This made me nostalgic. I used to have a green ZRT 800 while my buddy had this blue SRX 700. The oil he used smelled like strawberrys and I can almost smell it through the screen lol. I remember both machines where pretty fast trail sleds but the SRX felt more nimble for sure. Fun times.

I have always had a soft spot for an SRX even as a cat guy. I had a chance to run a SRX engined sxr with a few mods this weekends and realized that I want to keep my CFR1k for the lakes and trails for sure. It wasn't a contest. But what an amazing sled. Both of them actually.

The srx is always a home run for Yamaha

that srx is a fine example of its breed. beautiful sleds

Exactly what I knew would happen , no replacement for displacement!

Long live the triples!

Both triples that are featured in this video are winners in my book. I had a 97 VMAX700 added Bender Pipes, jettimg and clutching was done professionally(should have got the bender can instead😂rang out my R eardrum) loud asf. The twins beat me on the holeshot but I caught up and started walking away on those 15 miles drives especially on the straighways. Now I just got a barnfind single carb Jag440LT geared low(almost gets to 50) I call it my LoggingCat😂

Clutching and jetting . Some pipes and v force reeds . And that would be closer .

I absolutely loved my 00 SRX

The SRX did really well. That speed difference really is much to worry about. across a long lake the t cat will get pretty far out ahead I'm sure. But on trials the better rider could still win on either sled.

I loved my SRX it was one of my favorite sleds!

1998 zrt600. Still have it and still out runs new sleds. Just a few small Mods 😁

Love the old days 😀

I just picked up a 2002 Mountain Max Deep Snow Special and can't wait to see what it can do. This will be my 1st sled. Not looking for crazy speed but more cruising.

Love the SRX

1999 700cc vs 2002 1000cc from the tripple war time. 700cc in loose snow vs 1000 in the packed. Seems fair. Anyhow, its grip and hp/kg stock. Best sound aside. Today we know which became most legendary and who makes the engines.

considering the SRX is down 300 cc to the T-cat, it did well. The SRX 700 was at the top of its class, it shamed most every other 700cc sled, (and many 800cc sleds. Yamaha did well with the SRX-7, it was refined and fast. I have the Viper SX 700, (similar power-valve engine on single pipe set up) and makes my buds 670 Mach-1 look slow in comparison.

I know neither one are made anymore being 2023. But I’d take a Yamaha any day.. I used to own an SX700.. great machine. How times have changed. 😢

That's the result I would expect. T cats are fast

Those SRXs are GORGEOUS and fast sleds. But that T Cat tho🤣🤣🤣

That Yamahas clean 👍

Can't beat the 1000 triple. I always wanted a Thundercat

i currently have both 2000 srx and 99 tcat both are fast

Rode a phazser 500 one time… thought that was the fastest sled ever!???? Not sure if the year but it was FAST.

My uncle had a thundercat with nitrous. Yeah he’s insane and nothing could touch it. GO BIG OR GO HOME

I owned the 98 T-Cat, and the 01 SRX, at the same time, both of these sleds were the fastest they each made for those models, the 98 cat had triple in triple out exhaust, and was the fastest T-Cat until the 4 strokes took over, gotta say the SRX was unbelievable for a 700, but on a lake, the T-Cat would just keep walking away and it was only somewhat close for about 600 feet, ran thundecats for 10 years as well as the SRX, nothing came close to the Cat, unless it was another T-Cat, stock engines, those sleds would go 118-120 out of the crate, and everything else was lucky to see 110 stock, I don’t care what your buddy said his speedo said, or uncalibrated radar gun said, I watched it for 10 years every weekend at radar runs, Yamaha made the RX1 and stock the first year they made them they barely hit 100, then all the guys started dumping stage 3 turbos and nitris on them and $20 k later they were in the 130’s then that was enough for me, I wasn’t going to spend that kind of money on a sled to win a trophy or a ribbon, and maybe a coupe hundred bucks, even now top prize is like $4000 the money these guys put into these sleds far outweigh what they win.

I had one that would keep it wafer thin. Roller clutch. Shaved transfer blocks. Tuned carbs. Stock jugs.

Hell yea, finally a good running tcat spanking the srx as it should

“I feel the octane boost” 😂

If it only would be a Srx-01. The engine in that year was more modified than the -98/99. Flywheel was lighter and some upgrades on ports and stuff if i recall it right

Both sleds to this day will give the new none turbo sled sleds a good beating on the lake.

I’m a Polaris guy but damn I want an old thunder cat I have a “98 xcr 440 swapped with a xcr 800 engine got it all tweaked up cuz I raced last week and the only thing I couldn’t come close to was a thunder cat. Not gonna lie when I raced a Mach 1 he almost had me but I placed 2nd in my class and I’m glad the guy who placed 1st was also a Polaris😂

The SXR still sounds the best.

That’s real impressive because an srx700 I’ve seen do 122 with ease on the lake and it was bone stock. 😲

I love my Yamaha's but as much as I dislike Arctic cat I always wanted a t cat

SRX 700 uber alles

Something is Twisted on this Sled

Had a 98 mach z with a crank shop 1025....easy 200hp with set up for trail riding and occasional lake runs. Would pull away from thundercats and had a few of them so pissed that I wouldn't pop the cowl so they could look.... 😂

Not bad for a sled that is 300cc smaller and 20-30hp less.

I used to own 3 Thundercats 1000's . Fast but try not to get them stuck in deep snow bc they're heavy m/f.

Srx needs a bigger lug for that !

SRX only has 140hp and the Thundercat has 170+.. I’d say that’s pretty impressive

Pretty tough to give up 300cc, and win

thats pretty much how it should go. i keep hearing legends of srxs taking down t cats, xcr 800s , mach zs but ive yet to see it

I remember beating up on srx's back in the day with my Thundercat. What amazed me was how they always expected to win?? And then accused me of somehow cheating when they lost! WTF?

Should both start on no trail clearly was a difference in hard to soft but the cat doesn't have much on srx until the distance see ya grasshopper yammyhopper well u get it

The old 1000 triple triple cat is always gonna eat your lunch unless you have mods.

Lmfao. Down 300 cc but right there with an old 700. Sure the cat is faster then an SRX but we all know what’s still running these days and what was and still is more bad ass

wow...I didn't expect that...and yes...the SRX sounds way to horny...

@Tdavid G The 2000 to 2002 SRX’s are faster then what 🤷‍♂️ the 1999 SRX’s?? If your implying faster then the T kitty your drastically incorrect.

DO the clutch kit and reeds on the yamaha then see what happens. Different story.

Everyone who loves Yamaha is like yeah it did okay and only lost by a couple sled lengths Lol. It lost by 10 sled lengths in 10 seconds lol.. this is like racing a Chevy Malibu and a corvette. Srx was fast when compared to any twin but when compared to ZRT/thundercat/XCR/machz etc they are not in the same world

I have both sleds fast sleds

FEEL THE THUNDER...LOL.

yep like the Indy storm for Polaris in time if the muscle sleds

The gas is on the gas!!🤷‍♂️

Manitoba?

Need a lake that srx might catch up

That srx gotta be stock

The 2000 to 2002 SRX’s are faster.

Never trust a skidoo helmet on an AC.......he was sandbagging!!

The ol Suzuki motors always power, albeit un reliable power. Srx was always the benchmark for most 7- 800's. Can't quite touch a 900, or 1000

Didn’t the Thundercat 1000 come from the factory with Racing pipes?

Thunder at has 300cc more and a turbo, had a Ext triple 600 that was a fast triple.

Did anyone think that the yama slob would keep up with the big block cat? No replacement for displacement!

The 2000 to 2002 SRX’s are faster then what 🤷‍♂️ the 1999 SRX’s. If your implying faster then the T kitty your drastically incorrect.

Ive seen a dude fit the srx engine a bike and actually drive it

The Yammy dude jumped the gun every time! Every damn time. Still nothing but Cat exhaust LMAO🤣🤣

Crashed Xl500 Cat all Ohlins 4 years ago. Handle bars crushed several ribs and ruptured my colon. Had a colostomy bag for 6 months. Bought a ported Viper after they put me back together. Some douche stole it when I was at the beer store getting warmed up. I should just probably buy a 1000 Thundercat and get it over with. Thats supposed to be sarcasm btw. I still have the shocks. Also sarcasm. This is not an advertisement. Kinda.Mmmmm. Snowmobiles

The SRX lost by a hair , NOT because of the engine but, because of the skid !. Always the weak spot for Yamaha. The pro action link sucked !.I have an F7 and an SX Viper with clutch can and triple pipes and it winds out a hell of a lot better than my F7 Fighter Pilot but, can't put the torque and ponies to the ground efficiently.

In my opinion the Mt max was a much better trail sled than Mt sled and better than the trail sleds of the time, with the 136 inch 2 inch track you had the traction that the triple 700 needs to accelerate, and with its relatively short track it handled great and was a rocket in straight lines, it did pretty well in the backcountry once you got used to the extra weight.

And both them have Yamaha engines, looks like Yamaha has the bragging rights.

Is there’s supposed to be a challenge here or something? Anyone who knows anything about late 90s early 2000s snowmobile’s knows the Arctic cat Thundercat 1000 is the king of snowmobiles

Used to smoke both sleds with my 01 XCR8

The 79 srx 440 would smoked both these guys. 😊

My 2001 zr 600 spanked my brother in laws 700 srx every day

The 1998 Yamaha srx 700 was a slug it couldn't beat a twin 600 by far the worst snowmobile I've ever owned the rear suspension is ancient the sled totally sucks

junk

Yes!! T cat should smoke that thing. I used to beat those srx's back in the day with my zrt 600.

i'll take anb SRX over an artic cat anyday of the week and twice on Sunday

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