Patent ID: 7523799

Claim:
A snowmobile comprising: a vehicle frame; a track belt to which driving force is transferred from an engine mounted on the vehicle frame; a guide rail guiding the track belt; a frontal connecting member rotatably connected to the vehicle frame and the guide rail in a front end of the snowmobile; a rear connecting member rotatably connected to the vehicle frame and the guide rail in a rear end of the snowmobile; a link mechanism connected to the frontal connecting member and the guide rail, the link mechanism including a first link member rotatably connected to the frontal connecting member, and a second link member rotatably connected to the first link member and the guide rail; a first connecting member; a second connecting member; and a shock absorber connected to the link mechanism and the rear connecting member; wherein the shock absorber is rotatably connected to the first link member or the second link member via said first connecting member, and the first connecting member is provided above said second connecting member which connects the guide rail and the second link member.