2022 Yamaha Rmax 1600 km (994miles) Review & Walk Around ! What I like & Dislike, Rear Axle Noise 

Good honest owner with no hidden agenda. Love it ☝

Great job buddy. I rip my Rmax4 LE down here in the Mojave desert and this machine does it for me. Glad I haven't had the axle issues. Keep on rip'N!

Thanks for the review Don! I know you say you’re not a professional at this, and do it for fun, but I think you do a great job! I like that you keep it honest and fun. Keep it up! Merry Christmas!

So other than the axle issue it has been great. Excellent, good to know. I have the 2022 Ranger which I have had no issues with and have been using for plowing my hundred foot long driveway and 2 car parking spots and a big bus parking spot as well using a 72" plow. I have the same mirrors as you (also from amazon). Thanks for sharing the videos and the update on the machine. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Commenting while watching on the TV. Your rubbermaid box got a lift kit. 😆 also had tbise same mirrors. Now i got almost same but 4x10inches. Just bigger

Can Am Maverick sport Xxc 1000r!!! Lol. Merry Christmas to you and your family Don. I'm hoping that 2023 brings a lot more rides with you and your group. And I mean a lot more!!! 🍻✌️

Nice review Don! I do like the looks of that Yamaha. I liked how high you sit in it, I will have to try out the ride next year. I've only ever rode mine and don't know anything different.

Yamaha playing dumb but at least you got your axles. Great review. I am searching high and low for the perfect sxs and for me I just can’t find it. It seems like they all have issues. When paying 25-35 grand for a new machine one would think you could just turn the key and go but that’s not the case it seems. The Kawasaki Teryx4 was one that I looked at but man they are loud in the cab with a windshield and doors. That Rmax4 is nice put pretty pricey and not sure if the dump box dumps or not??

Nice video Don. I have a Yamaha X2 850 cc. It is a 2019. I had a belt break when I was up in Barrys Bay in November. 2020 I bought the extra warranty for 3 years. Lucky, I had a Honda SxS tow me back to the trailer. I loaded onto trailer and took it to the Peterborough Yamaha dealer. I do not use my SxS in the winter, so I thought if I left it with them over the winter, it would be ready by April to pick up. I was wrong. It was late May by the time I got it back. This was during the COVID-19 era, so the parts situation was slow for all manufacturers. After many calls to Yamaha I finally got my X2 back, but have now gone to another Yamaha dealer. Yamaha has this 10 year warranty on their drive belts, BUT it only applies to vehicles in the US. Yamaha did pay for all the repair work, but the 5 month wait very disappointing.

Badass machine bro congratulations 🍾

MERRY CHRISTMAS Thanks for sharing 🎅🤶🌨️🎄⛄🎁🙏❄️

Hey Don. I really like your videos and value your opinion. I am "torn" between the Honda Pioneer 1000 and the RMAX. I know the RMAX would walk away from the Pioneer on most trails, but I would probably use my vehicle 60% on the farm and 40% trails. I also worry the RMAX is too loud. What advice can you give me? Thank you!

Don, where about are you located in Canada? I in joy your videos very much. I live in northern N.H. And have the ride the wilds here.Have Merry Christmas to you and your family

That's funny, I just bought a 2023 Wolverine X2. I put my ON plate in the exact same position with the same stainless steel rubber banded clamps.

Hey Don just started watching would love to ride this year with your group. Jim j I'm from Lindsay area run a 950 ho sport.

You never talked about the rear trailer hitch and how a Honda Talon had to hook to it and pull you out. Lol.

Super ATV makes high clearance rear a arms. I put them on mine and it made a big difference in snow.

Thank you. Do you happen to remember the part number for the axels that fixed your issue from yamaha. Just trying to make sure i fix the problem and not just put a bandaid on it.

Hi Don, new sub here. Why did you switch from Can Am XXC to RMax? Did you consider the Can Am Commander? I am looking at all three of those machines. What sold you on the RMax vs others?

Great video

I have the same year and model, except I have the four seater. Having the same problem with the axles clunking and I’m going to take it into the dealer. I have a five year warranty, so hopefully that’ll cover me until I get some thing else down the road. Just curious with all the reflectors on the machine is that something that’s required in Canada?

Hi Don Great video! I’m looking at buying the exact same year model and colour Rmax! I’m not sold on the colour but its not bad either lol. Im concerned about how high they rev and it being loud. Yhe yellow colour is starting to grow on me though. The 2022 rmax 2, with front brush guard winch, windshield, mirrors and 1 yr warranty is 32,400$ tax in out the door. Seems ok to me

My axel is doing the same thing only when i turn left. What axel side did you originally replace when you got your first axel?

gee don i got a 2021 standard like you, mine all white though, with like 2000 km on it.no axle issues yet and havnt heard anybody havin problems with them, till you , sept for island mud slinger guy but if you see how he drives it, crazy man, i also did the d mode switch, yah big diff, but only use it when i race my buddies lol, yah throttle really touchy in sport mode for anything else imo, i also put a dyno jet power vision tuner in it with a weller racing tune, to richen it up ,cuz it would stall all the time ,only when starting engine after sitting for several hours totally cold engine, like -15 or so, they run lean at start up early models did anyway. hows yours in cold though it hasnt gotten that cold round here yet. i live on bay of quinte and do a lot of ice fishing. worried bout battery im like 60 so dont want to get stuck out there lol that made a big diff, the air block off kit from wellers help to, everything else stock though,72 in kfi plow, i do lot of plowing with it when it snows.i got full windshield with the soft covers from yamaha, put same mirrors on but they dont stick out far enough with the soft covers ,fine in summer though, covers off. also just got the overfender kit for it as you get so muddy without them lol, had the mudbuster ones and they worked good but like the looks and fit of the yamaha ones better, havnt had any issues with ground clearance, but might get the rear arm kit for it so they are same as front, that might help with clearance issues, they can suck money outa eh lol, very happy with it though,

I have a right rear OEM axle on my Rmax4 making the same noise when I turn right but when I get 4 people in it stops. 🤷

Need some whip lights Don

Hello Don I would love to tag alone for a ride sometime I am from tweed ontario I just didn't know any other way of contacting you thank

what caused the axles to make noise????

why did you have to contact Yamaha, your dealer should do that???

Thank god its a Yamaha and not a POS CF Moto Chinese crap

Nice video, thanks for making it.