Will the smaller motor drop right in? Dear ATVC: Will a Honda 300EX motor fit in 400EX frame with no mods done? Italian1 Yes it will fit, actually with room to spare but if you inquiring whether or not it will require some fabrication to be rideable, the answer is yes. Even if you could […] More »

Meet the future. Way back in 2012 your ATV Connection editors were already telling you about the potential of the tweel. If you don’t recall, it is basically an airless tire and wheel combination Polaris was touting as being exceptional for off-road applications. Here it is 5 years later and while the tweel has yet […] More »

Nobody told me I had to be an expert in math. Dear ATVC: I need help. I recently put 27x9x12 front and 27x10x12 rear tires on my 2014 Suzuki Kingquad 500axi. I understand I have 12″ rims. I’m want to purchase aftermarket rims for it but am not understanding what 12 x 7 5+2 means […] More »

Back from a 30 Year Nap. Dear ATVC: I bought a Honda 250R and a 180S when my wife and I were young for trail riding back in the 1980s. I saw the 250 parked in the basement last weekend and thought I would service it and fire it up this weekend. It only has […] More »

When the magic button isn’t so magic. Dear ATVC: I had a Quadrunner 250 given to me and the guy said that it hadn’t been touched in 4 years. The last time his son had it running but it needed a carburetor so he parked it. I hooked jumper cables to my truck and had […] More »

Dear ATVC: I have a question related to the ATV industry. Have ATVs always had thumb throttles? Did the early ATVs have twist grip throttles? I was wondering when thumb throttles came to be and why? dbj216 Believe it or not, the very first ATV to be manufactured using motorcycle controls (unlike earlier ATVs, which […] More »

Hard to ride when I’m attached to the hood of a car. Dear ATVC: I ran my quad’s battery down trying to start up on a cold morning. Strange thing was I could get it to turn over and fire just fine with a jump start but the moment you disconnect the jumper cables, it […] More »