Tag: tech

The big 650. Dear ATVC: So I recently acquired a 05 Can-Am DS650 Baja x and I got a few questions. I’ve kinda been winging it. It doesn’t have a dashboard or key switch. I just wanted to make sure there isn’t some sort of theft prevention in the key switch. Don’t know how long […] More »

Sustainability and off-roading don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Detroit-based LIVAQ has unveiled the EQUAD electric ATV, manufactured using only sustainable technologies. Built with an emphasis on establishing a positive connection between riders and their environment, the LIVAQ EQUAD facilitates an eco-friendly off-road experience. “Since I was a child growing up in Mexico, I was […] More »

Going electric causing issues with the instrument cluster. Dear ATVC: I have recently converted a 2021 Polaris Sportsman 570 quad to electric using a ME1304 motor driving a toothed belt to the original gearbox. The problem I have, as I no longer have an engine flywheel, there is no pickup coil sending an AC signal […] More »

Valves on both ends? Yes, sometimes. Dear ATVC: Appreciated your article on the two-stroke power valve but have to laugh when you say the to-stroke engine is designed around using no valves. If it has a reed valve on the intake side and a power valve on the exhaust side, I’d say it is a […] More »

Is it possible? It is! Dear ATVC: Anywhere I could maybe get a gas gauge cap for an 86 Suzuki Quadrunner? After searching around I’m guessing they didn’t actually make one but is there a universal something out there I could use? Looking also for a 02 Bombardier gas gauge cap. Any ideas? What you […] More »

Didn’t need valves but had some anyway. Valves are a fact of like in the four-stroke engine. Intake valves open which allow fuel to enter the combustion chamber, a spark plugs ignites the fuel/ air mix, sending the piston sailing down the cylinder and then exhaust valves open to allow the spent gaseous byproducts of […] More »

From a sketch to a real life monster, Can-Am takes us behind the scenes. Have you ever wondered how a company turns an idea into a machine you can purchase from your local dealer? In the case of the Maverick R, they aren’t just sketching up some new plastics and calling it a day, either. […] More »