Mr. Unpopularity. Everyone loves the dude riding 2-up without helmets who not only cuts you off on a trail ride but makes sure to douse you with a fresh coat of muck in the process, right? Nope! Like the video’s author says: Don’t be this guy.

Intimidating? Yes. Achievable? Yes. Racing season is again in full swing and, aside from perhaps the secret art of big jumps, nothing seems to intimidate riders like a long, nasty whoop section. We get it – they’re always so much bigger than they look on TV or in photos and approaching them wrong can be […] More »

Get your applications in for the 2025 grants now. RealTruck, Inc., a global aftermarket product and accessory brand, and a digital destination for truck, Jeep, Bronco and all off-road enthusiasts, is excited to announce updates to its Rugged Ridge Trail Access Program. Throughout 2025, RealTruck will award $20,000 in grant funding, doubling the amount awarded […] More »

Doing good things one area at a time. OnX Offroad, the leading off-road GPS app, has partnered with Tread Lightly!, a national nonprofit dedicated to promoting responsible outdoor off-road recreation, for a large-scale off-road trail clean-up initiative in Michigan that took place in late June. This clean-up initiative yielded more than 8,400 lbs of trash […] More »

Lessons in momentum learned the hard way. Momentum is a funny thing – one moment it’s carrying you along with your quad and then the next your quad has stopped but isn’t letting you off the hook. This guy had a great mud setup but the one modification that could have helped him here (a […] More »

Can overusing your clutch cause engine overheating? Dear ATVC: If you missed last week’s GNCC, it was a mud bath. I competed and was running decent in my class until I suffered a catastrophic engine overheat that pretty much ended the day. I’m sure that it had everything to do with my radiator being gummed […] More »

Yamaha awarded over a million dollars in grants for 2023. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, is proud to announce the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) contributed over $1 million in grant awards in 2023, marking the largest annual funding total since the program’s inception in 2008. This significant increase, nearly double from the previous year, reaffirms […] More »