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Article: It's electrifying: the evolution of snowmobile electrical systems.(TECH PROFESSOR)
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- Snow Goer
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- February 1, 2006
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Last fall, Snow Goer Editor Tim Erickson and I were standing in a corner of my garage looking at a 1960 Ski-Doo SK-60. The machine is serial number 190 of 229 of the first Ski-Doos that were mass produced. The graceful, 5-foot long birch skis and the incredibly simple, utilitarian design of the device are impressive.
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What is really missing on that old Ski-Doo is the application of electricity. The Kohler K-161P, four-stroke engine produced 7 HP at 3600 RPM. The engine's magneto produced enough electricity to spark the plug but had no lighting coils in it to supply electricity for any other purpose. Light would have been nice.
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