A Honda 250R only by name. Dear ATVC: I read with great interest your look back at the Kawasaki Tecates and wondered about something. See, I was pretty young when the 2-strokes disappeared but remember clearly my local track’s gate filled with Honda 250Rs and nothing else for years (all the way until the race […] More »

So close but so far away. Dear ATVC: Original problem: Been sitting up for a while, says Check Engine and Hot immediately after turning the key (engine tries to but fails to turn over). Figured I might get a OBDII code reader to check the diagnostic codes. Replaced fuel injector already, probably going to replace […] More »

Howls of the Teryx in the desert. Deep in the desolate desert congregate a crowd of off-road racing enthusiasts for Round 2 of the Desert Production 4 (DP4) Racing Championship, a one day, 125-mile cross-country race through rugged desert terrain in Johnson Valley, California. Kawasaki Team Green drivers Jeremy McGrath and Zach Kisman proved the […] More »

The quads come to Gatorback. Daytona marks the start of the season each year and round two of the ATV Motocross National Championship Series, an AMA National Championship, (ATVMX) remained in Florida, setting its sights on returning to the Gatorback Cycle Park facility in Alachua. The return to this track had racers excited about getting […] More »

Probably not the problem. Dear ATVC: I just picked up a 2002 Suzuki LT80 for my son. I have noticed the carb choke plunger only moves about 2mm up and down when pulled or pushed. It seems that the plunger should move more like an inch but I haven’t been able to find an answer […] More »

Season 2 arrives. The season two premiere of Can-Am’s reality series “Where The Pavement Ends” has arrived. This episode focuses on Samantha Soriano, a professional BMX racer turned freeride mountain bike rider. Samantha Soriano was an accomplished BMX racer from Winter Park, Colorado. She then found Enduro Mountain biking suited her skills on a bike […] More »

Sound of a bygone era. Earlier in the week, we talked about the differences between the 2 and 4-stroke internal combustion engine. These days the 4-stroke rules the world, but the topic got us thinking back to a time when the unmistakable bark of the 2-stroke and smell of premix filled the air. To that […] More »