1994 Yamaha Vmax 600

snowmoer said:

I have a 96 model. The motor is solid and has a lot of power for a close to 30 year old sled. The front suspension is not the best. The upgraded rear will help a lot! They are also real heavy! Make sure you have fuel stops planned out. For just trail riding, I get about 8-10 MPG. I keep mine as a classic as the 96 was the last year for the TSS suspension. It is a fun sled to zip around on when the trails are not trashed.

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Great thanks! Do those upgrades look good to you? Not sure what racing pipes are lol

Cole80 said:

Not sure what racing pipes are

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They're probably loud. If you go with it see if the stock exhaust is available.

I had a 94 V-Max 600. Great sled, wish I still had it.

If it's as you say I would think $1500 is a good price.

Don~

Last year for the POGO frontend...IMO...Look for a 97 with trailing arm suspension...Night and day difference in the ride...I had one of each back in the day...Preferred the 97...

save your money buy a rev. Last year I had a mint 2000 s chassis with e start and reverse and a complete rebuild from a good shop. It needed a track but I found one guy willing to pay 1500. At least with a rev get a 600 carb it will ride decent and can still get parts unlike the vmax. They were good sleds those yamis but parts are the problem

Hard on gas and with the twins you're looking at 50 miles to the tank.

ToTheBar said:

save your money buy a rev. Last year I had a mint 2000 s chassis with e start and reverse and a complete rebuild from a good shop. It needed a track but I found one guy willing to pay 1500. At least with a rev get a 600 carb it will ride decent and can still get parts unlike the vmax. They were good sleds those yamis but parts are the problem

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This. ⬆
Modded, exhaust mod so it's probably illegal for all but your own property, no parts to be found, too much money.

FYI,

1996 is not the last year model of the pogo stick front end. There was a VMax-4 in 1997, also sold as a 1998 model in some parts of the world. The pogo sticks were also used in the VK540 long after that.

Also, I am not sure I agree it will be much easier to get parts for a REV compared to that 1996 VMax 600...It's commonly known amongst vintage nuts that Ski-Doo is probably the worst brand for discontinuing parts early...With Yamaha, at least some of the common service parts and wear parts still exist some 30 years later. Out of my little collection, the 1993 VMax-4 is probably the one that still has most parts in stock and even in production...

Its probably a better sled than the other one you were looking at. Honestly those old Vmax’s are pretty reliable machines. Primary clutch is week point. The exhaust will be a problem if you want to trail ride. It is heavy, but most are. Not sure why people think there will be a parts problem, they made lots of these, still lots around for sale. I wouldn’t worry about that part of it more than any other sled.

If you want a trail sled though, you would be better to put together a bit more money and get something newer. Just getting into the late 90s/early 2000s will get you a much more advanced sled.

Honestly, similar to the other you looked at, I don’t really like the way the add is written, makes me think its a young guy selling it, and overselling just a bit. Removed estart and reverse to save weight? Thats a bad move if its even true. Everything tuned for extra power blah blah, he’s aiming right at the young guy buying his first sled lol. It may be fine regardless.

I would be concerned about reliability with something that heavily modded and would pass on it.

awful knawful said:

Hard on gas and with the twins you're looking at 50 miles to the tank.

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Had a 95 version. My record was 68 miles to a tank. And I mean it ran dry on the trail. Left Ferme Neuve in Quevec and failed to make it to Maniwaki. Cool sled but mine just ate gas.

I had that exact same sled but bone stock. It handled like it was on rails but no suspension. And yeah it was thirsty. It would use more gas than my buddies 1998 Mach Z when we rode together. For $1500 I’d give it a go. A $1500 REV is likely to be a pile.

Run Forest Run!!!!!

I've got a 1995 Mountain max (red) with 446 original mile and sucks gas. Very cool and fun sled to ride though

One other thing to consider is unless your going to do all the repairs yourself, how close is a Yamaha dealer to you for parts /repairs? Not that you spend half your day driving to a dealer to get it fixed when needed. Maybe that isn’t an issue to you, but time is money. Yamaha dealers are not as popular in most areas anymore I’d have to assume.


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