Dear ATVC: My son’s grandfather got him a Chinese RPS 2×4 Rocker ATV. The gas cap won’t unscrew for me to add gas. How do I get the gas cap off to add fuel? There’s a few reasons a gas cap can become almost impossible to remove. The most common of these is the rapid […] More »

Cash rebates going on for July. The red-hot SxS market is such that many manufacturers who primarily focused on tractors in the past has come to offer their own unique UTV line. Yanmar is precisely such a brand, offering a full line of gas and diesel side-by-sides: The gasoline Bull (single row, 3 seater) and […] More »

An escape from these wacky times needed most. We’ll come right out with it – these are very strange times no matter where you happen to live. You see it whenever you go to put gas in your car, when you stop by the store to get groceries or even just to grab a bite […] More »

Let’s separate fact from fiction. Myth: Higher Octane Number Means Greater Engine Performance We’ve all heard that one, right? Pump in some 93 rather than 87 and hold on tight. This is actually quite untrue. What a higher octane rating is good for is allowing an engine to be tuned for greater compression without preigniting […] More »

Dear ATVC: Did some trading and ended up with a 1995 Suzuki LT250 Quadrunner 4×4. I went through the carb, cleaned it and threw in a new battery. When I fired it up, I noticed the air box filling up with gas/oil mixed and discovered it was coming from crank case through the vent tube […] 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 »

Is cooler gas better? We’re always looking for ways to sneak extra performance from our rides – from pipes to big bores, from weight shaving to race fuel. But did you know that a very naturally occurring phenomenon is yielding you a little gain (or loss) in horsepower every single time you ride? We;re talking […] More »