First of its kind. Last of its kind. All ATVs were single-cylinder until 1987 when Yamaha released the Banshee. It made use of a 349cc, 2-stroke, liquid cooled, twin-cylinder engine configuration. While many manufacturers have since followed up with twin cylinder engines in the time since, the Banshee remains the only factory 2 cylinder 2-stroke […] More »

It’s all new but looks a little familiar. Taylor-Dunn is expanding its utility vehicle offerings with the company’s first co-produced vehicle with Polaris. The new G-100 is available at select Taylor-Dunn dealers beginning by the end of May. If you don’t think you know Taylor-Dunn, you do. They’ve been making industrial and commercial vehicles for […] More »

Early farm help. Back in the early to mid-1970s, ATVs like the Honda ATC 90 (three-wheeler) had yet to establish a firm target market, farmers began to take interest in using them to get around and handle farm work. A big part of the appeal was that they were quicker, cost less and used 8% […] More »

Yamaha Rises to the occasion yet again. Once again, Yamaha donated a UTV to the SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation for auction at their annual fundraiser near San Diego, California. Assembled in the USA at Yamaha’s Newnan, Georgia factory, the Viking VI SE raised $17,000 towards the organization’s mission of supporting SEAL members’ families. This […] More »

Putting the power to the ground. Nearly all of the ATVs sold on the market today come equipped with fully automatic transmissions (except for a small percentage of the market consisting of sport and race models that use a manual clutch transmission) but this wasn’t always the case. Throughout most of the 80s and on […] 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 »

First of its kind. A majority of the ATV manufacturers didn’t take development of four-wheelers seriously until 1988 when, after a lengthy investigation by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, it was deemed distributors would no longer be allowed to market three-wheel ATVs and manufacturers had to repurchase any unsold three-wheel models from dealer inventory. […] More »