Today, ATV and UTV sales have continued to soar, so much so that they are more than half of the overall powersports market in terms of unit sales, which includes motorcycles.
The Kawasaki was very fast and sporty, and it could quickly get away from an inexperienced rider. We also had a Kawasaki Tecate 4 that most of the crew wailed around on in back of the shop where we had a makeshift dirt track. Four wheels were much more my style, and the racing school where I worked had several of them for pit vehicles. YXZ engineĪ few years later, 3-wheelers were banned in favor of the safer, more stable four-wheeled ATVs. The power was not much to talk about, but it had enough to get into trouble. The thing felt unstable right from the beginning with giant balloon tires and a solid rear axle. In high school, one of my friends had a Honda ATC 110, my first introduction to ATVs.
