 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Hate to see manufacturers pull their lines.  I love Yamaha outboards and I set my personal speed record on a “picked, piped and ported” 700 Yamaha snowmobile but they just haven’t struck me as a player in the sled market for the most part.

 

I don’t think the Phazers helped set the tone very well….

I did have an old 340 GS that just would not die. Very solid motors.

 

I think "Larry the Enticer" is going to miss them the most!

Edited December 5, 2023 by leech~~

[fishingstar]

10 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Hate to see manufacturers pull their lines.  I love Yamaha outboards and I set my personal speed record on a “picked, piped and ported” 700 Yamaha snowmobile but they just haven’t struck me as a player in the sled market for the most part.

 

I don’t think the Phazers helped set the tone very well….

Actually the argininal Phazer was one of the best selling in the 80's. That's why they were made for 14 years.

[Wanderer]

1 hour ago, fishingstar said:

Actually the argininal Phazer was one of the best selling in the 80's. That's why they were made for 14 years.

I guess I didn’t track them that well.  I thought they were hideous looking so I never really gave Yamaha much more attention after that in the sled department.  As much as I like all their other stuff, their sleds designs left me pretty flat.

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I guess I didn’t track them that well.  I thought they were hideous looking so I never really gave Yamaha much more attention after that in the sled department.  As much as I like all their other stuff, their sleds designs left me pretty flat.

The big pogo stick front shocks took a little getting used too.