MICHIGAN NO. 1 IN SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATIONS

October 1983 - Annandale, VA - Michigan continues to lead all states in snowmobile registrations, with nearly as many machines as the next two states - Minnesota and Wisconsin - put together.
   Michigan snowmobilers had 386,391 registered machines in 1982, according to a North American 'Snowmobile Registration Survey.
   The survey, taken by the International Snowmobile Industry Association, listed 1,415,031 registered machines in 30 North American states, and an additional 558,084 in the provinces of Canada.
   The numbers compiled do not reflect the unregistered snowmobiles currently in use throughout the snowbelt.
   In describing the total population of snowmobiles in use, ISA will use the estimates of 2,000,000 in the US, and 700,000 snowmobiles in Canada.

OMC CARB TO CUT FUEL USE

February 1974 - Milwaukee - Outboard Marine Corporation has developed a new carburetor expected to effect dramatic fuel consumption reductions and has announced that it will offer its engineering and design specification records on the carburetor to any other snowmobile manufacturer.
  The carburetor, called the Fuelmiser, is expected to reduce fuel consumption by up to 58% in comparison to the same snowmobile engine equipped with a standard carburetor.
   The Fuelmiser's accelerator pump injects a small, carefully metered amount of gasoline into the air stream in the carburetor each time the throttle lever is depressed. Thus fuel enrichment occurs only as the engine accelerates from idle to a higher speed, rather continually even at idle , as with standard carburetors

1979 SNOWMOBILE SALES JUMPS 46%

October 1979 - The International Snowmobile Association (ISIA) reported that 1979 snowmobile sales of the 1979 model snowmobiles jumped 46% higher than the sales 1978 models.
   Total retail sales of all new snowmobiles, including earlier year models from inventory, climbed 18% above the levels of the previous year. Sales increase was most vigorous in the U.S. where a 24% increase was noted, ISIA reported. New retail sales in Canada were about the same as the previous year.
   Snowmobile production for the past year climbed nearly 47% to a total of 268,000 units.

BRAINERD - MINNESOTA'S SNOWMOBILE CAPITOL

BRAINERD, MINNESOTA
Advertisement - Mid 1970's
*Over 350 miles of groomed marked trails - All a full 8 feet wide.
*Over 600 lakes in the area.. for ice fishing or flat out running.
*Over 1000 rooms in 50 resorts and motels catering to a great bunch of snowmobilers

1977 KAWASAKI SNOJET

December 1976 - No sled is that light, not even ours, as stated by Kawasaki.
Must be another one of those Kawasaki SnoJet rumors.
Ever since word first got out that Kawasaki bought SnoJet, stories have been spreading.
*Stories about our speed.
*Stories about our stamina.
*Stories about our feather like handling. - Now, it's true that Kawasaki bought SnoJet, and made 61 changes.

THE 1986 SKI-DOO LINE-UP

THE VISION OF SNOWMOBILES SIXTY YEARS AGO

While the approach to riding two-up was appealing, the potential for large wheels was greatly reduced by the demand for long travel and hence for smaller suspension components. It was a wonder how the dreamers behind the design expected the thing to turn.

1976 MOTO-SKI SONIC

THIS IS WHAT MOTO-SKI SAID ABOUT THE 1976 SONIC - The Sonic 250 and 340.  Race it on the oval, right out of the crate. (The Sonic placed 1-2 in total points last season in USSA - Central Division Stock II.)
   Let it loose in open country. (Built for speed and endurance, it'll leave just about everything behind.)
   What you see is what you get.  A hot stock, powered by Bombardier's own Rotax engine.  A sled that's ready for race when you are.

ADVANTAGES OF TORQUE AXIS ARMS

September 1988 - The question is, "What Level of Performance Increase Can One Expect From Them", and also,  What negative effect might they have?
   The most significant advantage of a torque arm are improved belt life and better acceleration.  Because the engine is mounted on rubber bushings that reduce vibration to the frame, it is possible for it to shift during acceleration.  When this happens the clutch can come misaligned and speed up belt wear. With a torque arm in place, the amount of engine movement is regulated by the tension on the torque arm.  Generally top-end performance will not change unless a machine was way out of alignment before installing the torque arm.
   One danger with torque arms is over-tightening .  If the cushioning affect is taken out of the motor mounts, all of the vibration will be transferred to the chassis and this result in a cracked frame.  A properly adjusted torque arm should allow the engine to move up or down, but not twist.  There shoould be no tension of the arm while the machine is sitting still.

HALVORSON DROPS RACE TEAM

Duluth, Minnesota - November 1971: Halvorson, Inc., Ski-Doo snowmobile distributor based in Duluth, has announced the termination of its snowmobile racing team beginning with the 1971-72 season to allow a greater effort to be placed at the dealer level in racing.
   The distributor of Ski-Doo snowmobiles in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois and the upper Peninsula of Michigan also said it would maintain its racing research and development center to help dealers establish racing programs for the season ahead.