yammy's vs doo's

[j-mac]

I am not sure what is like in other areas. But this is what I am seeing around here.
(Yammy's) I do believe that 50% of the sleds I see on the trails are yammy's. Now think about this ( they say up here the best seller is doos) but when you think about it they only last 1/3 the life of a Yammy. So I think even though they sell more (now). In three years there will be more yammy's on the trail than any other sled.
The only thing that might change that is the price. They do offer more sled for the buck. Its just the little things that you have to frig with. For one sample ( there ski's). I don't know but maybe that isn't an issue with the power sterring they have now.

 

[ranger1]

I am not sure what is like in other areas. But this is what I am seeing around here.
(Yammy's) I do believe that 50% of the sleds I see on the trails are yammy's. Now think about this ( they say up here the best seller is doos) but when you think about it they only last 1/3 the life of a Yammy. So I think even though they sell more (now). In three years there will be more yammy's on the trail than any other sled.
The only thing that might change that is the price. They do offer more sled for the buck. Its just the little things that you have to frig with. For one sample ( there ski's). I don't know but maybe that isn't an issue with the power sterring they have now.

If you figure there is about %50 Yammy's now, there is a good chance there will still only be %50 in three years if the doo riders replace them with new doo's & we just keep on a ride'n are current Yammy's.... hmmm, intersesting!! lol

 

[7 skulls]

I was at the local ski-doo dealer a few days ago (just looking) and they had a 2011 600 xrs xp (?) full-on sno-x race sled. Quite the machine. Fit me perfectly for a stand-up riding style. $13 000 and tax. All I could think was, "if it only had a yamaha engine".
Around here its mostly polaris, then arctic cat/ski-doo and yamaha last in popularity. This has more to do with the relative financing availabe from each brand/dealer. Financing through yamaha is tough.
I think yamaha's real core market is the not the guys who trade sleds every season or two, always chasing the next big thing, with little regard to price/payments. IMO an important and sizable group who will carry yamaha numbers forward are those sledders who get a sled they like and hold it on for awhile (like me). After 4-5 seasons, resale value sucks, so if the sled is payed for or payed off, its easier to keep it and wait out a chassis production cycle for something new. With the high price of new sleds and cost of service (2-stroke rebuilds), 4-stroke yamaha snowmobiles make alot of sense for this approach.

 

[pat the rat]

mostly a mix of yamaha and doo over here,but we have more yammi dealers than doo in a 50 mile radius

 

[SSX600]

I was at the local ski-doo dealer a few days ago (just looking) and they had a 2011 600 xrs xp (?) full-on sno-x race sled. Quite the machine. Fit me perfectly for a stand-up riding style. $13 000 and tax. All I could think was, "if it only had a yamaha engine".
Around here its mostly polaris, then arctic cat/ski-doo and yamaha last in popularity. This has more to do with the relative financing availabe from each brand/dealer. Financing through yamaha is tough.
I think yamaha's real core market is the not the guys who trade sleds every season or two, always chasing the next big thing, with little regard to price/payments. IMO an important and sizable group who will carry yamaha numbers forward are those sledders who get a sled they like and hold it on for awhile (like me). After 4-5 seasons, resale value sucks, so if the sled is payed for or payed off, its easier to keep it and wait out a chassis production cycle for something new. With the high price of new sleds and cost of service (2-stroke rebuilds), 4-stroke yamaha snowmobiles make alot of sense for this approach.

You are spot on in my case went from a 97 and 98 to a 2010. But I still kept my 97 and 98.

 

[7 skulls]

I think yamaha's real core market is the not the guys who trade sleds every season or two, always chasing the next big thing, with little regard to price/payments. IMO an important and sizable group who will carry yamaha numbers forward are those sledders who get a sled they like and hold it on for awhile (like me). After 4-5 seasons, resale value sucks, so if the sled is payed for or payed off, its easier to keep it and wait out a chassis production cycle for something new. With the high price of new sleds and cost of service (2-stroke rebuilds), 4-stroke yamaha snowmobiles make alot of sense for this approach.[/quote]



You are spot on in my case went from a 97 and 98 to a 2010. But I still kept my 97 and 98.[/quote]

I hear ya. Cheaper to keep her and makes more sense when its a yamaha. Enjoy the new ride.

 

[7 skulls]

I think yamaha's real core market is the not the guys who trade sleds every season or two, always chasing the next big thing, with little regard to price/payments. IMO an important and sizable group who will carry yamaha numbers forward are those sledders who get a sled they like and hold it on for awhile (like me). After 4-5 seasons, resale value sucks, so if the sled is payed for or payed off, its easier to keep it and wait out a chassis production cycle for something new. With the high price of new sleds and cost of service (2-stroke rebuilds), 4-stroke yamaha snowmobiles make alot of sense for this approach.

You are spot on in my case went from a 97 and 98 to a 2010. But I still kept my 97 and 98.[/quote]

I hear ya. Cheaper to keep her and makes more sense especially when its a yamaha. Enjoy the new ride.[/quote]

 

[blueironranger]

Around here its more Yamaha then anything else, which it funny since Polaris and AC are less than 200 miles away! As for OLDER sleds on the trail I mainly see Yamaha SX chassis, Phazer II, and Polaris Indy/Wedge 440/500's. I hardly EVER see Older Cats or ZX Doos and there use to be ALOT of them around.

 

[RIGIDONE]

around here 60% of the sleds are doo's.. everyone has a yellow sled, the rest is a mix of other mfg's.. i dont know how people fond there sleds at a bar.. they all look the same.. i usually pass 1 or 2 doo's broken down every ride too.. it doesnt seem logical to me.. but everyone is like doo'd are light.. i have never carried my sled on my back so wtf is up with that.. my one buddy who has a doo that has broken down prob no less than 3 times this season is always telling me to get rid of my yami junk.. this is my 4th season with it, never has broken down.. yea he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer..

 

[Jeffz]

I bet 75% of the sleds around here are Doo's. Then a big chunk of the rest is AC, then a few Poos, and almost NO Yamaha's in this area. I am one of the few and proud Yamaha owners around.

 

[wcfpusher]

I bet 75% of the sleds around here are Doo's. Then a big chunk of the rest is AC, then a few Poos, and almost NO Yamaha's in this area. I am one of the few and proud Yamaha owners around.

same here! should of seen the guys faces when i ran with the new 800r! no didnt beat him but was close every time...like 15 times...lol

 

[yamahas]

It is actually fairly even around here. Majority being doo and yamaha.I noticed that there are more big groups of yamahas compared to groups of doo or polaris. What i see most of the time is a mix of everything but when i see a yamaha they seem to almost always be a lot of them in a row.

 

[apexrtxmaniac]

its amazing, just years ago before the 4stroke movement and REVolution it seemed as though everyone was on a cat or poo. Goes to show how snowmobilers follow the technology.