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Years ago, for those who weren’t around to remember it, the media did the ATV industry a terrible disservice. Through agenda-slanted reporting, they began to run coverage of the dangers of the then-popular 3-wheeled ATVs to the point of general public panic and lawyer involvement. Personal injury cases resulted in charges against the manufacturers themselves. […] More »

Who among us hasn’t heard the bark of a well-tuned repli-racer street bike and thought I wonder how all that power would feel in my ATV? The beauty of the internet is it allows us to experience precisely such sensations from the comfort of our desk. Here’s what 170HP and a top speed of 125-miles-per-hour […] More »

Winter is here but the grass is still green for much of the country. Your editors, as always, are digging through SprocketList to make some off-season riding a reality without breaking the piggy bank. That said, this week’s ad take us to a place called Paulsboro, NJ. According to the listing this quad was the […] More »

Just when you thought the world in which we live couldn’t possibly get any stranger, we happen upon an eBay listing for a BMW 3-Series, uh, Monster Truck. The description states that it’s sitting on 1990 Toyota 4×4 running gear, 22R EFI 4-cyl engine, 5spd trans, factory transfer case and gears all atop 39-inch BFG […] More »

Usually when we associate brands with off-roading potential, Oldsmobile isn’t the first to spring to mind. Yet according to this eBay auction we’ve stumbled upon, it’s indeed possible to shoehorn an aluminum Oldsmobile 215ci V8 into a 1963 VW six-seater buggy (hold the emissions jokes). We’re not exactly sure if this classifies as a side-by-side […] More »

When it comes to off-roading, there’s certainly no shortage of backyard engineers bringing something new to the fold. Take, for example, Canadian tinkerer Rednic79’s entry, the Screw Drive off-road propulsion concept. Imagine, if you can, giant threaded screws made from hollowed out propane cylinders rotating to provide limitless traction. Perhaps the best news? No worries […] More »

If you’ve ever come within a hundred yards of a mud pit on your ATV, you’ve surely had some experience with Gorilla Axle. These guys have come to dominate the mud crossing market but who are they? Where did they come from? Believe it or not, they started out as a collision shop. Gorilla Axle, […] More »