Three wheels. No wings. It’s been a minute since we’ve seen a nice three-wheeler clip. Now make it a 2-stroke 3-wheeler and you have all sorts of extinct technology in one capture. This guy had ambitions of flying his trike to the top of the hill. It certainly went further than he did.

Chopper tech arrives to our UTVs. Remember a few years back when ever time you turned on the TV you were greeted by a custom chopper reality show? And powering these pricey one-offs was almost always a big fat S&S Cycle V-Twin? Well it turns out, S&S Cycle has been eyeing up our industry with […] More »

The science behind the process. When it comes to a four-stroke engine, there is a very simple process taking place every single time your piston rockets up and down its cylinder bore – your intake and exhaust valves open and close once per every two crank revolutions. That means your piston goes up twice and […] More »

Braap! As hard as it is to imagine these days, there was a time when racetracks and trails the world over were alive with the sound of properly jetted 2-strokes and the smell of premix. Environmentalists and politicians have all but extinct the 2-stroke here but not in Europe, where machines like the Gas Gas […] More »

The 125M ATC. Dear ATVC: I’m in the process of restoring a 125M and discovered there is nothing left of the seat pan. I found a few on eBay but they are missing chunks of metal and are priced thru the roof! I’m honestly surprised in this day in age that no one produces a […] More »

Will the glory days return? Dear ATVC: My friend says Honda is manufacturing an all new fuel-injected, environmentally friendly 2-stroke engine for racing. Does this mean we expect a return of the 250R? Your friend speaks the truth- Honda did indeed file for a patent for a unique (modern) 2-stroke engine design back in 2015 […] More »