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HERCULES TIS OFF-ROAD UT1 TIRES The new Hercules TIS Off-Road UT1 tires feature a balanced void ratio and innovative biting edges on the tread blocks to enable confident navigation and agility for driving off-road in a variety of terrain, such as sand, silt, loose rocks, gravel, dirt and soil. Rugged eight-ply construction and a specialized […]
CELEBRATING YOUTH UTVs Kids have it so good these days, and the 2022 RZR 200 builds on 11 years of the Youth RZR 170. At the second round of the MidAmerica Outdoors $375,000 UTV Short-Course Series (starting on page 40), there were 63 Youth 170/250 entries, including 59 RZRs and four Hisun 250s. Watching the […]
POLARIS GENERAL OIL LEVEL Dear Sarge, I recently purchased a leftover 2021 Polaris General XP 4 Deluxe demo model. It was mainly used for customer demo rides and had less than 200 miles on it. The dealer stated they would perform a service on it to make it “just like new” for me, consisting of […]
BROOKLYN SINGLETON’S HISUN STRIKE 250 Brooklyn Singleton is the defending MidAmerica Outdoors Short-Course 250 Mod champion with three wins and podium finishes in every round. She has moved up to the Women’s NA 1000 class for 2022, and her sister, Kennedy, is racing Brooklyn’s hand-me-down Hisun Strike 250 Mod and her 2021 runner-up #71 Limited […]
GARMIN TREAD XL OVERLAND EDITION If you ride the same small riding area every trip with the same people, you may not need a GPS unit in your UTV; however, if you like to use your machine to explore wide-open spaces, new mountain ranges or deep into the sand dunes, a unit that tracks and […]
WHAT IT IS: The VP Racing Fuels Power Spout is a pour spout specifically for VP’s 5-gallon pails. It screws directly onto the pail’s pull-out spout and is designed to make the transfer of liquids simple. The Power Spout’s vent tube allows air to flow into the bottom of the container, which releases the internal pressure, so […]
WHAT IT IS: QUIKSTEM EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT VALVE STEMS Haltec’s QuikStem emergency replacement tire valve stems are a fast and inexpensive way to replace a rotten, broken or leaky Schrader valve on any UTV, ATV, hauler or trailer wheel. The QS-500 QuikStem valve will repair any tubeless tire in a matter of seconds without breaking the tire bead […]
HOW TO GREASE A SWAY BAR Dear Sarge, Re: Your answer in the March column about greasing the sway bar’s rubber bushings. Is there an easier way to grease them? I connect the grease gun to the Zerk fitting, and I think it is on straight, but all I get is a blob of grease […]
JUNE AND JULY JAMS Jamboree season heats up and bumps the rev limiter in mid-June through July, so get your UTV prepped and ready to provide family fun. Windrock Park adds the Great Smokey Mountain Trail Ride to its Spring Shindig and Fall Jam, starting June 12th and ending with what’s sure to be a […]
POLARIS GENERAL XP 4 1000 TROY LEE DESIGNS EDITION There’s an unofficial competition in many UTV camps, and it happens before any vehicle gets moving on the trail. Usually, the newest, fastest, trickest sport machine gets extra attention, and that machine’s owner doesn’t mind a bit. For many drivers and on many trails, a sport […]
BASE KAWASAKI KRX 1000 With the introduction of the Teryx KRX 1000 for 2020, Kawasaki took direct aim at the venerable Polaris RZR XP 1000 and built a much more durable sport UTV with many reliability and strength upgrades, such as an ROPS cage with the B-pillars in line with the massive Fox Podium 2.5 piggyback […]
2022 POLARIS RZR TURBO R 4 ULTIMATE Back when Polaris announced they were not bringing back the Turbo S or Turbo S 4, we questioned the decision and also wondered what was coming instead. We all knew the four-cylinder Pro R was about to be announced, but there were still many who loved the long-travel, Turbo S […]
ON-THE-FLY SHOCK ADJUSTER SYSTEMS In the late summer of 2017, Polaris announced the first electronic on-the-fly (OTF) shock adjustment system for the 2018 RZR XP Turbo Dynamix Edition. Fox and Polaris engineers had been working on the Fox Live Valve shocks since 2011. Through distributor and co-developer Shock Therapy, Fox then released a stand-alone iQS […]
TICABOO DINO UTV/ATV RALLY The ocean has receded, the immense volcanic activity has subsided, the forest and lush vegetation covered with mud that turned to rock, and the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid that struck the planet. The remnants of this long-ago era remain today on a large and vacant landscape of south-central […]
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV/MC WORLD OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Did you know that the WORCS races was the birthplace of UTV racing? Back around 2006 and 2007, the West Coast organization was the first series to embrace the new style of racing. Back then, you had stock and modified Yamaha Rhinos and Kawasaki Teryxs making up the […]
DALLAS NORD’S #1 GAS PRO STOCK YXZ1000R We’ve reported on Brock Heger’s Weller Racing #1 Lucas Oil Off-Road three-race-winning YXZ1000R (December 2019), but two freak failures in the last two rounds cost him the 2019 LOORRS Production 1000 title. Dallas Nord is another racer under the Weller Racing banner, and this commercial airline pilot flew […]