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Sometimes we just can’t wait around for the OEMs to come out with new sport quads, so we build them ourselves. This is a group of machines that we know the big manufacturers could build with very little investment and would sell very well. Are you listening, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, KTM? Can-Am actually has a […]
APEX 50/70/90/100 (TBA) Apex is a company in Chandler, Arizona, that has many of the bits and pieces of its competition-oriented ATVs manufactured overseas. The same basic machine is offered with two-stroke motors of four-different sizes: 50cc, 70cc, 90cc and 100cc. It comes ready to race with competition suspension, nerf bars, hydraulic disc brakes, aluminum-spun […]
It’s going to be a good year. The ATV market is expanding at both ends. Sure, there are more big quads with new features, but there are also better offerings at the low end of the price scale. At the dealer level, ATVs are fighting for floor space with an ever-growing fleet of UTVs, which […]
While the sport quad market has taken an unfortunate hit on sales and machines becoming discontinued, there are still a lot of great sport ATVs to choose from! Sand slingers, trail racers and track riders alike can feel comfort in knowing that the sport market is not dead and a lot of manufacturers still offer […]
Josh Creamer didn’t have a job at the end of the 2009 season. His factory Kawasaki 450 ride had been shelved in the face of a bleeding economy, and there was very little demand for a professional ATV racer, even one who won the last races of the season. He was the number-five ranked rider […]
The first big KingQuad arrived as a 700 in 2005. It was bumped up to a 750 in 2008, and ever since it has remained as the largest single-cylinder 4×4 you can buy. Anything bigger will be a twin-cylinder machine. Power steering became an option in 2008 for an additional cost. It seems to be […]
Suzuki makes a great line of quads, and that should be no surprise to those who remember that Suzuki created the category! There are great features to the Suzuki lineup, but the one that struck us this year is where the engines are built. The Suzuki Manufacturing of America Corporation facility in Rome, Georgia, has […]
A few years back Polaris dropped their Outlaw line of high-performance sport machines. However, they did keep the smaller 50cc and 90cc kids’ versions in their lineup. While the company is concentrating more on 4×4 quads and UTVs these days, they know the importance of building brand loyalty and attracting kids to their products at […]
2014 450 Trail Shootout 2014 Can-Am Outlander 500 DPS Interview with Colton Moore Exploring the Grand Canyon Polaris RZR XP 1000 Four-Seater EFI Tuning Tips 2014 Raptor 700 SE Kawasaki Teryx Racer
Honda Raptor 150 Sport ATV Sand Drags 2014 Yamaha Grizzly 450 Kymco UXV 500 and 700 2014 Suzuki Z90 High-Performance UTV Shootout Polaris Sportsman Ace Go Baja Riding UTV Tour 2014 Kawasaki Brute Force 300 Machines of the Dakar Rally 2014 Honda Foreman 500 Josh Row’s Honda 450R 2014 Polaris Scrambler 1000 2014 […]
In case you have missed them, scroll down this list of articles from issues earlier this year! Simply click on the link below the photo that you are interested in and you will be directed to the editorial. We love our readers and know you love our magazine so posting these articles is one way […]
APEX ($3800-$4000) Apex designs highly specialized racing minis in Chandler, Arizona, then has some of the parts built overseas. They come with two-stroke motors in four different sizes—50cc to 100cc. The chassis is lightweight and highly functional with high-end accessories like DWT wheels and tires. At most racetracks, the youth classes are dominated by Apex […]