Is there power to be gained here? Yes. Dear ATVC: I heard that an aftermarket air filter can result in a gain of 2 horsepower. Is this true or just marketing hyperbole? It seems too good to be true. Believe it or not, it’s true. That’s probably the upper echelon of the type of horsepower […] More »

It has been and is being done. Dear ATVC: If development of 2-stroke race quads didn’t end years ago, would have we gotten fuel injected models? Is it possible to fuel inject a reed valve engine? The answer is a resounding yes to both questions. How can we be so sure? Many industries never stopped […] More »

Who needs a 4×4? Sometimes you can train your ATV to do its best work outside of its given environment. Take this guy – his Raptor 700R has become a genuine swamp buggy. Of course the downside is sometimes doing that makes your ATV forget how to do what it was designed for it seems.

Entry level reliability. Dear ATVC: My 13 year old son is more of a dirt bike rider but we want to get him an ATV to ride some of the nearby trails with us. Someone near us is selling a 2000 Yamaha Breeze 125 for $1400. Is the Breeze a decent quad for a young […] More »

The quintet. Dear ATVC: I just picked up a Yamaha Raptor 660 and it’s the first Yamaha I’ve ever owned. I am really surprised to hear they ran 5-valve heads. Why not the standard 4? It seems like nothing but more complexity. Even though four valves is the commonly accepted norm (two intake and two […] More »

Rock crawling on the flat-screen. If you know anything about modern video games, you are surely aware that off-road sports from moto to rally cars make for some pretty awesome small-screen racing action and have for years. We here at ATV Connection logged unaccountable hours in on Sony’s then incredible ATV Offroad Fury series back […] More »

Smaller clips but quite a few of them. If, like us, you find yourself old and decrepit, YouTube is still a fairly new innovation. Never mind TikTok. However, the Asian site that has been growing since its birth back in 2012 has been giving all other video upload services a run for the money of […] More »