Patent ID: 8430197

Claim:
A snow vehicle comprising: a track belt unit having an endless track belt; an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit and including a cylinder head; a fuel tank arranged to store therein fuel to be supplied to the engine; a seat upon which a rider sits, the seat arranged to at least partially overlap a rear portion of the fuel tank in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle and a front portion of the fuel tank is arranged above the seat in a vertical direction of the snow vehicle; a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached, the steering mechanism including a steering shaft; a handlebar section coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism and adapted to be gripped by a rider, the handlebar section coupled to a top end of the steering shaft; and a frame including a steering shaft support arranged at a top of the frame, the steering shaft support arranged to support the steering shaft for pivotal movement; wherein the handlebar section and a rear end of the cylinder head are in generally the same position in the longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle; and in a lateral side view of the snow vehicle, a top of the cylinder head is positioned directly under the steering shaft support; wherein the at least a portion of the fuel tank overlaps the cylinder head in the longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle by more than half a longitudinal width of the cylinder head; and the cylinder head is inclined toward a rear of the snow vehicle.