One college in Illinois has just made Powersports repair a degree. While automotive repair and small engine repair have been around since there have been automobiles and small engines, it’s looking like working on ATVs, UTVs and Side-by-Sides is about to become an official college major. Southeastern Illinois College has announced that this fall it […] More »

Yamaha’s looking forward by looking back. Yamaha USA is about to make a splash in a new off-road (and on road) arena in the form of one of the longest standing vehicles around: the bicycle. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, announces its complete line of Power Assist Bicycles for the U.S. market will be on display […] More »

Connect the dots. BRP has bestowed with several Red Dot Design Awards for a handful of powersports products. The jury has stamped this prestigious seal on the following BRP products: Sea-Doo SPARK TRIXX personal watercraft, Can-Am Maverick X3 side-by-side vehicle, Can-Am Maverick Trail side-by-side vehicle, the Ski-Doo snowmobile REV Gen4 platform and the LinQ snowboard/ski […] More »

These guys know snow. Can-Am is taking their side-by-side snow game to the next level this year with an engineered from the factory track system accessory. Their Apache family of track systems is designed for perfect fitment, seamless integration and premier functionality. Can-Am engineers designed the Apache Backcountry track kit to optimally match engine output […] More »

Wearing the future on your head. Long dead are the days of helmets being constructed of a a slab of curved fiberglass with a layer of foam for impact absorption. Take LS2’s MX470 Subverter helmet for example; it uses a shell of Kinetic Polymer Alloy (KPA) which consists of synthetic fibers manipulated on a nano […] More »

A different kind of holiday. National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF Day) comes once a year and serves as the most effective grassroots effort ever taken to promote outdoor sports and conservation. Yamaha, through its relationships with organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International, Buckmasters, Tread Lightly!, National Wild Turkey […] More »

The fast things of Italy have to be able to stop too. Considered the upper echelon on braking performance the world over (and yes they do make ATV brakes), Brembo announced that it has broken ground on a new manufacturing plant in Curno, Italy. The new building will host Brembo’s new Carbon Factory, a flagship […] More »