Who would have thought that Yamaha has been a part of snowmobiling for the past four decades?
It seems like only yesterday that Yamaha brought high-quality, low-cost sleds to North America. With its very first model, Yamaha pioneered oil-injection as standard equipment and showed that technological relevance would be a keystone to its future. While that feature eliminated the need to mix oil and gas when refueling your sled, it was a feature that was somewhat slow to catch on with the other sled makers. Now, of course, you dont have to worry about pre-mixing oil to gas with a Yamaha. You should, however, still occasionally check the oil on a modern day 4stroke Yamaha before heading out for a days ride. In a book celebrating Yamahas 40 years in snow-biz, the publication covers from the 1968 SL350 to the 2008 Nytro. In between those models, youll discover facts and figures about many of Yamahas interesting and historic snowmobilessuch as the unique SnoScoot, the all-conquering Phazer which helped propel Yamaha to number one in sled sales, and the small displacement Worlds Champio
