Anyone else like me miss their SRX and thinking of getting another one?

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I had a 99 SRX 700 and loved it but all of my buddys had zr 600's and mxz 670's and were having a little more fun than me in the horribly whooped out trails of Kalkaska area that winter. When I heard of the new ZR 800 with powervalves I ordered it immediattely. Ever since then I have had many other lightweight twins including the F7 Im on right now. I really miss my SRX though and have been pondering finding a nice 01 or 02 with low miles. This F7 is very fast and really light but corners like shit and is out of warranty and I refuse to own a cat thats out of warranty anymore. Will the SRX not seem as fast as I remembered after having an F7 efi for 2 years now? Will the weight of the tripple get old really quick? I dont bash the rough trails nearly as much as I use to and frankly a rough trail is a rough trail regardless of what you ride. Any thoughts here????

BTW, I was planning on picking up a 08 Nytro FX for $9500 otd but money is a little tight so I thought I would hold off especially since there are so many good deals on leftovers right now.
 

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I have a 01 srx with 3200 miles clutched,studded long traveled and I beat my buddys 05 f7 everytime,and he gets worse milage of my tripple.Gettin out of the sport,rode it 300 miles in two years,just sits in garage.I'll sell it to ya for 2700.00 with a coat and helmet. Let me know if you are interested

Jeff
 
From a race last year with an 06 F7 it pulled slightly on my stock SRX. Maybe if i had mine clutched it would of been even or pulled a bit.

slikRsrx said:
I have a 01 srx with 3200 miles clutched,studded long traveled and I beat my buddys 05 f7 everytime,and he gets worse milage of my tripple.Gettin out of the sport,rode it 300 miles in two years,just sits in garage.I'll sell it to ya for 2700.00 with a coat and helmet. Let me know if you are interested

Jeff
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I am going through the same now. I just sold mine and now in the market for another sled. I had my eye set on the Rev because of the bumps the past couple years. But after much talk here sounds like a stock SRX will pull on the 800 Rev so that axed the idea of the Rev. I started looking at the F8 and 9's but people said the relability is bad on those. Should of kept the SRX with an M-10 suspesion. I want more power than I had with the SRX but something that is light and handles well in the bumps. I also looked at the Nytro but too much cash with the snow we have been getting around here.

unchained said:
I had a 99 SRX 700 and loved it but all of my buddys had zr 600's and mxz 670's and were having a little more fun than me in the horribly whooped out trails of Kalkaska area that winter. When I heard of the new ZR 800 with powervalves I ordered it immediattely. Ever since then I have had many other lightweight twins including the F7 Im on right now. I really miss my SRX though and have been pondering finding a nice 01 or 02 with low miles. This F7 is very fast and really light but corners like shit and is out of warranty and I refuse to own a cat thats out of warranty anymore. Will the SRX not seem as fast as I remembered after having an F7 efi for 2 years now? Will the weight of the tripple get old really quick? I dont bash the rough trails nearly as much as I use to and frankly a rough trail is a rough trail regardless of what you ride. Any thoughts here????

BTW, I was planning on picking up a 08 Nytro FX for $9500 otd but money is a little tight so I thought I would hold off especially since there are so many good deals on leftovers right now.
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unchained said:
This F7 is very fast and really light but corners like shit and is out of warranty and I refuse to own a cat thats out of warranty anymore.
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I know that this isnt a cat forum but instead of complaining that it handles like shit why not do something about it?? I own an 04f7 and with small adjustments it outhandles my previously owned srx's, which I too miss very much, on flat trails and through the whoops (obviously on that one, srx owners you know what I mean!!!)
 
I knew I would miss my 01 SRX if i sold it so i kept it,and I am going to keep my 02 viper. I just love my 700 triples i guess,the new 4-strokes are allright but I don't think i will ever buy one again still to HEAVY in my opinion,thats the main reason I sold my 06 Apex GT,and i rode a 08 Nytro RTX last year and it still felt real heavy to me. I guess I will just keep my 01 and 02 up and running
 
Know how you feel dude...had a 98 600 srx and loved that sled....pulled hard for a 600 for sure. Everytime i rode it i felt at home. The only reason i got rid of it i had a dealer service it and forgot to hook up the ani-freeze lines to the carb right and it all drained out and over heated....man was i over heated...ended up with a 02 viper, great sled not my srx tho....so i picked up a apex..now this thing is fun! Just for the hell of it i picked up some old iron, 92 vmax4..cant wait to beat it! :bling:

winter toys

06 apex
02 viper
95 600sx
92 vmax
 
I had a 99 SRX700C and My friend totalled it.. I made an asphalt sled out of it and ran TENS at the dragstrip with it....If I bought another SRX , I would probably get a 2002!!!!!
 
I HAVE A 2000 SRX I BOUGHT NEW AND A 2002 SRX I BOUGHT NEW. WON,T PART WITH THEM. MATTER OF FACT I ADDED THE 01 SRX DARK WINDSHIELD TO MY 00 AND IT LOOKS AWSOME. THING I DO NOTICE NOW IS MOST OF THE SRX,s OUT THERE ARE FALLING WAY OFF THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL THESE SLEDS WERE CAPABLE OF. GUESS ITS CASE OF OLD NEWS NOW. ANOTHER THING I SEE IS ALOT HAVE ADDED THE M-10. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT SNOWMOBILES. 3:16 (yammie tony)
 
Never had one before. Never know what the next project sled could be for next year. Maybe a srx. All I hear about these sleds are how they are missed. Were they really that good? I had a modified sxr700 that would hang with these sleds, sort of. lol Any similarities between the two?

-1CS
 
SXR700 was a single pipe motor with no powervalves - sled had a couple more inches of travel - nice sleds (my wife has one) but no match for the SRX - I have three SRX's and will never be without one - too much of a fun factor - I find it funny how when the SRX's were new, no one would acknowledge them and how fast they were - now you have guys bragging about beating them with Mach 1000's and F1000's!?!?!? - properly tuned and set up they are one bad a*s sled!!!
 
yammiman said:
SXR700 was a single pipe motor with no powervalves - sled had a couple more inches of travel - nice sleds (my wife has one) but no match for the SRX - I have three SRX's and will never be without one - too much of a fun factor - I find it funny how when the SRX's were new, no one would acknowledge them and how fast they were - now you have guys bragging about beating them with Mach 1000's and F1000's!?!?!? - properly tuned and set up they are one bad a*s sled!!!
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Sweet. My sxr was pumping out around 145ish hp. It was a fun sled. I know the shock travel was a bit better, I may have to hunt down one of these sleds ( srx ) for next years project.

-1CS
 
I might sell one of mine next year - none of them have more than 1500 mile on them and my 01 only has 300 miles - 145hp on that SXR is pretty respectful - I would think you would hang with a well set up SRX - let me know if you ever come to the U.P. and we can line em up!!! ;)!
 
jminor1 said:
I know that this isnt a cat forum but instead of complaining that it handles like shit why not do something about it?? I own an 04f7 and with small adjustments it outhandles my previously owned srx's, which I too miss very much, on flat trails and through the whoops (obviously on that one, srx owners you know what I mean!!!)
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Poor handling is only 1 reason and I would be VERY surprised if I could ever make my F7 corner as well as my stock 99 SRX did.
 
my nytro right out of the box handled terrible but after a little tweaking i love how it handles, point is buy blue but i would atleast try to get the sled setup properly.
 
A few years ago i bought myself a nice 01 srx and loved it.I liked it so much i bought my wife a mint 02 srx 700 a few weeks later.Winter came and went and i traded both sleds for a 2003 R1 sportbike which was awsome.After countless tickets i sold the R1 in the fall.When winter came i bought a 99 mach z which never ran right and blew up on my first sled trip.I parted the mach z out and bought a 2000 arctic cat 440 sno pro.That sled blew up the very first time i rode it(circlip fell out and wrecked the cylinder,head,piston)sold it and lost my *** on that sled.Now,i bought another 01 srx with 2900 miles and im more excited to ride this year than ive been in a while.Im looking for a real nice 01 or 02 srx for the wife and this time i'll never sell them.
 
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