Check your VINs. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Polaris is recalling about 2,800 Phoenix 200 ATVs. The throttle lever stop can fail due to damage during shipping, posing a crash hazard. About 2,800 units are affected, in addition to 245 units that were sold in Canada. This recall involves all model year […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | July 8, 2020
Hold on tight! When it comes to building a custom ATV, there are many different approaches. We have to admit, this is a unique one! Take a 200+ HP Supercharged Yahama RX1 snowmobile, apply wheels and knobbies and hit the trails? Yup! Someone’s done it and we have the video proof.
By: Jason Giacchino | July 25, 2019
It was around for 16 years. It was the same for all of them. Dear ATVC: I wonder if you can help me identify this ATV. What I have found so far is it is a Yamaha Blaster 200 YFS200 from what I can tell but any guess on the year? Well we have some […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | June 2, 2019
Just for duck hunters or the start of something huge? Many of the features we consider standard issue on ATVs today can actually be attributed to Kawasaki’s forward thinking back in the early 1980s in an era when wheelers came a wheel short – from the factory. It was the 3-wheeler era and while things […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | August 24, 2018
Dear ATVC: Does anyone know what the proper/original decals for a 1981 Honda ATV 200 look like? When I look online it shows different kinds. Jarret You’re right, it seems throughout the years there have been countless aftermarket variations of the Honda lettering or wing littering the metal tanks of the ATCs that have survived […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | November 7, 2016
This week we’re turning the spotlight onto the efforts of forum member rck. You may notice an absence of 2016s in rck’s quiver and that’s exactly how he wants it. These are machines he describes as “rescued from death”. Among them a 1988 Yamaha Moto 4, YTM 200 & 125, and a Polaris 400. rck […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | September 30, 2016
This week we’re checking out forum member Cwysko. The 26-year-old machinist from NY has the ATV bug pretty bad and we notice he likes quads in every color as long as they’re black. In these pics he’s representing his punched out 2001 Honda TRX440EX but he claims to have since parted ways with the machine. […] More »
By: Jason Giacchino | August 26, 2016
