New Seats, Color Changes Highlight Limited Honda Lineup For 2010 Honda unveiled its 2010 lineup recently, and it was missing many key models – but fear not, Honda loyalists, the company has not pulled back from the ATV market. Instead, Honda is reacting to the slowdown in ATV sales and the relatively...

Back in the saddle aboard Yamaha’s tweaked Rhino It’s been a while, but I’d ridden here before. Southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest is a breathtaking location — not even two hours from dreaded LAX and the smog of the city. The Lake Arrowhead and White Mountain areas make you...

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. “What about us?!” More than anybody, however, we’ve heard it from folks who...

“Had you ever heard of that?” The whispered question came from my neighbor and friend Brent, a longtime ATV owner and rider, during an ATV Safety Training course that we were sitting through with our 12-year-old sons. I looked back at him and shrugged, and the instructor kept talking to the group...

In this economy, you’ve probably been scaling back a bit on your spending. But that doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself to a dinner out now and then. And it doesn’t mean that you can’t have an excellent ATV for yourself. You may just have to scale down a bit from that big bore monster with...

ATV Magazine was invited to a special OHV weekend in April, held in the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) in Southern California. Two things were on the agenda. The first was to join Yamaha in its annual OHV Initiative trail clean-up day. The second was to partake in, along with Yamaha and other...

The cliché states that “everything is big in Texas,” and that includes the High Lifter Mud Nationals. Now in its seventh year as the “World’s Largest ATV Mud Event,” this happening, referred to as “Mud Nats” by veteran mud riders, continues to grow in both its size and level of entertainment. It...

How much would you like to spend on your next ATV? If you’re like most riders, you’d like the latest and greatest technology, features and performance, but aren’t ready to spend $12,000 — which some top-end 2-up models are now going for. In choosing our next comparison test before last fall’s...

“Hey, are you going to Indy?” When racing fans hear this sentence, they immediately think of the 500-mile open wheeled auto race held every Memorial Day weekend. For insiders in the powersports market, however, “goin’ to Indy” means attending the biggest, baddest trade show around. This annual...

In the 15-plus years that I’ve worked with magazines here at what was formerly Ehlert Publishing, now Affinity Media, I’ve been involved in machine-of-the-year discussions every year. It’s a process we take very seriously, as we realize it’s likely the most historic thing we do around here. I...