Tag: jump

Getting sh!t-whipped on film. The footage from this one looks like it was captured with a potato but the lack of quality can’t stand in the way of demonstrating where it all goes wrong. Backyard track, camera on tripod, a little overambitious approach to the tabletop – ouch!

The only thing he didn’t replace yet. Dear ATVC: I installed a new battery, solenoid and starter on my 1996 Kawasaki Bayou 400. It will crank only when I jump it and purrs like a kitten until I disconnect the cables. Then it cuts off and just clicks when I try to crank again. Here’s […] More »

Witness physics at their prettiest. All of this isolation has your ATV Connection editors missing time spent defying gravity. Thankfully clips like this one do a nice job of vicariously scratching the itch.

Highs and lows of the MX track. There are few moments as exhilarating as taking a modern 450cc performance ATV to the motocross track – Fast sweeping turns, steep climbs and drops and mounds of dirt designed to send man and machine skyward. For this rider, the realities of gravity come a calling when he […] More »

Charger boost required. Dear ATVC: My Yamaha Warrior will start no problem while I have the battery connected to the charger but once I unplug it, it’s hard to get started again. The battery is new 210cca so I’m not sure what’s going on here. What you’re going to want to do is to put […] More »

Jumping is easy. Landing, not so much. This guy made the jump potion of the experiment go butter-smooth. However his crowded landing zone means having to get hard on the brakes in a hurry. He wasn’t ready for that part.

I believe I can fly. The setup to this one is simple and so are the end results – this guy decided picking his way across a rocky creek was the foolish way of doing things when one can simply gun it and jump from one side to the other. This clip wouldn’t be here […] More »