TY4stroke: Snowmobile Forum | Yamaha - 4 Stroke

I thought this would be a great share for us Totallyamaha Riders as well as some in site from the History of the Nytro by Greg Marier, Retired from Yamaha Motor Corporation.

From Greg Mariers post:
My Sunday Snowmobile Post: SuperTrax article covering the Yamaha 4-st snowmobile development story starting with the RX-1 that eventually resulting in the introduction of the FXNytro series. Included are the FXNytro development story/photos. In addition, YMC raced 4-st race sleds in Japan based on the RSVector/RSNytro chassis. I have included photos from a race team press kit distributed in Japan at that time.

Here is the SuperTrax article: (sorry - but it runs really long ...)

The perfect snowstorm
An exclusive look at Yamaha’s 5-year plan to launch the FX Nytro

If you look back at Yamaha’s snowmobile offering from just five years ago, you won’t see any familiar faces. In that short timeframe, Yamaha product planners and engineers have unleashed a complete,...

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Yamaha YXZ1000R and Dustin Nelson dominate the Lucas Oil Regional Off Road Series - SoCal event held over the weekend at Glen Helen Raceway. Nelson the current front-runner of the Production 1000 class leads the series in points while the YXZ continues to top the podium in a commanding fashion.

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Yamaha Motor Announces New North American Snowmobile Division

June 30, 2016 (Toronto, ON) – Yamaha Motor Co., has announced that effective July 1, 2016, it will use North America as its global headquarters for snowmobile operations.

The new North American Snowmobile Division will take the lead in managing Yamaha’s worldwide snowmobile business, including product development, business planning, and marketing. The objective is to bring greater focus to North America by increasing speed of product development, improving coordination and efficiencies with industry partners, and better research and product planning decisions due to closer proximity to the market.

Headquartered in Toronto, ON, the division is comprised of Canadian and US-based employees to remain highly focused on both major markets.

In addition, Yamaha will increase investment in North American based engineering, research and design.

“For the last few years, Yamaha Motor US and Yamaha Motor...

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Take a ride with our new creation the beast! This is a custom build, built by One Stop Performance. Beast is equipped with a Yamaha Apex Engine housed in a RZR Chassis and then turbocharged! This was the 1st time out and it ran a 3.7! Beating our old record from last year! With more testing time we hope to get this in the 3.6 range! I'm also working on a longer video so stay tuned!

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