Both 250s but designed for very different purposes. Dear ATVC: Is a 250cc 2 wheel drive enough to pull a wood splitter around the farm and through the woods? As shocking as it may seem today, there was once a time in the ATV industry when a 250 was considered the big bore entry of […] More »

The line is now complete. As has been the trend of late, the manufacturers open the new model year talks with the biggest and baddest entries on the line then work their way toward the little guys as time goes on. In keeping with the tradition, Honda has revealed that its three smallest ATV models […] More »

Suzuki never had to transition to four wheels with the crowd. Unlike Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki, Suzuki never offered a 250cc track-ready 3-wheeler. In fact, the company pretty much skipped over the 3-wheeler thing altogether (we say almost because they did offer a 125 and 185cc trike way back in 1983). Suzuki Quadracer LT250R In […] More »

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 »

Team Green. Literally. There may not have been a whole lot of them throughout the years, but Kawasaki offered a nice variety of manual clutch, performance based machines spanning the decades. Let’s take a look at the offerings. Tecate-3 Honda may have beaten Kawasaki to the race-ready 3-wheeler with the 250R but Kawasaki was the […] More »

Can-Am Takes the UTV Overall. Kicking off the 2023 international desert racing season on the right foot, Rodrigo Ampudia brought home the Pro UTV Overall win, beating every other UTV on the racecourse, as well as securing the Pro UTV Forced Induction class win in his Can-Am Maverick X3 at the San Felipe 250. Further […] More »

We wouldn’t go much smaller than the 300EX. Dear ATVC: I am wanting to get a quad so I can go riding with friends. I have a Honda FL250 but really need a quad to keep up with my friends. I have been looking at the TRX250EX, 250X, and 300EX, and cant seem to decide […] More »