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This group of "big bore " or "sport 4X4's" as they were called back in the day, are probably the oldest used ATV's of their kind you would find for sale these days worth buying. Check out what we thought about them 25 years…
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(From the Dec 2005 issue) By the staff of Dirt Wheels As heavyweights go, the Bom­bardier Outlander 800 and the Polaris Sportsman 800 are it. For 2006, these two companies from up in the Great White North are the only ones…
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Take a walk down memory lane with a look at John Natalie and his Honda 450r
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**Editors Note-A nostalgic look back at a Honda FourTrax 4x4 Project 4x4 Quad we built. Those of you familiar with Dirt Wheels know that we like to do hop-up projects on quads. We usually are not satisfied with the power and performance…
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Dune Heaven On our many treks to the Southern California dunes, there is a little oasis of a place near the legendary Glamis sand dunes that consistently gets over­looked.  A bit of dune heaven, as it were. It is called the…
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Let Cooler Heads prevail... Pro Design Cool Heads is one of the most popular engine mod­ifications seen on the pro racing cir­cuit. Cham­pionship motocross and TT riders Gary Denton, Tim Farr, Doug Gust, and Shane Hitt, as…
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Do ATV's Float? A question ATV riders have been pondering for decades is, “Do ATV's float?” Joe Lepore of Loxahatchee, Fl, claims his FourTrax Foreman 400 not only floats but can actually motor along in the local canals with a rider on…
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TRICK TRAX TEST The multi-time GNC Four-Stroke National Champ, Jeremy Schell, had just put together back-to-back champion­ships aboard his Laeger-chassied, TC Racing-modified four-stroke Honda. Unlike the football…
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TRAVIS SPADER’S FACTORY FLYER Winning the Grand Na­­tional Pro Series is the ultimate goal for most of today’s top ATV riders. Along with the excitement, ad­renaline rush, and glamor, one can al­­so experience constant frustration,…
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In 1997, Zac Willet raced in the AMA Nationals on a custom mini motocrosser powered by a modified Honda CR80 engine.
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4x4 WAR: HON vs. SUZ. The hot news so far in ’98 has been the two all-new, big-bore, four-wheel drives from Honda and Suzuki. Called the Honda Foreman 450S and the Suzuki QuadRunner 500, the two machines were only recently introduced…
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QUADRACER REBUILD SUZ LT250 REBUILD In case you didn’t know it, the Su­zu­ki QuadRacer LT250R was the first high-performance ATV to ever hit our shores. That momentous occasion oc­curred in ’85. It was the first four-wheel­er…
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