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Standing Chariot-Style. The attractions of snowmobiling are high mobility (up to 50 m.p.h. on the flat), low cost (from $695 to $1,975), and ease of operation. The vehicles start like an outboard motor, are tractioned by rear tanklike belt treads, and steered by handle bars attached to two front-running skis. On steep downhill runs, they give the driver all the thrills he can handle; yet, piloted sensibly, they are relatively safe. In a spill, the driver is usually thrown clear into soft snow, and the snowmobile stops as soon as his hands release the throttle...
...motors going." But complaints will not make them go away. There are just too many people who like to go skiing while sitting down. Sales are doubling each year, and some enthusiasts are even predicting that some day when prices get lower, snowmobiles will outnumber small outboard motorboats. "That may be optimistic," says one manufacturer, "but look at it this way: there are a lot more square miles of snow than there are of beatable water...
...million in sales for the year ending Aug. 31, up $15.4 million from fiscal '65. Net profits are up $3,500,000 for the same period. In addition to cycles and cars, Honda produces a profitable range of products including small trucks, multipurpose engines, portable generators, power tillers, outboard motors and lawn mowers. Honda's plans for the future include a full range of automobiles and an airplane engine...
...slam a car door too loudly. France confiscates automobiles that repeat noise violations. The rubber, plastic-or leather-guarded garbage can is commonplace in London, Paris and Berlin-an improvement that could hush Manhattan's most characteristic and deafening early-morning sound. Bermuda has instituted the quiet motorbike. Outboard motors are losing their bark; truck mufflers that kill the roar are available...
...machine and modern dental equipment. Convinced that there was no "better way for the people to help themselves," Father Dan criss-crossed Peru by Jeep, plane and riverboat, set up more nonprofit unions. To date, his unions have loaned a total of $59 million for purchases of everything from outboard motors to fertilizer...