2019 Yamaha 860 2 Stroke

[LBZ]

Maybe the 1980 440 is returning!

That's a deadly retro colour scheme. I like it!!

 

[Prairie Dog]

Well..... my timing was off but my knowledge of 2 stokes are here but not here.. lol.
https://m.yamaha-motor.eu/se/products/sno/snoskotrar/crossover/mp600-se/
So the 867 for 2020... stay tuned!!!

600 Cat engine in that thing. Maybe they will release the 800 two smoker eventually

 

[niner]

Same garbage different year.

 

[Kibbels]

Same garbage different year.

You can get a cream for that..

 

[Jayste]

Kibbles, you already got the Cat guys stirred up with an 880, now working on the Yamaheads with a 867. Got eem!

 

[mountinman]

I had the opportunity to chat with a Yamaha product rep for western Canada last spring about the (what if) Yamaha came out with a pure Yamaha twin 800 DI 2 stroke in a all new light weight mountain specific chassis. I told him they would sell thousands of these machines. He really didn't care to hear that. He told me even if they had the political will from within Yamaha to go in that direction, they lost their 2 stroke engineering teams years ago. They have no one left he said. They would have to start from scratch with multi million dollar investments at stake. He said it would never happen. He said they would rather compete in the auto industrie. I'll believe it when I see it.

They're still building 2 stroke dirtbikes, watercraft and outboard engines though. They must have a team of 2 stroke engineers designing this stuff. Also their 2T fuel injection. From what I can see, cut a cylinder off the 1300cc watercraft engine, fuel inject it and there's the 2 stroke twin sled engine. Along with reworking some other stuff, but you get my point

 

[deaner]

They dont seem to care much about certain areas of motorsports. Side by side market would be much more lucrative than sleds and look at the junk they are releasing there. WAY behind canam and polaris. Im surprised they dont go after this market harder.

 

[maxwell]

essentially anything where they have to be innovative and do Research and development they steer away from. Motorbikes have been the same for decades. i cant think of too many other industries that have advanced as quickly and changed as much as the sled and sxs world in the last 10 years. But with that comes investment into research and development which can be risky

 

[lilduke]

they make one hell of a guitar amp.

 

[Caper11]

I thought the dirtbike segment has come a long way over the years. Yamaha has a pretty nice YZF450 that has bluetooth tuning capability. Im not sure if Yamahas two stroke bike is anywhere near as good as KTM’s engine.

 

[Joholio]

they make one hell of a guitar amp.

I got two Yamaha acoustic guitars they’re great

 

[Bnorth]

I thought the dirtbike segment has come a long way over the years. Yamaha has a pretty nice YZF450 that has bluetooth tuning capability. Im not sure if Yamahas two stroke bike is anywhere near as good as KTM’s engine.

The Yamaha 250 smoker is virtually unchanged since 1999. It's super reliable and was a good motor in its day but that was 20 years ago. KTM/Husky have actually been developing their 2T tech.