atv Articles
2012 Honda Rubicon Utility ATV is working for the hoon
When Honda invited me last week to ride ATVs on the trails around Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino range, I didn’t hesitate. I thought it would be like past trips riding sport quads in Moab or Hungry Valley, so I didn’t care if the temps would be in the upper 20s with high winds and maybe snow. Then I got the itinerary listing Honda’s “ATV Utility” line. Ugh. Don’t get me wrong, my...
09 December 2011
Re-imagining Ockelbo
Tasked with reviving the historic Ockelbo brand as a maker of motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles, transportation design students at Sweden’s Umeå Institute of Design came up with these seven concepts. The results are one part KTM, one part Harley and one part pure imagination. Produced between 1962 and 1989, Ockelbo was a Swedish brand of remarkably nicely designed snowmobiles. Like KTM or, f...
27 April 2011
News
Johns Hopkins report: ATVs are deadlier than motorcycles, OMG!
Not wanting to incite panic or anything to fear-crazed moms and unhinged legislators, Reuters reporter Nancy Lapid's first sentence reads like a soothing commercial for Jaws VI, "If you think an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV, is safer than a motorcycle, think again." Just to make sure you get the message, death-by-ATV is mentioned no less than 5 times throughout the article. And if you think it coul...
06 October 2010
News
Yamaha 'not negligent' in first Rhino trial
You've probably heard about the hundreds of lawsuits Yamaha is facing over its Rhino side-by-side ATV. Well, the first case, Johnny Ray vs. Yamaha Motor Co. just concluded in Yamaha's favor, potentially setting a precedent for the rest. >Like bikes, ATVs are dangerous and are even more so if you're stupid. Despite prominent warnings not to operate the vehicle on-road, to wear a helmet and to use t...
31 August 2009