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Not a fungi to be with. While most ATV owners understand that over time, storing fuel can degenerate and lead to decreased octane and even evaporation deposits that can clog carburetor jets but did you know that there are certain types of anaerobic bacteria and even fungi that can grow and flourish in an ATV’s […] More »

When your name becomes the name. Polaris is a pretty popular ATV manufacturer both in the United States and all over the world. Just how so? To the point where in many countries, particularly those around the Middle East, actually refer to all ATVs as a “Polaris” much in the way Americans call a photocopy […] More »

Let the sky be your guide. The first ATV to come with integrated GPS navigation from the factory was from Honda over 10-years ago. The 2004 FourTrax Rancher AT GPSCAPE recognized the value of global positioning and probably couldn’t have predicted a few years later that nearly everyone of us would have GPS tracking in […] More »

To whom do the top honors belong? Polaris Industries Inc. is the largest manufacturer of snowmobiles in the world, but the second-largest maker of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). The top spot still belongs to Honda. And though it may be best known as a snowmobile-maker, Polaris now generates only about 14 percent of its revenue from […] More »

Red means stop! While it’s easy to assume that the value of brake lights in the realm of ATVing was fairly obvious from the onset. After all, dim and low-light night riding is generally a staple in the off-roading arena. Not so! Tail lights were strictly optional throughout most of the 80s and brake lights […] More »

Can you name the first production ATV? Not so fast. The answer is more complicated than you’d think. Unlike the automotive industry, there is some debate about what really was the first production ATV. The general consensus is that the honor belongs to Honda’s US90 three-wheeler, which was exported to the United States back in […] More »

ATV Racing is often treated as the side-show event to other forms of powersports racing (be it by our two-wheeled cousins, Monster Trucks, Tractor Pulls etc.) but from a sales perspective, year after year, more ATVs are sold than MX, dual-sport, motorcycle and scooter sales combined. This means many manufacturers can afford to lose money […] More »