Does anyone from Yamaha read our posts?

[TrueBlue]

I agree, we have to have some indication what Yamaha's plan and direction is, there is so many rumors of the future of Yamaha sleds most rider's don't know what to think, I personally for some reason just do not have the same faith in turning a key on a crossbreed as I do turning a key on my Apex and sure as hell not going to lay 20 grand out on a procross, if you are in a position that you can trade every two years than it doesn't really matter what you buy you are not going to have the sled long enough to worry about things going wrong or not being covered by warranty, the riders that don't trade every two years and hang on to their sleds for 8or 9 years are the one's that are worried about keeping their sleds running after paying out a big investment only to have a nightmare later on down the road keeping them going, Sidewinders may be good while they still have the new smell coming off them but not the average Joe will be able to fix them later on down the road and this is where the nightmare begins, hopefully Yamaha moves away from the procross and Textron all together in the near future and builds its own chassis, man.. i'm glad I bought a Apex while I still could.

I agree also. I am glad I bought my 2018 Vector. It could be the last one they ever produce. I'am a trail rider & I do not need that type of speed or cost.

 

[journeyman]

Keep hearing skis, skis, skis???? I run stock skis with dual carbides and love them. Maybe if I rode another sled with another brand of ski might change my opinion, however I am very happy with how my Apex runs and handles stock. JMHO

The Apex skis aren't that bad if you run the proper carbides with them. But people did gripe about them so they came out with the Tuner, then Tuner II, then Tuner III. Still they haven't been real great for all around purposes so people switch. Since more than half of what Yamaha is now selling is in a Cat chassis they might have been smart just to put the Cat skis on all their ProCross Yamaha offerings. I just don't see the Cat riders swapping skis as much.

 

[Kkurz]

I love the Cat skis on my Procross. I was never happy with anything I ran on my Nytro.