2014 Yamaha Viking

Well tomorrow in lasvegas Yamaha is announcing something all new. You guys think Yamaha will roll out the new side by side?

I hope so. Even more I hope it is actually good. Not that junk honda comes out with when they make an exciting new model.

T-bone this will be a canned ham eater

it has a bench seat so nikki can sit closer..lol..and faster than a mavereck

6 pm pst.

It sure is time for them to release a new model.

utv underground says it's a "new" sxs... I like yamaha reliability, we'll see...

If its strong enough and somewhat close to the maverick I am going to order one. Lets see what it is first

A little over 30 minutes and we will see yamaha's new side by side

What I want is a blue rzr/wildcat/maverick killer. What we will get is a blue teryx 4.

I am waiting hopefully it will be a sport model

Yamaha Viking.

3 seater. 686cc

that thing is awful. Yamaha has turned into honda. I grew up on honda, they went downhill, went to yamaha, wanted to buy a new yamaha atv recently but they didn't make what I wanted and had to buy a polaris. Now my next purchase will probably be a xp4 or maverick max.

Rhino is discontinued.

Not to offend you Yamaha guys but this thing sucks!! Guess this is their answer to Honda's Big Red!!!

Yea about the same here, I like the yamaha drive train but they really need a sport sxs to stay alive in that market. They say they have one coming, we'll see...

sprint8 wrote:

that thing is awful. Yamaha has turned into honda. I grew up on honda, they went downhill, went to yamaha, wanted to buy a new yamaha atv recently but they didn't make what I wanted and had to buy a polaris. Now my next purchase will probably be a xp4 or maverick max.

I am a polaris fan , and I feel bad for Yamaha lovers . Maybe with the Rhino line gone they will look foward . Yamaha spent a lot of time in court for the rest of the industry . The 3 seater side by side is kinda where Polaris started with the Ranger , I just hope this is a start not a ending ...

I understand why they did it but it's a work SxS... Not fun at all...

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/646/16386/Motorcycle-Article/2014-Yamaha-Viking-First-Look.aspx

Another disappointment.

TBONE21 wrote:

Yamaha Viking.

I think even the name Viking is pretty shitty

and it looks like crap too. My dealer told me 3 new machines were coming, so maybe this ain't all they got. If this is all, it is a real embarassment because nobody who owns a rhino will ever want one of those.

I take that back...I will own one of those long before I would ever pay my hard earned money for another Polaris. I mean, it's too wide, and it looks crappy, and has a gay name, but at least it's that same drivetrain that James has figured out.

I have over 800 very hard miles on my rhino now, and every single thing is like new. Every single suspension part on the rzr s I had was totally shot at 800 miles.

Hump wrote:

I take that back...I will own one of those long before I would ever pay my hard earned money for another Polaris.  I mean, it's too wide, and it looks crappy, and has a gay name, but at least it's that same drive train that James has figured out.
I have over 800 very hard miles on my rhino now, and every single thing is like new.  Every single suspension part on the rzr s I had was totally shot at 800 miles.

And I think that is why everyone is so disappointed. Yamaha has the reliability and performance capability. They are being very conservative with this. A sport sxs with a 90 hp twin engine would be an instant win. Marketing is all about numbers.
A 1,350 lb 3 seater with a single 686 cc engine is not a marketing success in my experience. They need an entirely new machine, not a wide body rhino with a goofy name.

there will be a new yamaha sxs released every year for the next 5 years and 1 of them is a sport

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

there will be a new yamaha sxs released every year for the next 5 years and 1 of them is a sport

I'd have been happier if they'd have released the sport model first....that Viking is FUGLY!!

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

there will be a new yamaha sxs released every year for the next 5 years and 1 of them is a sport

That's good to know

A guy over on rzr forums said it looked like the big red and teryx had a big fat ugly baby

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

there will be a new yamaha sxs released every year for the next 5 years and 1 of them is a sport

Its sad that they just did not push the sport first , that market is hot right now ...