Patent ID: 7353899

Claim:
A snowmobile comprising a vehicle body, an engine disposed at a front portion of the vehicle body, the engine comprising at least one cylinder, a steering handle, an air intake system comprising an air cleaner, a track belt provided at a rear side of the vehicle body, said track belt being driven by the engine, a left-right pair of skis provided at front portions of said vehicle body, said skis being steered by an operation on the steering handle, and a steering shaft operatively connecting the steering handle and the skis, wherein the at least one cylinder of said engine is inclined rearwards, the steering shaft extends forwardly of said engine, and the air intake system is disposed rearwardly of said at least one cylinder; and wherein said air cleaner comprises an air cleaner case, an upper chamber; a lower chamber; an air filtering element disposed between the upper chamber and the lower chamber, a plurality of air intake pipes operatively connected said lower chamber, and a set plate having a connection portion and a plurality of flange portions connected to each other by said connection portion; wherein said intake pipes are attached to the air cleaner case using the set plate.