This video needs an update badly. There are at least three companies that make aftermarket upgraded axles now, I have SATV Rhino 2.0's for my RMAX4. The consensus among users on the axles is that they start to bind within the flex limits of the suspension which leads to them cracking the bearing cages and then they will either break immediately or more commonly make noises until the other side of the cage cracks through as well and they suddenly fly apart, sometimes when just driving normally on a flat surface which left users totally confused. Something all the aftermarkets have in addition to greater strength is they are cut to handle sharper angles at the joints without issues. In defense of the stock axles however, I haven't actually installed the Rhinos yet and still have all four of my stock axles at 2k miles of mostly driving like I was rally racing. I already did a combo near front flip into a standard rollover off a corner at about 30mph when I jumped a very unusually steep bridge by accident. The rear on the RMAX4 likes to kick up way more than the front so its easy to land wrong. I had heard the 2 seater doesn't do it and its possibly something to do with the extra load the 4 was intended to have in the rear but I haven't verified that. I drove it home 45 minutes down trails and then high speed roads without issue after rolling it and only had to replace one bar on the roll cage due to it landing so hard on the drivers upper rear corner after flipping. It actually rolled so hard it knocked the passenger rear tire off its bead when that side slammed down but I popped it back on and it was fine. Thankfully its an XTR so I used the included winch creatively to flip myself back upright since I was all alone with no help. Just the stock shoulder belt and seat side bolster panel kept me nice and safe even through I didn't have a helmet on at the time. At another point I was so unexpectedly deep in a very watery mud hole that my butt was getting wet and the passenger front seat base which is removable starting floating around the interior and I just engaged the diff lock and backed out much to the surprise of the ATV's that had just finished getting winched out. No water in the CVT or anything else when I checked it afterwards. These things are really nice and quiet while everything is under water. You almost have to try to get it stuck by taking it through things only lifted stuff should be doing. Totally true that the 2021 models were plagued with various production line problems and major parts availability issues since it was a totally new redesigned model at absolutely the worst time for manufacturing. Like Yamaha literally couldn't get certain parts from suppliers for months without pulling them off the line and making sold unit delivery even later. I was on a list in Jan 2022 and got my unit in mid to late June I think it was. Parts availability is much better now if not totally fixed and thankfully they identified either design or production problems for pretty much all of the 2021 issues and my 2022 despite being essentially the same as a 2021 has been totally trouble free at almost 2000 miles thanks to the fixes. That seems to be the case for most all the 22 model year owners. It is also true that this is a recreation and not a race machine despite being faster and far more capable than most anything that wasn't purpose built for pure sport. It has 108hp and easily hits its 70mph limiter. You can cruise at 55mph on roads without straining it at all. The exceptional capabilities and features and comfort of it are very nice to have over something pure sport so unless you really want a race machine (buy the YXZ in that case) its the perfect balance. Other than getting the rear suspension retuned for better behavior before I kill myself, I have no real complains (a list of petty irritations that could be corrected though) and I'm still happy I bought it. There are several companies now that make complete spring changes for it so I'm still researching what would suit me best.
That's it man, he clearly needs to adapt the machine to either him/environment or both. The fact it's breaking in the first place is incredible for a Yamaha! If it is somehow a design flaw we all better take note as Yamaha only makes mistakes once in a couple years for Christ sake lol now that we've lost Arctic Cat to wall St Greed Yamaha is all we have left
I just rolled my 2018 Yamaha wolverine X4 and I was doing about 25 and I turned sharp to miss a rock and I flopped it o it's driver side my roll cage is bent and my tailgate won't close as I had a tailgate extender on it when I rolled it anyway I thought maybe I could tweak the roll cage back with some redneck enginuity but my machine has oil in the belt drive assembly should I turn it into my insurance company or try fix myself by the way wife wants to k*** me any suggestions would be great 👍
Sorry to here your selling the rmax. I have the two seater rmax, no problems so for with mine. Rudd performance motor sports is working on a turbo kit for the 1000 rmax. One of the main reasons I bought the Yamaha was to have the reliability of a Japanese made bike; you got the lemon. Wish you many years of trouble free riding with your new side x side.
I have a havoc x and the machine is great but simple parts like the axles are a bitch to get. And they are basically a wear item so they should be stocked on shelves
I think all these sxs are overpriced money pits! I wldnt mind having one but for what they cost any issue is ridiculous!! I bought a Honda foreman 500 back in in 2010 and had zero issues….zero!! In 12 years change the oil and filter and put gas in it….period! I hav like 2500 miles on it and use it for hunting and plowing….
I never negatively spoke about the RMAX. I liked the machine. I just gave you the truth of my experience. I can tell you that if you haven't heard of them breaking, you haven't looked hard. They all break, but mine was down for lack of parts more than it was ridable. I am a Yamaha guy, so there is no bias.
Yeah that's fckd up. You have to trade her in for an Rmax 2 seater. Polaris and can am will leave you stranded through burned belts and others transmission failures alone, nevermind legitimately blowing up/bursting into flames outta nowhere on you where you'd be lucky to survive without severe burns. Textron has legitimately destroyed Arctic Cat, but the Wildcat XX is the best money can buy in the catagory. I don't mean to be a fck face at all honestly, but you're going to be so disgusted in the can am. If you're into real wheelin you're fckd. Personally I like how they're snappy sporty but any machine can be tuned like that so the only advantage can am actually has is the factory responding quickly to market demands. I have towed all 6 home myself with my 2008 Arctic Cat 1000 ATV that to this day has never failed never stranded me and blows the doors off even the can am 1000 I ride with, everytime we go out wheelin they ruined the ide with their endless plastic junk, aluminum falling apart, blown engines, burned belts shives cooked, along with the same axles diffs and gears stripped snapped. The electrical problems of a can am are the worst money can buy. Honestly I wish you the best of luck Man and I mean it. M What I have written is not my opinion as it's much worse, as what I wrote this is first hand experience. All but 1 still has their can am renegade. Leaving it 100% stock he still spent big money fixing the problems but he knows it's not the best made machine it's his fun rig he rides when close to home. His real wheelin rig is a 2014 wildcat X 1000 that he snapped a tierod and lost an Axle after he upgraded he said it's bulletproof with 32" rubbers, with over 3090 miles he has replaced the belt 1 time!!! Same as me I should add. No one runs their machines harder hotter for long than myself and yet I replaced 1 belt as it was worn down abit from thousands of miles. I've swamped it 2 times and 1 time didn't even know I had about 3/4 of a gallon of water in the cvt till we all got home and yet it ran flawless. The Yamaha Rmax4 was clearly having teething issues which I agree with you that you c Shouldn't be stuck with the bill and pissed off from bullshit break downs. However any can am will be much worse so get ready lol I've warned everyone, a year or 2 later they've all comeback and admitted yeah they're junk unless it's a city boys machine who doesn't ride hundreds of miles up throughout the mountains, and a city boys rig that puts maybe a couple hundred miles a year as no can am ever made is reliable or built heavy enough to be dependable
You are talking about how bad everything is mean while you have the worst atv ever made artic cat 1000 complete garbage and the wild cat 1000 is ever worse good luck you will need it bro
@@canamdennis6829 actually you're wrong but hey nice try lol it was the specific year of 2004 the 650 Vtwin. It was rushed so much so it's the only Arctic Cat to have a weak frame. And my entire point is that I have an early 1000 and yet it's been bulletproof which is reality not sht talk. Can ams 1000 had all the can am issues along with a beautiful tendency to twist/warp them nice aluminum frames lol Yeah man everything went way over your head pretty much. Important thing is to get the right machine for you and be equipped for your environment. But the truth is Polaris and Can am just are not built to be reliable, don't like that statement talk to them not the rest of us fed up with them and long moved on to better machines
I think all these sxs are overpriced money pits! I wldnt mind having one but for what they cost any issue is ridiculous!! I bought a Honda foreman 500 back in in 2010 and had zero issues….zero!! In 12 years change the oil and filter and put gas in it….period! I hav like 2500 miles on it and use it for hunting and plowing….
This video needs an update badly. There are at least three companies that make aftermarket upgraded axles now, I have SATV Rhino 2.0's for my RMAX4. The consensus among users on the axles is that they start to bind within the flex limits of the suspension which leads to them cracking the bearing cages and then they will either break immediately or more commonly make noises until the other side of the cage cracks through as well and they suddenly fly apart, sometimes when just driving normally on a flat surface which left users totally confused. Something all the aftermarkets have in addition to greater strength is they are cut to handle sharper angles at the joints without issues. In defense of the stock axles however, I haven't actually installed the Rhinos yet and still have all four of my stock axles at 2k miles of mostly driving like I was rally racing.
I already did a combo near front flip into a standard rollover off a corner at about 30mph when I jumped a very unusually steep bridge by accident. The rear on the RMAX4 likes to kick up way more than the front so its easy to land wrong. I had heard the 2 seater doesn't do it and its possibly something to do with the extra load the 4 was intended to have in the rear but I haven't verified that. I drove it home 45 minutes down trails and then high speed roads without issue after rolling it and only had to replace one bar on the roll cage due to it landing so hard on the drivers upper rear corner after flipping. It actually rolled so hard it knocked the passenger rear tire off its bead when that side slammed down but I popped it back on and it was fine. Thankfully its an XTR so I used the included winch creatively to flip myself back upright since I was all alone with no help. Just the stock shoulder belt and seat side bolster panel kept me nice and safe even through I didn't have a helmet on at the time. At another point I was so unexpectedly deep in a very watery mud hole that my butt was getting wet and the passenger front seat base which is removable starting floating around the interior and I just engaged the diff lock and backed out much to the surprise of the ATV's that had just finished getting winched out. No water in the CVT or anything else when I checked it afterwards. These things are really nice and quiet while everything is under water. You almost have to try to get it stuck by taking it through things only lifted stuff should be doing.
Totally true that the 2021 models were plagued with various production line problems and major parts availability issues since it was a totally new redesigned model at absolutely the worst time for manufacturing. Like Yamaha literally couldn't get certain parts from suppliers for months without pulling them off the line and making sold unit delivery even later. I was on a list in Jan 2022 and got my unit in mid to late June I think it was. Parts availability is much better now if not totally fixed and thankfully they identified either design or production problems for pretty much all of the 2021 issues and my 2022 despite being essentially the same as a 2021 has been totally trouble free at almost 2000 miles thanks to the fixes. That seems to be the case for most all the 22 model year owners.
It is also true that this is a recreation and not a race machine despite being faster and far more capable than most anything that wasn't purpose built for pure sport. It has 108hp and easily hits its 70mph limiter. You can cruise at 55mph on roads without straining it at all. The exceptional capabilities and features and comfort of it are very nice to have over something pure sport so unless you really want a race machine (buy the YXZ in that case) its the perfect balance. Other than getting the rear suspension retuned for better behavior before I kill myself, I have no real complains (a list of petty irritations that could be corrected though) and I'm still happy I bought it. There are several companies now that make complete spring changes for it so I'm still researching what would suit me best.
Thanks for the detailed reply. I sold my RMAX and have since moved on to a Maverick RR.
I been waiting for steering column u join over 4 months for my cf moto overland
SuperATV just released their Rhino 2.0 axles for the RMAX yesterday. Aftermarket is coming around.
That's it man, he clearly needs to adapt the machine to either him/environment or both. The fact it's breaking in the first place is incredible for a Yamaha! If it is somehow a design flaw we all better take note as Yamaha only makes mistakes once in a couple years for Christ sake lol now that we've lost Arctic Cat to wall St Greed Yamaha is all we have left
I love Yamaha but I have turned to can am 5 years ago and never looked back
I just bought a 2022 X3 XRS
1500 problem free miles. It definitely cannot ride rough trails at 40 mph but it's a great utility alternative.
I think they have sorted out all the early issues. My machine was one of the very first that came off the line.
I just rolled my 2018 Yamaha wolverine X4 and I was doing about 25 and I turned sharp to miss a rock and I flopped it o it's driver side my roll cage is bent and my tailgate won't close as I had a tailgate extender on it when I rolled it anyway I thought maybe I could tweak the roll cage back with some redneck enginuity but my machine has oil in the belt drive assembly should I turn it into my insurance company or try fix myself by the way wife wants to k*** me any suggestions would be great 👍
It really depends on the existent of the damage. Anything you can face is better then turn it into the insurance.
Sorry to here your selling the rmax. I have the two seater rmax, no problems so for with mine. Rudd performance motor sports is working on a turbo kit for the 1000 rmax. One of the main reasons I bought the Yamaha was to have the reliability of a Japanese made bike; you got the lemon. Wish you many years of trouble free riding with your new side x side.
YOU GOT A LEMON
Smart change, Can Am is great. Disappointing from Yamaha and I own one.
So disappointing to hear about such failures from Yamaha.
I have a havoc x and the machine is great but simple parts like the axles are a bitch to get. And they are basically a wear item so they should be stocked on shelves
I had to Google for axles because I couldnt believe it's that bad and even ebay didnt have a single axle. Yikes.
I still do not have an ETA on a replacement.
Weller racing sells Demon axles they are amazing. Way stronger than stock
They are all overpriced in my opinion.
If they are building new machines, then they can pull an axle off the assembly line to fix yours.
I tried to trade it in on a new one and my dealer wouldn't take it.
@@jmac03black sounds like a dealership problem too
I think all these sxs are overpriced money pits! I wldnt mind having one but for what they cost any issue is ridiculous!! I bought a Honda foreman 500 back in in 2010 and had zero issues….zero!! In 12 years change the oil and filter and put gas in it….period! I hav like 2500 miles on it and use it for hunting and plowing….
I watch tons video on the rmax and read countless comments about the rmax your the only person that down the rmax so what's going on
I never negatively spoke about the RMAX. I liked the machine. I just gave you the truth of my experience. I can tell you that if you haven't heard of them breaking, you haven't looked hard. They all break, but mine was down for lack of parts more than it was ridable. I am a Yamaha guy, so there is no bias.
@@jmac03black that was a quick reply lol hope all gose well on your next purchase
Yeah that's fckd up. You have to trade her in for an Rmax 2 seater.
Polaris and can am will leave you stranded through burned belts and others transmission failures alone, nevermind legitimately blowing up/bursting into flames outta nowhere on you where you'd be lucky to survive without severe burns.
Textron has legitimately destroyed Arctic Cat, but the Wildcat XX is the best money can buy in the catagory.
I don't mean to be a fck face at all honestly, but you're going to be so disgusted in the can am. If you're into real wheelin you're fckd. Personally I like how they're snappy sporty but any machine can be tuned like that so the only advantage can am actually has is the factory responding quickly to market demands. I have towed all 6 home myself with my 2008 Arctic Cat 1000 ATV that to this day has never failed never stranded me and blows the doors off even the can am 1000 I ride with, everytime we go out wheelin they ruined the ide with their endless plastic junk, aluminum falling apart, blown engines, burned belts shives cooked, along with the same axles diffs and gears stripped snapped. The electrical problems of a can am are the worst money can buy.
Honestly I wish you the best of luck Man and I mean it. M
What I have written is not my opinion as it's much worse, as what I wrote this is first hand experience. All but 1 still has their can am renegade. Leaving it 100% stock he still spent big money fixing the problems but he knows it's not the best made machine it's his fun rig he rides when close to home. His real wheelin rig is a 2014 wildcat X 1000 that he snapped a tierod and lost an Axle after he upgraded he said it's bulletproof with 32" rubbers, with over 3090 miles he has replaced the belt 1 time!!! Same as me I should add. No one runs their machines harder hotter for long than myself and yet I replaced 1 belt as it was worn down abit from thousands of miles. I've swamped it 2 times and 1 time didn't even know I had about 3/4 of a gallon of water in the cvt till we all got home and yet it ran flawless.
The Yamaha Rmax4 was clearly having teething issues which I agree with you that you c
Shouldn't be stuck with the bill and pissed off from bullshit break downs. However any can am will be much worse so get ready lol I've warned everyone, a year or 2 later they've all comeback and admitted yeah they're junk unless it's a city boys machine who doesn't ride hundreds of miles up throughout the mountains, and a city boys rig that puts maybe a couple hundred miles a year as no can am ever made is reliable or built heavy enough to be dependable
You are talking about how bad everything is mean while you have the worst atv ever made artic cat 1000 complete garbage and the wild cat 1000 is ever worse good luck you will need it bro
@@canamdennis6829 actually you're wrong but hey nice try lol it was the specific year of 2004 the 650 Vtwin. It was rushed so much so it's the only Arctic Cat to have a weak frame.
And my entire point is that I have an early 1000 and yet it's been bulletproof which is reality not sht talk.
Can ams 1000 had all the can am issues along with a beautiful tendency to twist/warp them nice aluminum frames lol
Yeah man everything went way over your head pretty much. Important thing is to get the right machine for you and be equipped for your environment. But the truth is Polaris and Can am just are not built to be reliable, don't like that statement talk to them not the rest of us fed up with them and long moved on to better machines
I think all these sxs are overpriced money pits! I wldnt mind having one but for what they cost any issue is ridiculous!! I bought a Honda foreman 500 back in in 2010 and had zero issues….zero!! In 12 years change the oil and filter and put gas in it….period! I hav like 2500 miles on it and use it for hunting and plowing….