Tag: performance

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 »

We understand and miss them too. Dear ATVC: I run local MX and harescrambles and am noticing that we fans of manual clutches can either get a Yamaha or go well used. Do you think we’ll ever have a swing back to the days when every major brand offered a race-ready 450? That’s a really […] More »

Need more performance but also want a silkier experience. Dear ATVC: I am new and looking for some input. I’ve got got a Honda TRX250EX and am running a 660 rear shock and 4-6 psi in the tires. I LOVE the quick nimble performance of the sport quad I have. I DO NOT enjoy the […] More »

Top performance crated up from Honda Performance Development. Traditionally, the path to the highest level of racing performance is to start with a stock machine and spend countless dollars and hours in modifications to make the engine “race ready”. Honda is about to turn this tradition on its head by making the same engine that […] More »

Awesome standard equipment. Garmin International, Inc. has announced that Arctic Cat, Inc., has selected Garmin to exclusively outfit its new Wildcat XX Black Hills Edition side-by-side vehicles with customized 5.5-inch Tread navigators beginning in model year 2023. “We’re honored that Arctic Cat has selected Garmin as standard equipment on its Wildcat XX Black Hills Edition […] More »

Is the performance gain of cool gas worth the effort? Dear ATVC: I’m an amateur racer and heard that the temperature of your gasoline can give you a performance benefit or loss. Is this true? If so, do they make anything to cool the gasoline for racing? Believe it or not, it is true but […] More »

Chopper tech arrives to our UTVs. Remember a few years back when ever time you turned on the TV you were greeted by a custom chopper reality show? And powering these pricey one-offs was almost always a big fat S&S Cycle V-Twin? Well it turns out, S&S Cycle has been eyeing up our industry with […] More »