6-wheel drive. Generally speaking, 3-wheelers didn’t make for excellent mud machines because that single wheel up front was difficult to drive. Here’s an interesting workaround! Sure the front wheel isn’t supplying power still, but the rear wheels, thanks to some cleverly placed tie downs, now has enough surface area to float atop the surface like […] More »

How to spot a fellow dirt junkie. ATV enthusiasts are like a secret society. We dwell among the masses but unless you check our bodies for telltale scarring, perform lab tests on the amount of soil in our systems or investigate the plethora of old Fox stickers on our pickups, it can be hard to […] More »

Some claw their way up. Others float. When it comes to punching our way up a steep incline there are generally two schools of thought – one is to claw our way up. Get as much weight on the wheels for traction, multiple drive wheels if possible and let the machine dig its way toward […] More »

It wasn’t designed for this! The Bombardier (Can-Am) DS 650 is known for many things but deep mudding isn’t generally one of them. Its water-cooled 653cc Rotax high output engine mated to a manual clutch, 5-speed transmission, rear drive only platform made it one of the earlier performance 4-strokes that would come to dominate race […] More »

This one hurts even from afar. When it comes to competition on the grand scale, pros can often make it all look so easy. There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t watched sports at home on the recliner and thought, well I could do that. The truth of the matter, though, is performing at competition […] More »

No ramps? No problem! When it comes to the art of loading and unloading our ATVs, riders typically fall into one of two camps: Pickup truck beds that require ramps or trailers with tailgates that serve as ramps. However, as this week’s clip illustrates, there is a third camp. When tasked with unloading his wheeler […] More »

The saga of how this man was banned to the couch for life. If you happen to have married yourself someone who understands your love of ATVs, let’s your young child enjoy them with you, even grabs the check book when you ask if you can buy a used one for winter adventures, you probably […] More »