2017 yamaha 1000 has automatic option

[rightsideup]

i ENJOY THESE REVIEWS FROM DIRT TRAX. I went on a ride with the 2016 standard transmission model and the owners are die hard yamaha people. they enjoy the machine but they did make a comment the gear ratios were not low enough. I saw a video were a fellow changed his. We rode forestry roads and some trail riding but nothing too technical.

 

[rzrgade]

Yamaha sure missed the trail segment with this machine ... Too bad .

 

[rightsideup]

Yamaha sure missed the trail segment with this machine ... Too bad .

Yes..Tex and I were discussing the standard transmission prior to me finding this video and had some similar concerns. Decision making in challenging terrain with a combination of rocks,hills,stumps,mud have to responded to instantly although this vid does show some neat features of yamaha's automatic there is still some shifting involved. I think I could live with the possibility of belt failures which are rare to either of these transmissions.

 

[rzrgade]

There are a host of other changes to
Be made to make it a trail machine ....
better axles , better rad location, better underside protection , a low range , etc etc .... It's s great desert racer , not a trail machine at all..... It likes to rev too much ...lol

It is crazy fun to drive though... In the right terrain !

 

[rzrgade]

https://vimeo.com/175914927


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[rzrgade]

https://vimeo.com/175915216
A little YXZ fun in Arizona ....


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[leonard]

Id imagine auto trans would solve alot of the issues this machine had with trails.

I still wonder about bigger tires , or mud or starting on hills with the 1st gear this has however

 

[rzrgade]

It's still geared the same ... Too tall for trails . And not much low end power , it likes to rev ....
it needs a low range . But in the desert , it's a blast !

 

[leonard]

Kind of disappointing

I dont feel i'd mind paddle shifting , rode a 350 honda and trikes lots and sometimes i like it better than my belt drive grizzly for certain riding.

But I'm in far too many situations where i have to stop on a hill or drop into a water hole at the bottom of a gully and then climb up the other quite steep side.

Need that quick , not just quick but solid reliable power to climb it and often there is some mud down there so it has to be able to contend with that also.

And most people are rolling bigger tires now so the ruts are larger so you kind of need minimum 28" on a bigger machine like that.

I heard some companies are making gear sets for these but for the price you pay and all , hard to justify buying new gears at-least before warranty is up that is.

 

[rzrgade]

Agreed ... 5000$ + for the gear set though...!

 

[leonard]

so true only a true lemming would be able to justify dumping 5g's into a 24-25g machine just to get it they way they want.

imagine if you put 25-30g's into a jeep cj5/cj7/yj/tj for example.. their would literally be no hole/trail in existence you couldn't cross.

 

[lilduke]

so true only a true lemming would be able to justify dumping 5g's into a 24-25g machine just to get it they way they want.

imagine if you put 25-30g's into a jeep cj5/cj7/yj/tj for example.. their would literally be no hole/trail in existence you couldn't cross.

30g would get you a nice jeep, but some spend well over a 100g modding them. Off roading isn't cheap!