Team Green. Literally. There may not have been a whole lot of them throughout the years, but Kawasaki offered a nice variety of manual clutch, performance based machines spanning the decades. Let’s take a look at the offerings. Tecate-3 Honda may have beaten Kawasaki to the race-ready 3-wheeler with the 250R but Kawasaki was the […] More »

Atturo takes over the Takeover. Atturo Tires has announced that they have been named the official tire of the UTV Takeover 2K23 Tour, the most extensive community-focused tour of UTV Events in the United States. Atturo will display its new Trail Blade SXS lineup at the Coos Bay, Oregon, and Hurricane, Utah tour events. “It’s […] More »

Hammer time! Can-Am Factory Racers kicked off their North American desert racing season with exceptional form at the 2023 Ultra 4 King of the Hammers Desert Challenge out in Johnson Valley, CA over the weekend. The 196-mile race covered some of the roughest desert terrain that the California desert has to offer. Vito Ranuio took […] More »

King of the Hammers goes the way of Polaris. The 2023 UTV racing season kicked off this past weekend at King of the Hammers (KOH) with the 4th annual Desert Challenge, where Polaris Racing drivers registered the top three overall finishing times across all UTV classes, en route to sweeping the B3 UTV Open Class […] More »

It gets a little complicated, but it is all connected. Dear ATVC: This is probably a stupid question but I see a foot-pound rating on certain manufacturer spec pages. While I realize it’s telling us torque instead of horsepower, what does it mean exactly? Is there a translation? Not a stupid question at all. Horsepower, […] More »

A parts giant topples. Dear ATVC: I just went to order a new shifter for my Bayou and even though Bike Bandit’s site is still up, I heard they are out of business. Is this true? How is that possible? On February 7th, Bike Bandit filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in San Diego. They were […] More »

The all-time best smokers. These days it’s getting increasing more difficult to even buy a 450cc pure sport ATV for trails or racing, a very sad fact when you consider that a little over a decade ago there were 12 of them from which to choose. What’s even crazier is this isn’t the first time […] More »