I use my Yamaha almost every day on my property.
They use too with sleds too. I really liked them. I almost thought of getting one this time over my Ski doo’s (Canned Ham’s) glad I didnt cuz Now Yami is getting out of one of the biggist recreation markets theyve had a foot hold in before christ was conceived lol. I loved my Banshee when I had one.
Wife and I have been snowmobiling since mid '90s. Started out with Arctic Cats. Lots of clutch, belt, and drive chain troubles too numerous to mention. After about 4 years of trouble with AC's switched to Skidoos... end of trouble period.
I have a Yamaha Grizzly ATV that I use regularly on my property.
I have owned my Yamaha for nearly 10 years now. I have never even checked the belt yet. Works flawlessly.
Same goes for both my Yamaha and my Pioneer. Obviously, the Grizzly doesn't have "gears", and my Pioneer's DCT always seems to be in exactly the right gear. No weird noises or problems out of either one. I think both Yamaha and Honda did it right.
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Yes... Yamaha DID do it right!. They are the only brand that uses a wet clutch to engage the drive cone. The belt never performs the function of a clutch like all the other brands. It stays fully engaged, even at a dead stop, so it never slips and never burns up. In fact, the Yamaha's come with a 10 year belt warranty!
It does seem to be an advantage in the rough stuff as well. Where it's disadvantage shows is just driving paved roads, the engine RPM is a bit annoying. But one of the reasons I picked the smaller Wolverine is the fact that the engine note is noticably quieter than the bigger RMAX.
We had 500 Panteras, 2 of them. 2 POS's. Ended up giving them away. Felt bad for who got them. Lol. A friend also got a couple ACrap atvs late 90 models. They were worse yet. By then we were on Honda 300 Fourtrax's. Only time the tool kit came out was to let the friend use it with the ACrap.
Have a few friends with AC utv’s and there Crap too! Always braking down. They make a Poo Poo look like a Maserati
Yup!
Haven't checked, original battery but just over a year old now.
My original battery didn't last a year. Kept it up with trickle charger etc. The problem occurred due to how the batteries were treated by Honda during the parts shipping debacle when they had the partially finished machines waiting for parts. Lead acid batteries need to be charged at least every 6 months when stored in good conditions. If left sitting, especially when it's warmer, the plates can sulphate and reduce battery remaining life.
Thanks for the info. I will take the battery to have it tested.
I am thinking you don't have any issues - machine isn't overheating, etc., from your description, simply working the machine hard in the sand, oil got hot, oil warning light came on, etc.. - if that happens again, let machine idle as it wants to pump the oil thru the coolest to get back temp back down.
Haven't been riding it too much. This last time I wasnt going through mud or anything. Just putting around the property.
