Explaining the Yamaha SnoSport: Still cruisy after all these years

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Explaining the Yamaha SnoSport: Still cruisy after all these years

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It's hard to believe these fantastic snowmobiles were only produced for one year, more than 30 years ago. Here's a tribute, with a little bit of talking and a lottle bit of riding--in powder, in the trees, across a creek, and into the night where the wild things are.
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@jackfrost8854 2 жыл бұрын

Rider forward 15 years before the first gen REV,way before its time(As snowmobilers average age got older they needed something to ride better through the humps/bumps),next step after the long travel Reva lotion of the 1990s(Thank you FAST inc)😁

@PierresAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

This classic AJ material! I did enjoy it a lot. Thank you for this discovery!

@mikegatherall8420 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Have three sports - two are long tracked - but all are for sale now that the kids are grown.

@AkatarawaJapan Жыл бұрын

Long tracked--that sounds good. Sad to see them go but you should get good money for them.

@ircoll 2 жыл бұрын

looks like a blast!

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of which, even more fun than the Arctic Cat Blast.

@mitchcoop1 Жыл бұрын

Cool little thing ... I never saw one before--- (3:04 Lucky Dog, I Hope). Gladd you were not wearing a heavy tool belt mate. Joking aside...Thanks for Video.. Now I want to find one to ride... looks Fun, Fun

@danielr.lariviere4917 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thanks for posting - Cheers from Québec, Canada

@Brobro449 2 жыл бұрын

We have one of the 80cc Suzuki quads like you have. I rode the piss out off that thing and just kept going. I rode it for like 6 or 7 years such a fun machine. I’m 21 now so I got a mud pro 700 last year so a bit of a different machine haha

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, well done for spying that Suzuki quad in the shed. They rip!

@olliereyd1150 2 жыл бұрын

now i want a snosport 😅

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Of course you do.

@lilmisspolaris12 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Great you've got a family of family friendly sleds. Man I miss that place. Can't wait to come back, with my mini me :-)

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Ready and waiting.

@mitchcoop1 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes... Music choice = perfect... for the little 125cc feller.

@hvacexplained9341 2 жыл бұрын

Ive owned dirt bikes and quads all my life and always wanted to get a snowmobile I may keep my eyes And ears open for one of those little bad boys you have there they seem pretty slick. Nice job on the video entertaining

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. If you’re into bikes and quads you will probably find a lot to enjoy on a sled. Big learning curve though, if you want to get into the real mountains.

@thatalaskaguy 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought these looked pretty cool back in the late 80’s when they came out. I thought it was interesting when you said you guys were having just as much fun on the snowscoot as the bigger sleds. Funny how in power sports everything seems to have to get more powerful, more complicated, bigger and more expensive. I’ve been wondering if always chasing after more performance we lose sight of the basics and what made the sport fun in the first place?

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

To me the high-power machines are great because their limits are usually way beyond mine, so I can keep pushing myself. Then when I get back on the simple old sleds I can enjoy being Master of the (local, very tiny) Universe.

@thatalaskaguy 2 жыл бұрын

@@AkatarawaJapan That’s a really good point. Much like different tools for different jobs, certain machines just work better for certain types of riding than others so one may eventually end up with a quiver full of sleds. Part of me still misses the 80’s when my friends and I rode simple, easy to work on fan cooled short tracks and had just as much fun trying to climb modest hills and ride through 18-24” of fresh snow without getting terribly stuck. No avalanche danger, no huge repair bills from rolling, and no burdensome recovery expedition to extract a broken sled out of a remote area many miles away from the nearest road.

@reesewilliamson3346 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sire they use a 15" wide track and 2.52 pitch so you can put a regular 121" track in them and make a mountain mod (Or just convert it to a track that's dirt cheap and common)

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a plan. One of mine has got kind of lug extenders bolted on to the track and it makes a big difference, but a 1 or 1.25 inch track would be great.

@ontheedge33371 2 жыл бұрын

Haha sweet ❄️❄️❄️👍🏼

@defmc1 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to look for one tomorrow just because it's midnight and I have to go to work tomorrow to pay for it. If I can find one. Pray for me.

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck. If you find one, fit plastic skis. Essential.

@albertodias5900 Жыл бұрын

You know how rare these are here in Quebec? They go for over 7000$!

@AkatarawaJapan Жыл бұрын

You have got to be kidding. Seriously? They are great fun, though. Was riding them last night.

@themagnushjort 2 жыл бұрын

These either didn't come to Sweden or they're extremely rare, which is sad because I want one now lol.

@themagnushjort 2 жыл бұрын

Aha! They did come to Sweden but they seem to be quite rare. It'd be fun to get one of these, squeeze in a 250 and put a bigger lug track on it. What a machine it'd become.

@AkatarawaJapan 2 жыл бұрын

@@themagnushjort That would be way too much power-sounds perfect.

@themagnushjort 2 жыл бұрын

@@AkatarawaJapan I think a bigger lug track would balance the power increase.