Comments on: Customers Star in Yamaha Ads

By: Art

Art — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:47:10 +0000

I recently purchased 2 Brand new–2009 Yamaha Venture RS for my wife and I. BUT we have driven snowmobiles for years and years and are fairly experienced at 56 years of age these are our first Four Strokes –Problem -We can’t ride them low speed or moderate these are terribly Tippy sleds that just constantly want to roll over Top heavy. They have wide ski’s 144 inch tracks heh this sounds very stable BUT. Does anyone have a solution or helpful ideas before one of us gets hurt. I have heard set the suspension differently as we do not use these for two-up or if so a rarity. HELP!
Thank you!
Art

By: Glenn Andrews

Glenn Andrews — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:38:44 +0000

HI,
The VK Pro is an excellent machine. We have raced it in 3 consecutive Cain’s Quest races placing 10 th this year — Yamaha was # 1 on Nitros. The first two years we were plaqued with rear skid problems. This year we installed Yamaha modified brackets and made some mods ourselves. We experienced no issues. The machine has alot more potential if it could be driven to its capabilities. The engine and front end are rock solid( have’nt touched them for either race). What needs to be changed is the rear skid. Contributing to its failure is the weigh of the rear exhaust which causes an enormous amount of ice build up ( We estimate we are carrying an extra 30 lbs in ice plus exhaust, and reducing trail breaking performance.
We love to race them again next year. Any suggestions? Can you point us in the right direction? Our dealer has been great to us!

By: Cyril andrews

Cyril andrews — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:54:08 +0000

how about the Suspension Problems,and the Relay Rods on the 07 Professional,despite 2 bracket modfications???-also steering VERY-jerky-you have to very alert all the Time,or your off the Trail?????
Thanks again,Cyril.–Hoping for a Fix on the above Problems.

Cyril, I’m not aware of these issues but thats not to say there isn’t some info available, I’ll have to ask around. I haven’t spent much time on the VK Pro to form my own opinion. I know we sell a lot of the wide ski skins for them, the skid frame is the Pro-Action Plus which has been around since 96. If stuff is breaking it’s generally related to bottoming which is a result of load and spring… just a thought. cheers cr

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:12:17 +0000

Hi Cris!

Now when the season is comming to an end, could you get a hold of any info about what issues that you are working on regarding the Nytro? It would be great to know what is going on regarding the front end weaknes(5 of 6 that I know has tweaked theirs and only 1 did it in a bigger hit, I dont eaven know when mine was tweaked but it is), handwarmers(Hot like hell one day and cold the next… ???), bushings/balljoints(just doesnt hold up), engine bog (well that one I told you about earlier) etc etc…

Whitch are going to be adressed, witch are not a big issue that many has etc… Then we would know what to fix and what not to fix on our sleds during the summer…

Erik… as the saying goes- ‘we will serve now wine before its time’ – Our guys are still busy reporting and factory will be working hard over the summer. I don’t expect a lot will become available until the fall but I promise I will update whenever I can. I must continue to emphasize the importance of reporting the issues to your dealer and the importance of the dealers making sure they forward the info to us. I can tell you when I checked the warranty claims on one of the issues you mentioned, the number of claims on file is very small (2 digits) which does not equate to what I read on line. As always, thanks for your input… cheers cr

By: Dane Morrison

Dane Morrison — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:16:43 +0000

Just two kids in an Equinox, but it’s pretty treasured cargo, so an Stout hitch is mandatory.

I hear you Dane. The TF model has a very strong hitch point built in, I need to confirm whether the GT gets the same spec as this can differ from the USA to Canada. The Europe spec generally has the hitch point. I’ll find out for sure and let you know.

By: Cyril andrews

Cyril andrews — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:12:14 +0000

Has their been starting problems with the Genesis 80fi 4-Stroke-I’ve been told the engine has to turn over a lot to start .especially in cold weather??
I own a 07 Professional VK,with all the Suspension and Relay Problems,I’M haveing,as well as other Riders who own Professional, I,m thinking about Downsizinz to the Venture Lite.any quick fix on the RELAY RODS?????for the Professional.?? thanks,Cyril

There was an update for the early 80hp motors for cold starting. They do take a bit of cranking when they are cold (still true on the 08 / 09) but light up nicely once primed.

By: Dane Morrison

Dane Morrison — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:52:08 +0000

Chris,

Will there be an heavy duty hitch available for the new Venture GT’s/TF’s?

We’re working on it and will update all the goodies. how many ton RU pullin??

By: jmp2204

jmp2204 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:25:46 +0000

Thats great Guzz! and hats off to the people at Yamaha(Chris) for this blog!

By: DoktorC

DoktorC — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:30:48 +0000

Nice job!! It’s great to see the customers included in marketing like this (as well as the blog). I really like the “what kind of yamaha are you?” ads..they just kinda get me and I can’t explain it. Who is the kid at the end?? Well picked I’ll say!!

PS. Tell “Mr. Track Day” he looks nice in leather .

haha I’ll be sure to let ‘Mr Track Day’ know he has a fan cheers cr

By: Northener

Northener — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:32 +0000

That’s really cool. And a secret sled to ride also. Man, I don’t think I could have kept my lips sealed on that… LOL

Chris, do you know if the specs are set for the Venture TF? Will the rack be a standard feature? It looks a whole lot nicer then the rack you could get for the old Venture! I guess one could use a regular windshield for an Apex on the new TF? Oh, and will the rip-saw on the TF finally be fully clipped?

Thanks for keeping us updated!

Thats quite observant for you to pick up on the rack… that is an optional item on the new Ventures, we were using that particular unit for some accessories development. It works pretty trick as the base mount is built into the sled OE. We are hoping to have a few option choices in that area. Also we don’t want to loose the under seat storage access which is huge. The track is not fully clipped and it gets the new idler wheels with the replaceable bearings… cheers from Revelstoke… cr