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 »

Meet Edgar; an important common link. The top two American ATV brands share both a common founder and founding state. Edgar Heeten formed Arctic Cat in 1960 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota and prior to that he was co-founder of Polaris Industries in Roseau, Minnesota around 1954. Edgar Hetteen, a farmer before heading off to […] More »

If we have to have four wheels, might as well allow all of them to drive. Honda was the first to bring 4-wheel-drive to the ATV game in 1986 with their TRX350 4×4. It boasted such modern day features as a limited-slip front differential, a vibration-reducing counterbalancer and a fan-assisted oil cooler as standard equipment. […] 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 »

UTVUnderground invites you back to Laughlin, NV to party, race, spectate and shop at the 2017 Polaris RZR UTV World Championship powered by Monster Energy. Don’t miss hundreds of UTV race teams featuring desert, short course and youth world championship competitions battle the brutal Nevada Desert at the Laughlin Off-Road Park for fame, glory, and […] 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 »