A good smoker candidate. Dear ATVC: I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing up a custom build for racing and hill climbing but decided that a modern 2-strorke is probably the way to go because of weight savings and simplicity to rebuild compared to a 4-stroke. Do you have any suggestions on which would […] More »

Can it be done? Perhaps. Should it be done? Probably not. Dear ATVC: How hard would it be to install a Honda Fourtrax 250 engine into a Yamaha Timberwolf 250 body? The difficulty in this swap depends heavily upon your own degree of comfort with making some modifications. Judging by the physical dimensions of the […] More »

A little extra incentive to get out there and enjoy what we do. Today we celebrate our great nation’s independence and the month of July now boasts another reason for we off-roaders to tip our helmets. Go Ride! July is National Powersports Month, recognizing and promoting recreational and professional powersports across the USA. Created by […] More »

Yamaha wants to make sure when one visits the National Museum of Forest Service History, motorized recreation remains a staple within the legacy. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, has announced that it will be the exclusive motorized recreation sponsor of the Recreation exhibit at the National Conservation Legacy Center (“Center”) of the National Museum of Forest […] More »

All-new RIDGE UTV arrives. A little over a month ago, Kawasaki began teasing us with mysterious pics and a name-badge – RIDGE. We’ve been straining our noodles around here trying to guess what this new SxS was going to turn out to be – a fully electric UTV to compete with the Polaris Kinetic? A […] More »

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen a brand new factory 2-stroke. For most of us, the days of the 2-stroke equipped ATV have waved goodbye long ago. Yamaha’s legendary Banshee 350 ceased US distribution back in 2006 and the last production 2-sroke available, the Spanish made GasGas Wild HP 300, suffered a similar fate […] More »

Stroking along. Dear ATVC: This is probably a stupid question but I’m taking Intro to Mechanics in school and all we learn about are 4 stroke engines. I know 2 strokes came first. What determines how many strokes an engine can have? Do they always have to be even numbers? Well for starters, that is […] More »