Seems funny that the rx 1 is only a couple of days old and already people are either raving about its potential or rippin it in defense of their 2 stroke or cursing yamaha for potentially screwing up future sales of sleds. so here's my 2 cents worth for what its worth.
First off, hats off to yamaha on a rather bold leap into this new and untamed market. unfortunately its a little much price and power wise (and possibly a little radical looks wise) for the "average" person who may eventually prefer a 4 stroke for durability, quiet and gas milage. Less than a year from now we will start hearing the stories about wheither or not this "blue bandit" live up to the hype or not, only time will tell.
The single most important thing I feel about this step is that it does several things for this sport. for the "tree huggers" it provides a positive step toward cleaning up a sport that like it or not has not been "keeping up with the jones'" as far as 2 stroke technology is concerned. It also provides a suitable power requirement for those who require it. And one thing it may do that some are neglecting to think about is that this step toward cleaner, quieter sledding may in fact be the basis for saving our trail systems and riding areas that are coming under fire more every day and you all know the last thing you want to do is lose your trail system you live for every winter. Just remember there are a couple hundred thousand (or whatever) sledders against a few hundred million who dont. I think this step will also push the others into applying DFI and the likes into 2 strokes to clean them up as well. So all around I think its a good first step.
This is just my opinion and doesn't mean crap to anyone but my self but i think some issues need to be put into perspective.
Dont be afraid of a little change. 2 years from now you just might be sitting on a DFI 800 twin/tripple becuase of these changes and loving every minute of it..steve
First off, hats off to yamaha on a rather bold leap into this new and untamed market. unfortunately its a little much price and power wise (and possibly a little radical looks wise) for the "average" person who may eventually prefer a 4 stroke for durability, quiet and gas milage. Less than a year from now we will start hearing the stories about wheither or not this "blue bandit" live up to the hype or not, only time will tell.
The single most important thing I feel about this step is that it does several things for this sport. for the "tree huggers" it provides a positive step toward cleaning up a sport that like it or not has not been "keeping up with the jones'" as far as 2 stroke technology is concerned. It also provides a suitable power requirement for those who require it. And one thing it may do that some are neglecting to think about is that this step toward cleaner, quieter sledding may in fact be the basis for saving our trail systems and riding areas that are coming under fire more every day and you all know the last thing you want to do is lose your trail system you live for every winter. Just remember there are a couple hundred thousand (or whatever) sledders against a few hundred million who dont. I think this step will also push the others into applying DFI and the likes into 2 strokes to clean them up as well. So all around I think its a good first step.
This is just my opinion and doesn't mean crap to anyone but my self but i think some issues need to be put into perspective.
Dont be afraid of a little change. 2 years from now you just might be sitting on a DFI 800 twin/tripple becuase of these changes and loving every minute of it..steve