Have you ever found it frustrating that even when shopping for an ATV for the specific purpose of racing that every machine on the showroom floor comes corked up, quieted down and loaded with pieces and bits that you’re simply going to have to remove the moment you get it home? We know we are […] More »

If you’ve ever come within a hundred yards of a mud pit on your ATV, you’ve surely had some experience with Gorilla Axle. These guys have come to dominate the mud crossing market but who are they? Where did they come from? Believe it or not, they started out as a collision shop. Gorilla Axle, […] More »

It’s impossible to even consider using one’s ATV for purpose of mud crossing without the name High Lifter entering the equation. Furthermore, these are the guys behind the annual Mud Nationals events; so it pretty much goes without saying that they are a force in the industry. But how did it all start for the […] More »

Dear ATVC: I’ve been away from the sport for a solid decade and was surprised that Splitfire spark plugs aren’t around anymore. What ever happened to them? TennorZ Welcome back. If you were involved in the mid to late 1990s; indeed Splitfire was quite the rage in spark plug technology at the time. For those […] More »

While it would be easy to mistake this machine as something from Austin Powers’ spy collection, this 1972 Terra Jet is an example of the path ATVs were on prior to Honda bringing over the ATC 90 and shaking everything up with a 3-wheeler that borrowed its feel and control from motorcycles (rather than bulldozers). […] More »

Dear ATVC: When did ATV racing actually begin? Were early races sanctioned like they are today? The actual origin of competitive ATV racing is really unknown on account of the fact that what we typically consider an all-terrain-vehicle has changed throughout the years. What we consider the modern ATV is generally agreed upon as Japanese […] More »

Dear ATVC: A friend of mine says Polaris and Arctic Cat are divisions of the same company. I couldn’t find any info on this being true online and figured I’d get the facts straight before arguing with him. These rumors have been floating around for years on account of the fact that both companies are […] More »