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Find Your Ride
It looked like an ominous task – clearing the rugged, uphill, rocky section of trail just south of Moab, Utah, site of the 2010 ATV Trials event. I was fourth in line, and in front of me, three full-sized, four-wheel drive ATVs with experienced rid...
New Years with the Godfather
If you missed out on the recent outing to Ocotillo Wells with Mike “the Godfather” Metzger, you’ve got a second chance… Metz will be onsite selling merch and signing autographs at the Blu-In RV resort this New Years weekend. ...
Persistance Pays Off
Two months ago I was sitting behind a desk at Columbia River Bank in The Dalles, Oregon. Life for me seemed to revolve around going to the gym, church activities and sitting behind that large oak desk with my head buried in a credit file. I’...
Unsafe at any speed, 3 wheelers
With ATV Magazine doing a 10 part look back at the decade of ATVing, I thought I would bring back some memories of my youth as it relates to my entry into offroading. The 3 wheeler. First off the 3 wheeler, later dubbed the ATC standing for All Terra...
New H-Bomb Film’s just in time for Christmas!!!
Huevos 12 and Best of Crash DVD arrive just in time for the Holidays. The award winning Huevos series continues with its latest installment Huevos 12. Wes and the gang return to their roots with this film as it features goofy skits, serious mud s...
First Sessions
For all of my life I’ve been obsessed with jumping. I recall family videos in which I pinned my little LT50 with all that it had and railed a fallen tree as a means of getting air born. The grin on my face said it all and it didn’t matter tha...
Reality of Racing (2006) part 2
Following up on my last post Reality of Racing part 1. Here is the second (and final) film about the harescramble race we entered into. After filming for these two videos we found out it was very hard to get good footage with just the two of...
Back in the Saddle
So I’ve taken a little siesta but now I’m back and ready to bring you the ATV Lifestyle like never before. To tell you the truth, I’m not sure anyone new I was gone. I don’t really know how many people read this blog and judging by the nu...
Baja 1000: Matlock Racing Does it Again
The Matlock Racing Honda team consisting of Wayne Matlock, Josh Caster, Harold Goodman and Wes Miller successfully defended their number 1A plate at this years Score Tecate Baja 1000. With almost an hour lead over 2nd place, Wayne Matlock cruised t...
Work and Play – Covering The Market
Don’t forget about us! It’s a cry we’ve heard for all of our 13 years here at ATV Magazine, from various segments of the ATV-owning market. We’ve heard it from the rock-crawlers and the mud runners, the desert rats and the trail riders. ...
Follow ATV Magazine On Facebook!
ATV Magazine comes in many forms – in print; on our brand new Web site; and, for your convenience, on popular sites like Facebook as well. To connect with us on Facebook, just go to our page at www.facebook.com/atvmag. There you’ll find p...
SxS debate, CPSC to Regulate ROV Utility Vehicles
ROV (Recreational Offroad Vehicle), Side by Side, SxS – how ever you want to say it you know what I am talking about. The CPSC is at it again, conjuring up rules and regulations concerning these machines. I have read the entire CPSC me...
All-New ATVMagOnline.com
Looking for even more ATV content in a more organized, modern format? Of course you are – and that’s why we’ve unveiled the all-new ATVMagOnline.com – ATV Magazine’s brand-new web site. While the design is a big change, ...
Quick Tip: Fixing a carburetor float
OK I know more and more ATV’s are coming equipped with EFI (electronic fuel injection), but the overwhelming majority of used machines in service still have carburetors. The purpose of a carburetor float is to maintain the proper amount of fu...
Asian 450cc ATVs and motorcycles?
I saw this posted over on a pit bike/mini bike forum that has some forums dedicated to the Asian pit bikes. There are reports of spy photos of the Asians trying to enter into the lucrative ‘big bike” market, more specifically the 450cc ...
Product Spotlight, Star-Tron Fuel treatment
If your big into the marine world, especially with ocean going vessels you probably are already familiar with this product. As a power sports enthusiast with many motorcycles and other small engines I have tried nearly every fuel treatment or st...
Yamaha’s new YZ engine design, will the YFZ benefit?
Regular readers of my articles know I am not an engineer, nor some fancy pants engine builder, I don’t claim to be either. What I am is a motorcycle enthusiast with a side of ATV interest. (read my bio HERE ) So when the motorcycle side o...
250″F” based sport ATVs, Is there a market?
This is something I have wondered about since 2004. Why 2004 your ask? Well in 2004 all the major motocross bike manufacturers had a 250cc “F” (high performance 4 stroke) in their line up. This obviously was the last nail in the cof...
Movie Review, Xgames 3D the Movie
I thought I would mix it up and try something different, a motorsports themed movie review. Now I am no film expert or critic, but if it is a documentary type film about anything moto or mechanical in nature I tend to go see it, the History c...
Tips for selling your ATV quick
Invariably in this economy with unemployment at all time highs some ATV’ers will need to sell their ATV. Whether it be purely for financial reasons (can’t make the payments), needing to downsize/up size, or just getting rid of that &...
Your gas can and you, fuel can storage and safety
It may seem somewhat pointless to talk about fuel safety as it relates to ATV’s as most people intend to be careful with storage and dispensing fuel in their ATV. The shocker might be that most of us (including me from time to time) break som...
Suspension setup, stetting the sag
Of all the mechanical things that people “mod” on an ATV, suspension is one that seems to be the most intimidating. It seems to me that most riders I meet are afraid to mess with all those funky clickety screw thingys and rings with tee...
Save your brain, Always wear a helmet
The inspiration for this article comes from an unfortunate incident over the July 4th holiday weekend that I hope to never witness again. A man and woman were riding two up on a section of trail near the trail head parking area. Apparently the dr...
Best ATV Hunting/Fishing Destinations
Our upcoming September issue of ATV Magazine (mails out July 14th, newsstands August 4th) is our annual hunting issue and it’s packed with great stories, including a hunting-type build project on our new camo Grizzly 550 with power steering. Pu...
Back to the old stomping grounds
As this holiday weekend approaches a lot of us will be celebrating our freedom to vacation when and where we choose by traveling to that hallowed riding spot that we have some eternal connection with. For many the reason may be because it is with i...
Pre-Ride check list, don’t forget!
I am writing this article well in advance as a reminder to all that have big plans for the up and coming holiday weekend, Independence Day (4th of July) weekend. Why so early? Planning ahead early makes the loading and leaving for that big wee...
WORCS ROUND 5 Toutle Washington
Lucky for me, round five of the World Offroad Championship Series was held at Riverdale Raceway, not too far from my home. I was able to make the trek up for the day to enjoy the racing action and snap a few photos of the riders dodging trees, hopp...
Mind your manners, trail etiquette
No this is not trail riding for the rich and famous. It may seem obvious but most people (even seasoned riders) do not really know some of the basics of trail etiquette. Etiquette means “The practices and forms prescribed by social convent...
Stripped thread, don’t fret
This article builds on some tips and tricks from my Removing damaged fasteners article. Stripped threads are something that strikes fear in even the most seasoned mechanics. Stripped threads will have the novice do-it-yourself-er nearly breaking...
Take us back to where it all began…
There comes a time to look back on just how far we have come. Humanity, evolution, creation, industrialism. You have heard it before to move ahead we have to know where we have been. Relating this to the ATV world I want to take you back to the...
