more Yamaha racing history for spike...lol

[Heritage]

Somebody should make a yamaha museum..with
all the race memorbilia, sleds, clothing...yamaha has a very
cool history..you could include sno jet, and...damn brain fart..lol...the other brand from the 70s with yamaha engines...i keep thinking the models were cherokee, and apache, but I cant think of the brand.

 

[Yamadog]

I think I have a museum started at my place maybe I should sell tickets

7 of mine here and 4 of my buddies just waiting for the storm of the century as forecasted over the weekend now downgraded to 2" to 4" those bastar#$##$#$#$s. I am thinking of becoming a meteor physisict or ologist or whatever they are. Now I got to drive out to yellowstone this weekend cause these guys can';t forecast there way out of a paper bag

 

[Heritage]

Really?? We're supposed to get hammered with snow
tomorrow late, and wednesday....and we got 4 inches today,
only supposed to get a dusting..dumbazz weather guys...lol.

Btw I remember now...rolloflex had yamaha motors...lol

 

[Yamadog]

Really?? We're supposed to get hammered with snow
tomorrow late, and wednesday....and we got 4 inches today,
only supposed to get a dusting..dumbazz weather guys...lol.

Btw I remember now...rolloflex had yamaha motors...lol

well I jsut watched EYEWETNESS news and you guys gooood us guys snore

 

[Heritage]

Well if we get the 5 to 8 on top of the 4 we just got
you should come over here...the riding should be real
good...im gonna go for spin after work tomorrow.

 

[darv]

the guy in the picture lifting the srx is Gordy Mutzies not sure on spelling he was in charge of yamaha snowmobile racing when i was talking to him about the special srx's made he thinks that they are in japan in yamaha warehouse where they keep special units but he was not sure.

 

[82SRX500]

Oops, for got the Outlaw.

I own this Outlaw now. I would certainly like to learn the history of how your brother got the Outlaw.

Thanks,

Jon Bertolino

 

[rupprider]

Any Tim Bender race sleds around? Like the "three ski" for ice ovals? That was a trully unique piece of engineering! Saw it just once at Eagle River. Wow, a long time ago.

 

[spike337]

Oops, for got the Outlaw.

I own this Outlaw now. I would certainly like to learn the history of how your brother got the Outlaw.

Thanks,

Jon Bertolino

Real quick here before work. My brother gave it to me,(graduation gift) a put the stock motor and carbs in it, (maybe just cylinders) then i sold it to a guy around 1995. Last i saw it was at CruiserFest in Minoqua in 2007-08? (parked)
My brother bought it from a guy in Mn around 1990-ish, which may have been the original owner? The one pictured on one of Benders catalogs is the one you own.
My brother crashed it pretty hard and lost the EGT gauges and messed up the rest of the fairing, which is why it's spray bombed the the way it is in the picture. The right side panel has some cobble holes in it from mounting another anti-freeze overflow tank for slide lubers, that was my handy work. I think he paid around 5grand for it and i sold it for about half that. We were just kids, didn't know any better, i could cry the way we cobbed that thing together. Any recent pictures?
He rode it to the Derby Track in Eagle River one winter, and later talking to Tim Bender about it, he said on a run through town he spotted it and knew it was 'his', Pretty cool.
Mike.

 

[yam177]

for any of you guys located in the central minneapolis area that really want to see history stop buy Jerry Haucks shop all of his race sleds are on a shelf lined up with all the bling (trophys) sitting there with them.

Jerry got a pretty cool shop there. I have picked up some parts for my sled there

 

[dstrikerd]

Bender Race sled

Bob Weaver Motorsports in Wheatfield, NY owns a 3-ski oval racer that Tim Bender raced in the 90's. Awesome looking sled. I actually worked on the Terminators (short while) pulling motors and suspensions from stock exciters.

 

[AKrider]

the guy in the picture lifting the srx is Gordy Mutzies not sure on spelling he was in charge of yamaha snowmobile racing when i was talking to him about the special srx's made he thinks that they are in japan in yamaha warehouse where they keep special units but he was not sure.

There was an article featuring that photo in the Sled Talk Blog a few months ago.