Comments on: SRX Development Story

By: BOBTHEBENDERSRX

BOBTHEBENDERSRX — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:03:24 +0000

just thought Id rub it in your faces I bought my latest SRX a 98 SRX 700 for 800 dollars(part of a package deal with a fully built 02 blaster it was 2k for pair)from a kid who needed the cash to fight posession charges and it was always garage kept has less than 3k miles not a blemish ion the cowl or a tear in the seat an infant could start it first pull everyime!It has hauck clutching, bender transfer rods, and a studded camoplast track I have been having way too much fun beating ski doos and cats around northern new york

By: Roman Gerschwiler

Roman Gerschwiler — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:57:56 +0000

I have a 98 srx I bought a few years ago. Rode it for 500km and it overheated.
Couple small holes in the coolant hose under the 1 pipe. Also wires caught fire on the harness meeting the 10stator wires and coolant temp wires. pitted head on both outer cylinders scored on and real bad piston on belt side. Hole on exhaust side of piston. What are the causes of head pitting??? Thanks, Roman

Roman, I’d be guessing but much of what you describe could be related to storage, almost sounds like you had a mouse or rodent nibbling in the pan, pitting / cylinder damage could be relative to detonation caused by stale fuel or other lean condition, hard to say with out a lot more background info… properly maintained the SRX was a fairly bullet proof sled.
cheers cr

By: Bob R.

Bob R. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:39 +0000

I have a 98 srx 600 with a stinger can,it sounds awsome!runs like a champ, this sled is a beast!I smoke my buddies 97 mxz 670 and he wishes he bought a yamaha srx

By: Darren J

Darren J — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:03:17 +0000

I just bought a 98″ Srx 700 all done up.
Clean, w/ Bender can and clutch kit.
Just out of the shop with clean carbs, and pv’s ready to run on our Ontario lakes

Great sled and IMHO the best two stroke mill to ever grace a sled… enjoy cr

By: Alain

Alain — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:22:05 +0000

HEy , great storys man, i got an 1998 vmax sx 700 triple, and i was wondering if i can put 1998 srx 700 carbs and other engine parts like clutches, pipe , etc. on my sx

The short answer is yes… for the most part. cr

By: dayle

dayle — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:06:31 +0000

great story i love thoes sleads i have 3 and would not trade any of them for a 09. believe it or not me and my buddies were wondering about thoes bottles on the oil tanks

By: Cory Foster

Cory Foster — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:42:02 +0000

Wondering if you could help me out. Do you know what the bottle is for that is attached to the oil bottle and the stopper is in front and just below the oil stopper? I have a 98 srx 700 and just noticed this bottle yesterday and am trying to figure out what it is for. I was told it has something to do with oil for the crank. If you know whats its for and what oil I put in there, could you let me know. thanks and any info you could provide will greatly help. Cory

Cory, I am going strictly by memory here, but if I recall we developed a special coolant ‘surge-tank’ for the SRX. On the Vmax / SX models we developed a one piece, plastic oil tank / coolant reserve tank to eliminate parts and cost. I believe we used the same part on the SRX but did not need the coolant bottle which I think is the one you are asking about. It is a dummy. I know in the Phazer we connected this bottle to the 2-stroke oil tank for extra capacity. If your SRX tank has oil in it then that’s all it is … extra 2-stroke oil for the injectors. For sure it is not a separate oil system for the crankshaft or anything else… wish I had one handy to look at and I’d be able to confirm at a glance. Just make sure you are not confusing it with the coolant reservoir, that bottle needs to contain kool-aid, (mix of glycol anti-freeze and H20) … there is only one oil tank. cr

heres some more info from my buddy RJ… “You are correct , he is referring to the reserve tank. We did use the Vmax tank and used the coolant reservoir of that tank as the coolant overflow connected to the main coolant tank by the “blow off” hose at the cap. Though I’m not sure what he means by “stopper / oil stopper”.

Hope this helps RJ.

By: brian W.

brian W. — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:21:16 +0000

I wish yamaha would bring back that mentality of, Lets build the fastest top speed sled on the planet.

The srx was the coolest sled on the planet back then..

By: jmp2204

jmp2204 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:26:48 +0000

too bad on the f111 thing ,Tim bender could have came back and dominated again!

By: Kent Deveraux(low slung)

Kent Deveraux(low slung) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:42:22 +0000

Hey chris,were there any plans to run the SRX 600 in F-III oval racing before they change the rules?

The short answer is yes, Thats what led the initial planning and determined several factors for example the 41 inch ski stance, (production class req’mnt for ISR) whereas the Vmax line was all 44inch.