Vintage SRX pics

[montynormand]

eye candy

Just a few SRX's that I drool over!
1974 Yamaha SRX.."the pancake" was only build one year, (4and only for racing, each sled was valued at over $20,000,(unheard of in 1973-74) everything was put together by hand..The tiny sleds were so light...yamaha had to add weight to them to make them race legal...it's believe all but one were destroyed after the racing season, Lynn Trapp, Ed Schubitzke, and Larry Omans drove them. (One was spare, until Larry wrecked his, causing yamaha officials to cringe, as $20,000 went down the drain).

The 1982 SRX was one of those sleds that never really happened. Following the complete style change starting with the 1981 440, Yamaha was looking to make the SRX the definitive lake runner it had been in 1978. Handful of SRX 500's were put into the field for testing & in the end the new 500 motor proved to have the potential to be a hand grenade. Instead of putting a liability nightmare into production, Yamaha pulled the plug on the SRX 500 although it had already been announced in the pre-season ad campaigns. It was bad enough that after 1982 Yamaha opted to not use the SRX name & introduced the V-Max. The few 1982 SRX's that had been put into the hands of test riders & racers of the day wereallegedly recalled & destroyed. As we all know, that type of project is seldom executed as planned.

 

[YAMMIEGOD3:16]

DUDE, THE 1982 SRX DID HAPPEN. MATTER OF FACT I HAD ONE ORDERED FOR A MERE $50.00 DOLLAR DEPOSIT. AROUND EARLY FALL OF 1981, MY DEALER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME 1982 SRX 500 WAS NOT BEING RELEASED. I WAS OFFERED A 1982 SRV 540. YAMAHA FOLKLORE HAS TWO STORIES, ONE IS THEY WERE PUSHED INTO OCEAN ON THE WAY TOO STATES FROM JAPAN AND OTHER IS ALL 1983 VMAX 535 WERE 1982 SRX,s. THE 1982 SRX DID MAKE IT TO EUROPE AND CANADA. ALSO I AM SHURE THE YAMAHA RACERS LIKE TIM BENDER , PROBLEY PAT HAUCK, AND OTHERS DID GET THEM. THERE WAS ONE ON E BAY AWHILE BACK THAT I BELIEVE WAS $30,000 ! 3"16 (tony)

 

[montynormand]

yea, a few did live on. I heard a rummer that there are 10 accounted for. The one pictured in my post was found up in alaska. Nice combo - '81 and a '82!

 

[2ooosrx]

The 82's are an extremely rare sled. We work on several of the motors for those sleds and we have a couple of those motors in our shop right now being worked on.

Also as mentioned above, Ed Schubitzke, our 1973 SR 643 was Ed's old racer and my dad bought it off him back in the day. It is all apart and I am not sure we are ever going to find time to put it back together.

 

[montynormand]

WOW, sitting on ED's ol SR and not having the time to rebuild it!!!!
Jelous!!!!

I am starting to pick away at a GPX433 oval racer for the '08 season. After that I am torn between having a SSR cloned or building a '84 phazer oval racer. I was 15 yrs old in '84 and thought thoes phazers were the POOP!

 

[YAMIE77]

1978 Srx 440

A Pic Of My 1978 Srx 440 That'S Original, Down To The 8g9 Carbs AND WIND SHILED. .

 

[03viperguy]

thats a sweet and real clean 78!

 

[hman]

Yamie77?

Yamie77,is that the 78 SRX you were thinking of selling or trading for a GPX earlier in this post and if so could you pm me some details and location? hman.

 

[YAMMIEGOD3:16]

ERIC, YOU AIN,T SOLD THAT YET lol !! 3:16 (tony)

 

[98/02SRX]

God I want an old SRX so bad but I can't find on to save my life here in Alaska!

 

[vmax3]

Srx

Keep looking they are out there. I found mine on the side of the road, next to a guys barn. I stopped and asked if it was for sale, and got a fair deal on a fixer upper. Keep looking..........

God I want an old SRX so bad but I can't find on to save my life here in Alaska!

 

[henke]

Here is picture of mine matching numbers 78 (8h1)

 

[82SRX500]

Here is a pic of my original unrestored true Canadian SRX 440 from 76. Runs great! Just cleaned it up. Oh, and for the purest who know alot, this sled has the original Canadian Maple leaf sticker, the original Export sticker with matching VIN. The SRX440 rear sticker is red not black. Black is what is normal for Canadian issues, but mine is red. I am going to put a black repro over the red one. But for some reason this one went to Canada with red rear sticker. I will have this on display at the Snowmobile Hall of Fame vintage show in St. Germain, WI Memorial Day weekend. FYI. Click on the photo to make larger.

 

[dynofun]

Looks clean. What is the story behind it?

 

[gpxsrxracer]

Very nice lookin' sleds guys!

 

[silverrocket]

1980 Srx 440

Here is my a few pics of my modified 1980 SRX 440. It will be interesting to see what will happen when I hit the Nitrous switch .

 

[03viperguy]

nice sled, any soundclips of it running? and yeah, keep us updated when you DO hit the nitrous button!

 

[RJH]

WOW, sitting on ED's ol SR and not having the time to rebuild it!!!!
Jelous!!!!

I am starting to pick away at a GPX433 oval racer for the '08 season. After that I am torn between having a SSR cloned or building a '84 phazer oval racer. I was 15 yrs old in '84 and thought thoes phazers were the POOP!

Here is my old 433 in action...it won a ton...the biggest bang for the buck in the day -was winding up the secondary...(GYT) to the end.

 

[nysrx]

Vintage collection

Here is a pic of just some of the SRX's I have.

 

[03viperguy]

some real nice sleds guys, keep em clean!