daman
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Cool pics,,that ol srv looks stock,,i can feel my back now..lol
jamie
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JohnnyQuest
Member
Those are some sweet photos. You notice how some of the neatest looking and best handling characteristics of a sled never even made it to production on the old proaction chassis Yamaha.... Like unequal length radius rods with wicked long travel shocks and tubular styled trailing arms up front. and of course that killer aluminum monoshock LONG TRAVEL skid
Keep those pics coming, very interesting to look at!
Keep those pics coming, very interesting to look at!
JohnnyQuest
Member
I found a pic of Tim Maki on an Ohlins newsletter but can't figure out how to post websites and pics on here!
daman
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Ol vincent, i remember watching him,he sure fell off the sled allot...lol, he
needed some stick'um on his
!!
wonder what that guy is up to today..
needed some stick'um on his
!!wonder what that guy is up to today..
yamaham
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What rear suspensions where in the SX/ Viper snow x sleds? Where they ever produced for purchase, how did they work?
JohnnyQuest
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It was the prototype version of what is now the Yamaha Monoshock rear suspension. They used snocross as the testing grounds for that suspension! It was never for sale for production and from what i understand it was NOT TRAIL FRIENDLY
Yea, he was deffinitely a Bonzi kinda ridder.daman said:Ol vincent, i remember watching him,he sure fell off the sled allot...lol, he
needed some stick'um on his
wonder what that guy is up to today..
I believe he was doing R&D for Yamaha for awhile, not sure if he still is.
JohnnyQuest
Member
But he bonzi'd his way to the pro 600 and pro open title plus a xgames gold during that time on those triples
I'll have to check on the computer at home. Cool thread. I snocrossed an SX500R in 2000 and 2001 and probably have some pictures of David Brown and Yug somewhere. I finished in the top ten overall points in the WSA 500, 600, and open with the yamie. Guys would get seriously upset loosing to a Yamaha on the track. That was the most fun of all.
Snowwmax
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srv540 said:Here is a picture of the Late Jim Wergin who took first ever snowcross eagle river 1983 on A SRV 540 !
Ha! That was my first Sled!!! 1986 Yamaha SRV-540. I only paid $500 for it back in 1994 because it needed work and it ran like crap... well it ran like crap because of a dry-rotted carb boot! $20 later it was running like a champ! Then I needed to replace both shocks in the rear-skid.. That sled had the best weight tranfer for whatever reason! lots of memories on that olddie. I couldn't imagine Sno-Crossing that thing! Nope!
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Aaand another one, first win.
Was for sale on Ebay but I missed it. I have the contact information though, and I don't think it's sold.