Backyard engineering is the art of developing a machine or a modification much in the way MacGyver used to escape hopeless situations: with abundant creativity. Usually we tip our collective hats to some of the wildly inventive solutions we encounter this way. Other times the only logical conclusion is “What in the world were they […] More »

Hesperia, CA is home to one of the more unique off-road vehicle builders we’ve yet to encounter. In the event you’ve never heard of Drakart, let us summarize their niche in a single sentence: Specialty race equipment powered by high performance motorcycle engines. Until now their primary focus has been buggies, sand rails and rally […] More »

Every once in a while your ATV Connection editors have to stop the important things we’re doing (splitting atoms for example) to shake our proverbial heads at the craziness that passes for ATV classified ads of late. The following are actual listings of junk piles that you could make your own for exuberant sums of […] More »

Your friendly ATVConnection editors are no stranger to sharing with you, our loyal readers, the crazy contraptions that backyard engineers create after a few too many beers, but here’s a new one even for us. According to an actual eBay listing, someone was looking to part ways with a 1986 EZ-Go Marathon with a 2002 […] More »

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 »