Tag: trivia

The Trusted Resource’s humble beginnings. These days anyone can check the value of an ATV/ UTV using Kelley’s Blue Book but did you know the brand started not as a publication but a used car lot selling Ford Model Ts in LA? Les Kelley and his brother Buster, in the early 1920s, began printing up […] More »

Better than new. The first company in the world to successfully electroplate onto aluminum substrates, WI’s own US Chrome has plated well over 1,000,000 cylinder bores since 1979. Perhaps even more amazing, the company has been in the plating industry since 1940! While their NiCom process is endorsed by performance racing icons such as Mercury […] More »

Not a motorcycle! Before becoming a scribe for Motorcyclist magazine, a Honda engineer by the name of Joe Minton became the first human to lay eyes upon the first Japanese ATV on American soil. Torrance California, specifically. The machine was the Honda US (ATC) 90 and the year was 1970. Bonus Fact: Early ATVs were […] More »

Coming in a little low. 2017’s First Quarter (Q1) sales states for the US of A are in the books- 40,757 all-terrain vehicles were sold to customers in the United States between January and March 2017. Keep in mind that this number does not include Side-by-Sides, amphibious ATVs (AATVs) or UTVs from companies like John […] More »

Which came first: The winch or the mount? KFI Products stands for Kappers Fabricating, Inc. Since 1986, Kappers has been fabricating parts and assemblies made of carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and extruded metal from design to finished product in their 40,000 sq. ft. Spring Valley, MN manufacturing facility. In 2002 they engineered their very […] More »

Road Free indeed! If you’re considering converting your ATV or UTV’s tires to tracks, there’s a good possibility you’re familiar with the name Camso/ Road Free Company. But did you know the company more than 7,500 employees spread over 26 countries around the world, with close to 200 people working in R&D, including a dedicated […] More »

One of many such products. You might recognize the name Kolpin on account of their popular ATV and UTV gun boots but did you know the company has been making outdoors products for nearly 75-years? In 1943, Howard Kolpin, an avid outdoorsman followed his instincts and opened a small sewn-goods operation in central Wisconsin. A […] More »