Well another guy hooked on Yamaha. Sold my Vmax this weekend. Going to miss the old sled. I put on over 8000kms and only failed me once. Not bad considering what I put it thru.
Now for the hard part. Finding a suitable sled for my son.
I'm sure once we find one we'll have a great time tinkering on it and driving with him. Then it will be another one hooked on Yamaha 
Now for the hard part. Finding a suitable sled for my son.
I'm sure once we find one we'll have a great time tinkering on it and driving with him. Then it will be another one hooked on Yamaha 
bravo-guy
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How did it fail you once? Hopefully nothing major 
97 redheads had a bad reputation of losing the mag side bearing and mine lived up to that reputation.
daman
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not all of them failed,there's many out there with 10k going strong yet,i recommend anyone with a original '97 to up the oil ratio,sorry you had problems,yamaha is not known for engine problems on a stock well maintained sled.stein700sx said:97 redheads had a bad reputation of losing the mag side bearing and mine lived up to that reputation.
Not saying all 97's are going to blow up.The 97's had a weak point on that bearing thats why in 98 Yamaha changed it. In the 8000kms and 8 years that I owned the sled it only went home on the trailer once which is better than some of my other riding buddies. I only read about fogging the motor for storage 2 years ago. So the first 6 years the motor was neglected. Plus I did not drive it much in the last 2 years since I picked up the Viper. Only sold this one so I could free up room and cash for a smaller cc sled for my son.
Plus I did not drive it much in the last 2 years since I picked up the Viper. Only sold this one so I could free up room and cash for a smaller cc sled for my son.