This epic event will run from February 9, 2025, to February 15, 2025, and is open to bidders in the US or Canada.

This collectible snowmobile will come with a hand-built, custom crate, showcasing the last Sidewinder SRX as it makes its grand appearances at major snowmobile events throughout the season. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity!

See below for rules and regulations:

1. All bidders must have a credit card on file so we can put a hold on their card for the potential buyer fee.
2. If the card cannot sustain the hold, the bid will not be processed.
3. If the buyer backs out of the purchase at no fault of the seller or the vehicle, we will not refund the buyer’s fee, and they are banned from all future BaT auctions.
4. The buyer is responsible for the cost and logistics of collecting the vehicle. However, Yamaha will assist in that process.

To sign up as a registered bidder, please visit bringatrailer.com.

As part of Yamaha’s special salute to its last year of snowmobile production, Sidewinder and Viper models will come with special final edition badging along with select special finishes including an anodized color-matching adjustable 4.5-inch handle riser.

The iconic Sidewinder SRX will also have its production capped at 998 snowmobiles and its special badging will identify the unique production number ranging from 001 through to 998.

The Sidewinder M-TX LE will also make its final mountain comeback and the Sidewinder X-TX LE will feature Electronic Power Steering. There’s also plenty of other sleds available for 2025 decked out with Yamaha’s innovation over the last 57 years.

Consumers placing early deposits on 2025 Sidewinder and Viper models receive a 1-year factory warranty, plus a 3-year Yamaha Motor Protection Plan.

Spring Power Surge runs through to March 29, 2025

AJ gives a quick summary of the updates to the 2024 Yamaha snowmobile lineup, then he takes a quick look at what Polaris is offering for 2024.

Then Luke and Mark have a look at how the Ski-Doo Neo line appeals to a variety of riders and has brought their family closer together.

Then in TEST RIDE, Mike covers off yet another iteration of the turbocharged Sidewinder and explores the differences between the pre-order L-TX LE versus the in-season L-TX SE looking at what would entice a Yamaha buyer to lay down his money to order one of these bad boys during Spring Power Surge.

Then we join Mike as he travels to Franklin County, NY to ride the fields, forests and foothills surrounding the Adirondack mountains.

Then Mark wraps wraps things up with his TEST RIDE of the 2023 Sidewinder L-TX SE, Yamaha’s powerful, yet budget friendly trail cruiser.

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So far, Yamaha’s crossover lineup has been focused on the SideWinder X-TX. This super powerful, turbocharged 3-cylinder long-tracker (146-inch) has been targeted at what has become one of the largest new-sled segments in the business.

No negatives on the performance of the X-TX – it’s a powerful, sophisticated piece of equipment that can handle both deep snow and trails with a lot of finesse – especially if the rider is strong, experienced and fearless. All areas of deep snow prowess are evidenced in the X-TX – deep snow mobility, flotation, tons of track-spinning power and decent climb-out. So why do they need a 2-stroke?

Sales numbers can confirm the deep snow market craves the lightness and maneuverability of a 2-stroke and Yamaha knows this – demonstrated by the return of the Mountain Max. Perhaps, when you factor in that a percentage of crossover sleds live their lives on groomed trails and lakes, the 4-stroke X-TX makes perfect sense. However, there’s a growing herd of riders who buy a 146-incher to specifically go off-trail on the flatlands, foothills and in powdery meadows.

Now, we don’t want to avoid the elephant in the room here. Arctic Cat builds some really good crossover sleds – the RIOT and the RIOT X. The plain vanilla RIOT is the closest to a true dual-purpose crossover you’ll ever get – great on trails, great in the deep stuff. You can even get it with from-the-handlebars adjustable suspension damping.

The RIOT X equipped with the single beam Alpha One rear skid is a powder junkie and pushes the limits of the definition of “crossover”. This semi-mountain sled, however, does fulfill the dreams of a certain more off-trail-serious type of rider and Cat sells more than a few to those kinds of riders.

We believe it would make tremendous sense to keep the turbocharged 4-stroke Sidewinder X-TX in the line-up but give the Yamaha customer the option of a dual purpose 2-stroke, too.

Our guess is that Yamaha has had this discussion at least once over the last two or three years and it makes sense Yamaha would want a piece of that market – and we all know where the company would go to get sleds like that. Frankly, we’d stand and applaud a move like that.