NO SRX THIS YEAR

Snowmobile West Magazine - January 1982
Merle Karst, senior vice president and director for Yamaha snowmobiles, announced on November 20th, 1981 that the 1983 model SRX500 snowmobile from Yamaha will not be released to the general consumer this season.
"We tested the 1982 SRX500 during the spring and summer of 1981 and things looked very promising at that time," Karst said, and we went ahead with production plans and produced a limited number of SRX's.  But before they were released, we conducted testing in Montana and Alaska and found that they did not meet our expectations for durability and overall trailability and therefore we made the decision not to burden the loyal SRX customers with them.  Karst said, Yamaha will continue testing The SRX and continue looking for improvements.  He said the company will continue with The SRX in the future.