TallCool1
03-13-2002, 01:06 PM
Like they say, some things never change. *Thumbing through some of my old sled magazines, and some of the articles and rumors from AMERICAN SNOWMOBILER, Sep 1995, are the things we've been talking about here lately:
* Sep '87 * "...Honda preparing 750cc, four-stroke...based in
* * * * * * * * Sault Ste. Marie, MI."
* Spring '88 *"Honda spies were said to be seen on a hilltop
* * * * * * * * overlooking Yamaha's test site. *...West Yellow-
* * * * * * * * stone, it was claimed that Honda engineers clad
* * * * * * * * in white suits were seen testing all-white
* * * * * * * * vehicles."
* Sep '89 * "...the Cadillac car goup as a potential sponsor of
* * * * * * * * a racing sled? *Does this mean there could be a
* * * * * * * * Cadillac pickup down the road? *We'll believe this
* * * * * * * * one when we see it." *Boy, should they be eating
* * * * * * * * crow now about the truck comment?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?
* Nov '89 * Yamaha..."by 1993 at the latest when a V-4 top
* * * * * * * * gun entry may make its debut." *Close, but not
* * * * * * * * quite.
* Jan '93 * *"...it would seem that Yamaha is serious about
* * * * * * * * staying in the marketplace...Yamaha going away
* * * * * * * * from the TSS and trying on a trailing arm unit."
* Nov '94 * "Honda claims to have met the future emissions
* * * * * * * * levels already. *Does that mean Honda might be
* * * * * * * * able to bring us a snowmobile with 4-stroke tech-
* * * * * * * * nology any time soon?" *Who would have thought
* * * * * * * * Yammi would have been the first?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?
* Sep '95 * Regarding Collett's 900, "...found them virtually in-
* * * * * * * * destructable. *We can't imagine riding again w/out
* * * * * * * * using Collett Communicators."
* Jan '94 * The inaugural Grand 500 near Brainerd, MN, had
* * * * * * * * to be rerouted to mostly lakes due to mother
* * * * * * * * nature not producing enough snow for the typical
* * * * * * * * cross country race.
Just thought some of these were interesting with all the speculation recently on the new sleds, and poor snow of this
winter.
* Sep '87 * "...Honda preparing 750cc, four-stroke...based in
* * * * * * * * Sault Ste. Marie, MI."
* Spring '88 *"Honda spies were said to be seen on a hilltop
* * * * * * * * overlooking Yamaha's test site. *...West Yellow-
* * * * * * * * stone, it was claimed that Honda engineers clad
* * * * * * * * in white suits were seen testing all-white
* * * * * * * * vehicles."
* Sep '89 * "...the Cadillac car goup as a potential sponsor of
* * * * * * * * a racing sled? *Does this mean there could be a
* * * * * * * * Cadillac pickup down the road? *We'll believe this
* * * * * * * * one when we see it." *Boy, should they be eating
* * * * * * * * crow now about the truck comment?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?
* Nov '89 * Yamaha..."by 1993 at the latest when a V-4 top
* * * * * * * * gun entry may make its debut." *Close, but not
* * * * * * * * quite.
* Jan '93 * *"...it would seem that Yamaha is serious about
* * * * * * * * staying in the marketplace...Yamaha going away
* * * * * * * * from the TSS and trying on a trailing arm unit."
* Nov '94 * "Honda claims to have met the future emissions
* * * * * * * * levels already. *Does that mean Honda might be
* * * * * * * * able to bring us a snowmobile with 4-stroke tech-
* * * * * * * * nology any time soon?" *Who would have thought
* * * * * * * * Yammi would have been the first?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif?
* Sep '95 * Regarding Collett's 900, "...found them virtually in-
* * * * * * * * destructable. *We can't imagine riding again w/out
* * * * * * * * using Collett Communicators."
* Jan '94 * The inaugural Grand 500 near Brainerd, MN, had
* * * * * * * * to be rerouted to mostly lakes due to mother
* * * * * * * * nature not producing enough snow for the typical
* * * * * * * * cross country race.
Just thought some of these were interesting with all the speculation recently on the new sleds, and poor snow of this
winter.