08' Teaser

Wind protection might be overated when your banging around on the back forty or racing back and forth on a lake, but when you plan on riding for a full day on the trails in northern Maine in January and February it's a must. I don't care what you have for coat, helmet, bibs, etc., no windshield = a very short day.
 
I normally spend my time standing, not sitting so I windshield is worth less to me (0-80mph). If that sled is produced for the public, it gunna be made more for a stand up rider. I mean it is there SNOX sled!!!!
 
coyotekid said:
Wind protection might be overated when your banging around on the back forty or racing back and forth on a lake, but when you plan on riding for a full day on the trails in northern Maine in January and February it's a must. I don't care what you have for coat, helmet, bibs, etc., no windshield = a very short day.
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I typically put on over 250 miles, with many days over 300 miles, all on an srx with the stock low windshield, and it can get pretty darn cold up in the U.P. To each their own but for me, wind protection does not rate very high on my list of needs.
 
Yep!

Looks like I was pretty close to hitting this one right on the head by my prediction on Feb 2nd in the 2008 thread. ;)!

yama-rider said:
New for 2008 you ask? Look at the newly refined snow-X sled that Robbie Malinoski ran at BIR. I believe we got a preview to the next new sled from Yamaha. They did this back in 2001 just before they introduced the Viper. Take a close look at side panels and hood cover, these are production ready parts. Granted not everything on the snow-X sled will see it's way into production, but the chasis and exterior body work will. I'll bet there will be an updated tripple motor with FI (around 125hp). Possibly a better rear suspension based on the snow-Xer or Phazer design. The new machine will be the replacement for the aging RS chasis with its rearward sitting style. Yamaha will regain market share with the mogul mashing, ditch banger crowd! :bump:
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coyotekid said:
Wind protection might be overated when your banging around on the back forty or racing back and forth on a lake, but when you plan on riding for a full day on the trails in northern Maine in January and February it's a must. I don't care what you have for coat, helmet, bibs, etc., no windshield = a very short day.
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I am with you. with a full leather suit, expensive gloves, and a balaclava, I got frostbite. with a lot of traveling in pittsburg NH it can get cold. and when I go out below 0*, I put my stock windsheild back on lol!! got frostbite once, not again! with wind blowing at 30 mph, temps at about -10*, and me going 60-70 mph, I can get COLD! but if all I did was ride around standing up and not doing anything but jumping, I guess I wouldnt care. depends on riding style I guess, and WHERE you are riding :) looks neat either way, wonder if there will be anything for trail riders this year
 
coyotekid said:
Wind protection might be overated when your banging around on the back forty or racing back and forth on a lake, but when you plan on riding for a full day on the trails in northern Maine in January and February it's a must. I don't care what you have for coat, helmet, bibs, etc., no windshield = a very short day.
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then your looking at the wrong sled, i don't think this sled in built for people who do 300 + miles, thats what 4cyl sleds are built for.

every sled has a purpose, this one is for boondocking and having fun, high miles are a different sled.
 
I rode the other day in 5 degrees or colder for 9 hours. I stood for 6 of them...never got cold!!! It's what you wear, not the cheap piece of plastic in front of you. My hands never got cold or anything, I was comfortable all day. I dunno, but I put very little emphasis on the windsheild size.


windys are for wimpys...totally kidding.
 
coyotekid said:
Wind protection might be overated when your banging around on the back forty or racing back and forth on a lake, but when you plan on riding for a full day on the trails in northern Maine in January and February it's a must. I don't care what you have for coat, helmet, bibs, etc., no windshield = a very short day.
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Then if you do that kind of riding why would you by a sled desgined for boondockin, you would want a apex gt or somthing. with the phazer i dont think yamaha intended to make the phazer a sled ment to run 100+ acrost a lake and doing high mph trails... they wanted a sled that people could fool around on.
 
fastassyamaha said:
Then if you do that kind of riding why would you by a sled desgined for boondockin, you would want a apex gt or somthing. with the phazer i dont think yamaha intended to make the phazer a sled ment to run 100+ acrost a lake and doing high mph trails... they wanted a sled that people could fool around on.
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I totally agree with you that I wouldn't be interested in a sled designed for boondocking. My point is that wind protection is not overated for everyone. I would like to believe, however, that Yamaha would come out with a new trail sled that falls between the Nytro and the Apex.
 
woolyviper said:
this came from someone at MPI or Boondocker - second hand to me today.
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We can only hope, and also the same engine going into the Vector, for a more traditional riding style as long as the rider forward, that would be huge i think...
 
redsnake3 said:
i would be greatly dissappointed if it was called the exciter. totally unoriginal, not everything should look to the past.
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Not sure I'd be greatly disappointed if it was an Exciter - but I agree not everything should look into the past ... Phazer SX is no better than Exciter IMO - probably worse. If it's true that it has 135 hp - calling it a phazer at all is a dis-service. 85 - 135 is a HUGE jump! Wouldn't even be close to the same sled as the Phazer with that much of a boost in hp.

Also - if it kept the same geometry as the Phazer (I know it probably didn't) it would be a bear to keep on the trail!

Now they need to catch up with Ski Doo in the weight department.
 
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