Tag: quad

The icon turns 20 and Yamaha celebrates in style. It seems like only yesterday to your ATVC editors, but somehow it’s been two full decades since Yamaha unleashed the YFZ450R upon a world that was ready to return to stock ATV performance after being teased by the potential in models like the Raptor 660R and […] More »

Several all-new trail and app features have been added to the onX Offroad platform. onX Offroad GPS, the leading navigation app for off-road enthusiasts, is excited to share a new suite of trail and map features being rolled out. At the forefront of the app updates is the new Guided Trails Rating System, the four-tiered […] More »

Yamaha awarded over a million dollars in grants for 2023. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, is proud to announce the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) contributed over $1 million in grant awards in 2023, marking the largest annual funding total since the program’s inception in 2008. This significant increase, nearly double from the previous year, reaffirms […] More »

CDI readings range for the Xpress. Dear ATVC: I have a Polaris 300 Xpress making no spark. The coil and stator readings are all within limits but I can’t find anywhere what the resistance readings for the CDI should come in around. Will someone please tell me what those reading should be? Thanks in advance. […] More »

This is how you crash without even being on the quad. Hill climbs are one thing. Rock climbs are something else. Now, not only are you fighting gravity on a steep slope, you’re clawing for every bit of available traction across slippery, ancient mineral deposits. Factor in a small mountain brook and you have the […] More »

Where there’s smoke, there’s oil. Dear ATVC: Hello again. I purchased a used Coleman AT125-UT that was not running. Replaced spark plug, and carb. The ATV will crank and is really hard to get started now. What’s concerning to me is there is smoke coming from spark plug hole when being cranked. Once running (and […] More »

Because someone ha to go first. Let’s face it – in every riding group someone has to be the first to try out the sketchy bits. Sometimes we call this bravery, other times foolishness. This week’s clip is proof of this age-old process in action. Some puddles are deeper than they look!