And away they go. Engines roared to life beneath a pale autumn sky as hundreds of riders lined up on the starting field of the 2025 Yamaha Racing Ironman GNCC, the grand finale of the 2025 Progressive Grand National Cross Country Racing (GNCC Racing) Series, an AMA National Championship. The air was thick with anticipation […] More »

This stuff does work but is it always a good idea? Dear ATVC: I have always used Loctite when putting bolts on my ATV after maintenance but have been told it’s a bad idea to do so. I run the blue stuff which is designed to be removable with standard tools so what’s the harm? […] More »

Flying under the AMA banner will bring some additional prestige. The American Motorcyclist Association announced that the WORCS Racing series will serve as the AMA West Regional Grand Prix Championship in 2026 and beyond. Starting in 2001, WORCS Racing has established itself as one of the most prominent off-road racing series in the United States. […] More »

Carbs have been all but replaced by fuel injection. But is there a downside? Dear ATVC: Weird question but hear me out. I have a 2023 fuel injected 500 that I know inside and out. Recently I had a chance to ride a buddy’s carbureted 2006 version of the same quad and it felt…faster! I […] More »

Goodbye chrome look and hello the new, simpler S. Suzuki Motor Corporation has redesigned the emblem used on its products for the first time in 22 years. Ordinarily, logos tend to get more complicated and detailed over time but Suzuki is bucking this tend by eliminating the 3D “chrome” look of their official emblem and […] More »

The smallest Brute is still a brute. These days it’s easy to get into the line of thinking that 500s are middleweights and anything less is a play thing but a few short years ago 3 and 400cc machines were the biggest, most powerful quads on the line. Kawasaki has been slowly upgrading the Brute […] More »

We take for granted how effective heating and AC work with our gas-driven vehicles. These days features that used to be commonplace in the automobile world are steadily making their ways into the off-road arena/ What kind of things, you ask? Well, fuel injection, ABS, GPS, power steering (EPS), and a whole bunch of other […] More »