1978 YAMAHA SSR 440 FULL MOD ALL ORIGINAL & FAST!!!!!!

[PPW1974]

Sick Sled, I'd like to say one of the nicest machines for looks and sound. When you hit it, around 3:30 the chills went right up my back. Awesome.

[fureyaj961]

sick and good looking for the age

[yamahaet6]

thats insane , lucky guy

[codyraab1]

looks like it only does about 40mph on top end :/ but would get to 40mph quick lol nice sled by the way!

[yamaharules163]

@codyraab1 way faster then 40...

[codyraab1]

@yamaharules163 whats the top speed?

[MrFRoDiZle]

Sharp sled!

[TheTurkeyhunter13]

Love the sound! why'd they stop making them?

[kevinnagel68]

We sold our chassis back in 1999 for 800 bucks...

[s10dreamer]

Very nice.Did Yamaha make them for oval or drag racing?

[kevinnagel68]

@s10dreamer Ovals... Mario Ito designed them...

[kevinnagel68]

@s10dreamer They were built for Ovals... Mario Ito Designed...

[bretski1967]

what a beauty thanks for sharing

[going4brokeoffroad]

Would love to have one of those!!! We have a 78 SRX original that we race and a 74 GPX 433 Mod sled

[Logementos]

That sled is "cool" in some many ways. A modern sled is never as interesting as the vintage ones, Greetings from Sweden!

[prsjoe]

Beautiful machine , polished and painted to perfection and you must be bursting with pride to own one . A friend dragraced one back in 1978 and was undefeated . It looked and sounded nasty . I don't know where it went after a few seasons of racing . I think he paid $5000 in 1978 for it .

[rotax7804]

My friend John sold two of them just like that to a gentelmen in the U.P of Michigan. The guy owns a Yamaha dealership in Greenviile. One is on display in the showroom , i happen to come accross it while sledding over that way.

[planskateboarding]

It sounds like it might be running a bit rich

[planskateboarding]

It sounds lie it might be running a bit rich

[skyblueeyes4u]

Stunning example of a very sweet and oh so rare sled, Very Very nice!!!! Always loved these and the Cat Z's an Polaris Rxl's And the Sno Pro Doo's . When I was little my father sold Polaris Sleds and we had a 650 Starfire factory race sled. That hooked me I guess. Your sled is fantastic. :) All big giant smile's :) :) :) -Chris

[joecobra1234]

nice but next time ,how about taking it for a 1200ft run,you afraid it will seize up?

[yamaharules163]

whoever dislikes this video (if anyone) should be pinned to the ground and have the picked track spun on him this is a amazing sled

[SensiShaw]

Two words bro Bad Ass

[twostrokeornill1]

Great vid man- What do you know about a rare 292 twin water cooled Yamaha racer ? 1973 or so. Twin pipe /dual carb, All stock !! Any ideas ?

[91xc400]

completely beautiful sled this thing must freakin' rip the power to weight ratio is almost scary this is by far the cleanest non restored sled out there. it looks like it just got taken out of the crate i like the IFS too.

[hdcuz1]

Boy, get her up to temp and i bet she comes alive. sounded a bit cold and man what a smoke trail, is that factory setting on the oil pump correct. Sounds good and what a cherry of a sled.

[cobaltme]

Thank you all, your very kind. I'm a little lax about getting back about some comments so here goes. One it's not missing or lean, it was the mic on my camera breaking down, the seat is original as is the entire sled, when I removed the seat to polish the tunnel there was a piece of original plastic that protected it in shipping, I have that at home, the skis are also original. The motor is a 440cc liquid cooled twin. They say it had 100 HP and weighed 300 LBS, now for next winter WOT!

[mercmarc]

@cobaltme Im thinking all the fans of this sled would like to see a few test runs of this sleds performance. If you need a test pilot i will volunteer free of charge.

[mwhite74]

I just had an eargasm and an eyegasm. AMAZING! Thanks cobaltme!

[dooalittledippsy]

Are they the original skis? The front of them seem to stick out a fair bit?  That is one beautiful machine!!!

[MrMagical420]

beautiful sled!

[ThumperCT]

Awesome Machine!!! I had one back in 85! It was the only sled that threw me off and ran me over! It was a handful!!! I would love to own one again! This rocket looks like it's fresh out of the box... Fine example!!! Totally the way it came! Thanks for showing off the loudest, crispiest sled I have ever enjoyed!!!!!!

[wisconstud]

met a guy in new berlin that had several of the greatest yammies ever and sold them all, still tinkers with gpxs. and still has a good collection of parts. i believe his name was pat majors

[eurotrends2010]

beautiful that is all...

[kvnnagel]

@crombieposterboy It was a factory seat, all designed By Ito to beat the polaris RXL's of the day on the track... this one was always our favorite too, Orst Turgeon bought ours . And I wish it never got sold. I still have a complete front End here. Maybe I'll build a clone with it someday.

[kvnnagel]

Looks great. we sold ours back in  2000. Ours was Dennis Clarkes old 440,

[blaine509]

sounds mean!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kreutzergovan]

i love the yammies i have quite a few my self sounds a little lean but could just be the audio on the cam awesome sled tho

[bodizone1]

Hey, I truly appreciate this video! I am from Ontario, canada, and actually got to experience these sleds run from the factory back in '78 in Kinross, Michigan, part of the circuit of factory teams back in the day. At the time, my uncle ran a gpx 433, but it wasnt the SSR! His good friend also ran the sault ste. marie, mich.1-500 many times with an ssr. Brings back great memeories. Many thanks!

[jimsvectorgt]

Awesome sled!!!!

[bob22585]

i know of four other ones

[80malibu80]

Really nice sled there.I showed my father in law this video.He had one back in the day.Went to race it,and flipped it straight over and busted the handle bars off.Never rode it again. He sold it to a guy in BC Canada for a $1000 however many years ago.Was cool listen to his story. he said no sled would touch it.Tones of power.Im working on his 79 srx 440 right now. Not restoring it but just to ride it.Its pretty beat up.........He said he was the only one he knew that had an SSR 440 .cheers

[TheTRJG]

what a beaut



[mercmarc]

What a beauty! And independent front trailing arm suspension! What were they thinking not staying with this setup and going with that retarded pogo stick setup? Only thing is it seems that engine would get hot with no hood vents, or is it liquid cooled?

[netefrog]

@mercmarc

Man, obviously its LQ. You more or less answered your own question, theres no hood vents, so???

[mercmarc]

What a beauty! And independent front trailing arm suspension! What were they thinking not staying with this setup and going with that retarded pogo stick setup?

[MultiSkidoo]

Nice ! Nice ! Nice !

[saskatoonsafetyguy]

Totally SICK sled! The true glory days of racing! Thanks for posting!

[maico125]

That could just be the best looking sled ever built. (maybe the 81 Ski doo sno pro).

What he hell happened to Yamaha? Now they make 4 stroke anchors. Yamaha are you reading this!!!

[danielthibault]

superbe machine  your a lucky!!

[shawnyboie]

i find it hard to believe it's original

[gbramson1]

I remember when they came out and were on the Jackson Track !! Loved em !!

[danielthibault]

very great machine wow! awesome snowmobile

[pschocker]

Man, that takes me back. I was so into Sno Pro back in the seventies.  By the way, that thing sounded like it was absolutely screaming. How high did you spin it there? Sounded like 9k plus.

[yamaharules163]

sexy machine!

[cobaltme]

Thanks All,

My main effort now is to get a rolling video but will have to find an open area that has no cops! It's really loud when your on it. I hope when I get back we can do this. At 300lbs and 100hp I'd think it should stay up with the new sleds if not go by, maybe will be able to check that box off later to. Thanks.

[yamerhammer74]

@cobaltme lets see it go on the ice its a beautiful sled and deserves a coiuple hot laps at 10200 rpms

[mazmike1275]

@cobaltme , Very nice sled! I remember my dad having a GP 433, I had a 83 SS 440 Loved it with i coild find one in good shape to restore and save....

[ramblnman24]

one of my all time favorite sleds! my favorite was a 1977 srx 440a i think they had to build 200 units to race these didn,t they?but anyways..what a beautiful machine! you are a very fortunate man.

[toocheaptosmoke]

Nice man, she sounds sweet!

[sledrz]

Sounds awesome, nice machine.

[skyypilot]

WOW! Super nice sled and great job on the video! I've have a few sled videos but I think yours is better than my videos. That thing sounds like my 1975 Kawasaki H2 - video in a month or so. Sweet!

[adsc2006]

That is one nice sled!

[dhonda200]

wow!!! ive been waiting for someone to post a vid like that i gota 1971 yamaha 292 im planing to mod. will ur 440 keep up with modern sleds?

[yamerhammer74]

@dhonda200 cool sled and very rare Yamahas Rule

[VintageSkiDooRacer1]

that is one sweet sled,

Take it for a RIP