Exactly! Same scenario for SxS's. The wife wants one for the house up north, I said no way, I can buy one hell of a nice, newer, used, mid sized truck, and be way more comfortable and have an extended fuel range, for the same price. Not to mention better resale, when we sell the truck. Ski

There will be a brown bill in it for you if its still there.     

Yamaha uses a version of the 1049 in their PWCs.       

Is Yamaha still producing the 1049?   What do you mean by this statement?

The 998 is gone      Arctic Cat built less than 300 9000 Series sleds for MY26.     Yamaha is moving on from the 998 even in the SxS after this year.