THE 1980 YAMAHA SS440

All new for Yamaha for their 1980 Snowmobile lineup was the SS440.
   The SS440 had a new fan cooled 440cc engine which was mounted lower in the frame, resulting in a snowmobile that had remarkable handling and control.  To top it of, the SS440 is 15 pounds lighter than the 440 Exciter.  It had many features which the Exciter does not have.
   Yamaha claimed, "when you go out to make fresh tracks in the snow, make them with the freshest snowmobile on snow."