Full Review of Yamaha's 2020 SideWinder XTX LE Turbo

[@tylerberryman24]

Couldn’t ask for a better colour scheme! Perfect

[@jacobmccue7502]

Looks like it has the specs of a riot with the 998 turbo and Yamaha clutching.

[@bennyb6071]

Exactly

[@bbreckner9884]

Its almost that’s exactly what it is!

[@Outdoors-and-Sports]

Awesome...

[@460sw3]

Nice, I'm thinking a Yamaha may be in my future....love the darker blue!

[@KKylerJ]

Beautiful sled, I'd take a yamaha over all other 4 stroke sleds and also most 2 strokes. Reliability never seen before but also really high power and torque to pull you outta deep snow. Awesome review

[@sully1d]

Boring heavy tanks

[@sully1d]

@@ES-pr8bt there's a reason nobody buys them.... sick power isn't everything.

[@MinnowMan]

@@sully1d they are a sick ride all around. Got rid of mine because they are belt shredders though. What goods all that horse if you cant use it like you want to

[@bradyanderson6840]

@Don Olypopper Sounds like you don't know where the market is going. You lost me at "My sled wouldn't start under 50 degrees" I'm sorry to inform you this but all sleds are sub 0 rated and if that's cats fault your ignorant. Cat gave Yamaha a new chassis to try and save them from that... well.... whatever they had before and that's it. Motor is Yamaha. Clutching is Yamaha. Electronics and ignition systems are again all Yamaha

[@bradyanderson6840]

@Don Olypopper You want me to believe that it's a Yamaha motor but not a Yamaha ignition system? Listen, the amount of R and D that went into making the motor fit in the cat's chassis while still maintaining a good weight center and suspension geometry were largely carried out by cat. The only thing Cat provided was its chassis. This was a new and untested snowmobile from Yamaha and was branded as such. Theese snowmobiles kick the ass off if anything they race and are well respected in the snowmobile industry

[@thegoldenchild4657]

It's an Arctic Cat Riot chassis with a Yamaha engine. Looks amazing

[@douglasborgaro6801]

@TheGoldenChild Arctic Cat builds the chassis and Yamaha builds the engine.

[@douglasborgaro6801]

No worries , it is 200+ HP. It’s amazing that Yamaha can create an off trail that can do this with that engine! Crazy!!

[@ryandionne4722]

It perfect 👌

[@coreypruka5501]

Ladies and Gentlemen, may we present......a 4 stroke turbo charged Riot!!

[@charlespalmerii4299]

Yep, and you know what ! I love it !!! I have a Riot , and love it, but this is one sexy, Powerful machine... and I would love to own it !

[@coreypruka5501]

Charles Palmer II Indeed! As Motörhead Mark would say .... Guaranteed to make you giggle under your helmet when you pin the flipper as you blast past a c-note on Kevlar Lake!!

[@natey891]

You mentioned there are trade offs while off trail regarding the weight of the sidewinder motor. Can you go into more detail on those trade offs? I sold my 2021 sidewinder ltx and snow checked a 2022 switchback 850 (not being delivers til Feb). How does the sidewinder xtx compare to something like a 850 SBA off trail?

[@FI-Beauce]

Yamaha snowmobile is now a fashion oriented division rather than a game changer

[@nighttrain3926]

does 42 to a 40 inch stance as the se has really make a difference?

[@joseywales898]

Nice Job....

[@juhorantakangas]

Yamaha sidewinder mtx turbo review would be helpful.

[@shannonmunro144]

Juho Rantakangas pretty sure it wasn’t an option in North America for 2020.......

[@derickashby8294]

I got the xtx se this year, I need those skis

[@mxr7586]

Derick Ashby how do you like it?

[@pascalgauvreau3939]

By the look of the frame and the digital gauge which are both identical to my 2015 Arctic Cat XF7000, I assume Yamaha and Arctic Cat still share technologies and components. Anyone knows if this will continue now that Arctic Cat is owned by Textron?

[@sheddski6415]

being in a partnership with arctic cat might be the only reason they are still in business with snowmobiles why haven,t they come out with there own chassi i think there only producing engines ?? you must admit yamaha sledds do look cool in their own scheme

[@douglasborgaro6801]

@Sheddski You’ve got to go with those who can do it better. Partnerships can make you a winner. Yamaha does engines better than anyone in the snowmobile world, but Cat does the chassis better.

[@hunterschaferoutdoors0219]

Let’s hear it

[@Music-ch7vt]

SnowTrax TV

[@ryanmcmillan7196]

Is the Alpha rail swap possible?

[@PackedandReadyFranco]

does it ride better then my xf turbo ?arctic cat

[@derickashby8294]

Can you email Yamaha for me and tell them we need a Yamaha built 850 triple cylinder 2 stroke and fresh Yamaha design chassis, I have a new sidewinder and I love it but I also had a SX Viper and loved it. An 850 triple could boost Yamaha sales and competition

[@trex4586]

Wheres the turbo noises??

[@wx1352]

He has it, on stage 2 😏

[@AceHardy]

📝

[@clarknawrocki3851]

It should be nice 18000 dollars is a joke for a blue thundercat

[@OZBIE]

Not a fan of the colour combo, that's why I bought the SE, much prefer the orange and blue

[@Ur_mom_loves_the_yz]

Yamaha are not as good as Polaris or skidoo right that all the experience and research that I’ve done and I’ve done like 3 in a half years of research every day

[@clutchii1393]

Do you have any facts? I think its most of everyones own preference.

[@bradyanderson6840]

I think you listen to too many Polaris paid pro rider promotions. Don't believe everything they tell you

[@juhomannela2160]

It depends on how you ride the 4 stroke turbo is perfect for lake running and hill climbing but May lack a little In the trees and right corners. Also for someones that needs a sled that has a reliable engine yamaha is perfect.

[@DavidWilliams-ol3vp]

This would outlast 2 polaris snowmobiles,from an engine standpoint anyway.