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I was at a friend of mine today, his neighbour had some old sleds in the garage. I asked if I could take a look at his old sleds, he said yeah sure. I found one 1983 Vmax 540 in really bad shape, one 1986 in bad shape. He also had some engineparts in the garage. One case had stamped RT449-010102 and the other case had stamped RT449-010103. Is this parts for the famous SRX 500????? He also had som other engine parts, cylinders, head, chaincase and so on for the Vmax 540.
I gave him a offer for both sleds and the parts, I will get an answer in the next days.

From the Sticky Vin# thread.

1982 SRX/Vmax RT499 in the USA all start with 8R9-001001: 8R9- 001106, 001478, 001480, 001609, 001049, 001063, 001075, 001077, Motors in US or Canada higher than 100's are generally associated with Crate motors from Yamaha for racing or they are re-placement gear boxes used in Canada for updating 1981 SRX's that had recalled ignitions and gear boxes.

1982 SRX/Vmax Rt499 from Canada and Europe all start with 8R9-010101, 010106, 010109, 010119, 010127, 010129, 010131, 010132, 010292, 010419, 010643
1982 SRX/Vmax (Sweden) 010153, 010154, 010156, 010157,

1982 SRX/Vmax Preproduction/prototype motor: RT499-000101

Very, interesting I would contact Jon B. for more info.

I bought both sleds and all the Yamaha sled parts he had. Now I need to drive 400 miles to pick them up. I am not shure what I will do with theese sleds. Maybe restore the 1986 Vmax, and build a vintage drag sled of the 1983 ? There were some SRX 500 (RT499) parts so maybe a SRX/Vmax clone dragsled? I have not decided yet.
Have a nice summer.

400 miles..... you got it bad.....

Picked up the sleds yesterday and got them home. There were 2 spare Vmax 540 cylinders (i have 11 in total now) and a cyl. head, 3 cdi boxes and some other parts. There was also a set of SRX 500 carbs.

Talk to Jon B. yet ?

Yeah, some emails. He wanted to buy the cases with the engine #. Talked with him on the phone 2 weeks ago, but he was very busy so there was no time to talk about the SRX 500 part`s I bought.
If I understad the engine # on the SRX 500 right, what I got is enginecase number 2 & 3 that is produced. Am I right ???
Have to take a look at the carbs I bought. How can I tell if they are for the SRX 500 ?

Measure the bore size, the 82 500 had 42mm venture & 44 mm bore size, the 81 had 38mm venture.

It is 1982 Srx 500 carbs. Was in the garage 5 minutes ago and measured them.

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If I understad the engine # on the SRX 500 right, what I got is enginecase number 2 & 3 that is produced. Am I right ???
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Looks right to me.

The carbs have 8R9 00L and 8R9 00R stamped in to them. So they are SRX 500 Carbs.

Hi Mcbang

do you have an crank for the vmax engine, if you have do you want to sell it?

those srx 500 parts do you want to sell them?

I think there is 5 cranks to the Vmax 540 in the garage. Most of them need to be rebuildt. They are not for sale yet. I need to build up my 3 Vmax 540 engines first before I sell any cranks.
Where do you live Tiutsi ??

mcbang wrote:I think there is 5 cranks to the Vmax 540 in the garage. Most of them need to be rebuildt. They are not for sale yet. I need to build up my 3 Vmax 540 engines first before I sell any cranks.
Where do you live Tiutsi ??

Hi

i live in Tana, have a friend in finland who need a 540crank.
i have an srx 500, you might seen it on facebook or in this forum.

what`s the carbs for the SRX 500 worth???