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?
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* 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?
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* 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?
* 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?
* 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.
