Origin of TSS?

[xsivhp]

OriLooks a lot like it ... what does everyone think??

http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/jdsleds/images/prototypes/prototypes.html

 

[Yamahammer485]

Ya, looks alot like the TSS

Werent they using similar desgins in aviation at the time, like for landing gear, which was relatively the same desgin on that.

 

[yamaholic22]

Very similar design to yamaha's TSS, both are undoubtedly derivatives of motorcycle fork technology.

 

[xsivhp]

I guess polaris bought out John Deere's snowmobile line ..... I wonder what happened to it?

 

[Vmax540]

Very interesting.... ! Too bad J.D. didn't continue with the Wildfire ! Patent 1983 Yamaha's T.S.S. was already out for 2+ years !

 

[iahacker]

I had the first TSS Yamaha sled made being a 1980 SRV. It was charcoal metalic with blue reflective trim. Back then they used to advertise that the suspension was derived from fighter jet landing gear. If I remember right, they used to have ads showing the sleds sitting in front of a fighter jet.