2018 Yamaha Sidewinder M-TX 162 Review 

You won’t be ashamed. Traded my 2014 XM Summit in for a 2016 Viper mtx and ive owned this viper new since 2016 and absolutely frigin love it. I will never ride another 2 stroke!

Dm C Unless you want to highmark and ride chutes, the added weight isn't a benefit in my opinion. That being said, if you want to ride the tight and technical, you can't beat the RMK as they are so light. The Summits only really excell out west in the deep wide open powder.

Apex chassis is a FAR cry from the 18 Pro Climb

The Sidewinder is no comparison to the sidewinder. Don’t get me wrong Apex is an amazing sled but other oem got nothing on a sidewinder

Retro ;-)

Its amazing how you can type from the couch?

Half Nelson... This is 2018 dumbass, who types from a couch?

I was thinking this tiny ass guy was a couch surfer? Have you ever been outside in the snow?

Get a life keyboard warrior

I don't think better is the right word. But in high elevation it will climb like no two-stroke. But if you like to play in the tight trees and do more technical riding, the lighter two-strokes are just easier to handle.

Motor wise 100% 4 strokes have always been better then 2 strokes. Just gotta be confident you can throw it around

Traded my 2014 Doo for a viper mtx. Wouldn’t go back. Once you get used to the weight and the handling you can take them anywhere. With style abs speed the 2 strokes can’t compete with

Dat Boi No, that's a 2018 only M8000 thing.

For a 12 year old it's heavy yeah. It performs equal or better in the pow compared to my 800 doo. I've tried my buddy's.

Skidoos suck ass! Constantly in the shop. My viper is 10 times the sled my XM doo was.

Mason Sorensen I use to think the same thing, I'll tell you right now getting rid of my sidewinder this season and going with a 2018 Mountain cat, I couldn't be happier. The weight difference is literally insane, sidehilling, tree riding etc. The best part is when you get stuck, you don't need 4 people to get it going again either. Yes for outright climbing and running chutes you can't beat the track speed the sidewinders can generate, but I just got tired of the weight, literaly.

Dino, like Dinosaur? I'm confused, how did a dinosaur tell you how much power your sled has?

Sorry dyno, and my Yamaha Nytro with Mcxpress turbo kit puts out 270 bad ass, unbeatable killer power at any altitude so I’ll meet u sea leve or at the top of a mountain where u only have 100 or maybe even less

I actually have a Nytro MTX and the thing os a monster and tbh weights not really something I care about because I weigh 140lbs and am 17 years old, so I’m not old enough to know the difference

Mason Sorensen It's more less how much more energy you have throughout the day thanks to an easier handling sledding. I ride the technical stuff so power isn't that much of an issue for me, sounds like we're opposites.

ahill7866 yamacat

ahill7866 then your artic tractors don't have turbo motors

ahill7866 ya I done waiting for a all new japan built yammy...hello polaris...and polaris quads too..bye yamaha

ahill7866 Yamaha is gettin out of sleds

Who cares who built it? I don't care if Rotax is building my 800 Ski doo engine. But what I do know is that i'm tired of it breaking. My buddy drives a Sidewinder, and it rips in powder

Red 06 why was it in the shop

Brody Tippet. So the issues were oil sensor, fuel sensor, cold weather starting issues, bad vibration in deep snow, tether. The oil issue put me out of the game for about 4 months. The machine would go into limp mode during any climb that the sled lifted the skis off the ground due to “low oil” Yamaha didn’t have a fix for it and left me without a sled for 4 months, Yamaha apparently knew about this as they sold me the sled. Fuel sensor almost left me 18 miles from my truck on a perfect blue bird day which was cut short due to the sled constantly dying also took 2 weeks for them to figure it out. Cold starting issued left me on yet another ride-less day when it dropped to -15 F over night and the sled didn’t start. Which sucked because I had a couple friends counting on me pulling the trailer. Bad vibrations in deep snow was never resolved but did leave me without the sled for 1 week. The bullshit tether Yamaha sold me and installed broke after a 300 mile commute to ride with friends leaving me sitting at base camp without a sled and just embarrassed. The sled essentially made me write off Yamaha and Arctic cat. I will never buy another product from either of them again. Buying a Yamaha is a quick way for your friends to forget your number before they go out and tear up the mountains. Hope this helps and answers your question.

Red 06 that’s too bad that happened.

Red 06 I love Yamaha but I would never buy a yamacat...polaris has my business now.

@@whenibecamethesun..8759 don’t know why you would say that. Some guys I knew bought 2018 2019 Polaris and they blew up. One guy bought 2 one for him and the other for his wife and they both took a crap didn’t even get 300 miles on them. Yamaha builds good motors. I’ve seen ppl with 16,000 miles and more on those things and never had any problems. Everybody sooner or later might have a few lemons it happens.

Lmao

srx 700

You forget about the SRX700?

Willy Biddiscombe red head triple...seen some with 40k kms on em no rebuild

my lawn mower is a 2-stroke. Runs like crap and sounds like a trumpet

Vk540 is still being made today