Patent ID: 8408348

Claim:
A snowmobile comprising: a pair of left and right skis on a front side of a vehicle body, a steering shaft disposed on a front of a saddle seat for steering the skis, an engine mounted in a cowling that covers the front side of the vehicle body, an air box disposed above the cylinder head of the engine, a fuel tank disposed above a crankcase of the engine, and a crawler disposed below the saddle seat in a rear side of the vehicle body for driving the snowmobile, wherein the engine is mounted by inclining a cylinder axis thereof forward so that a cylinder head of the engine is positioned below a horizontal line passing through an upper end of a track housing that covers the crawler, in side view; the steering shaft is disposed on the front of the cylinder head of the engine; an upper end of the steering shaft is disposed on the front of a vertical line passing through an axial center of a crankshaft of the engine, in side view; the fuel tank is disposed on a front side of the saddle seat; and the air box is disposed on a front side of the fuel tank with a portion of the air box being disposed on a front side of the steering shaft.