Stephen Clark

Idaho based ATV-UTV writer Stephen Clark is fortunate to have excellent sand dunes in the surrounding area. During the summer months Stephen spends a lot of time on the dunes shooting and riding ATV's and UTV's. Stephen's technical writing style gives readers a in-depth look into the subject at hand.

The Electric Ranger is so cool in many different ways; it offers excellent performance, has good range and above all is environmentally friendly. The EV could have the ability to draw in a whole new sociographic group of consumers.

In Britain street legal quads are classed by the government as small cars, and as long as they pass a MOT (Ministry of Transport) inspection from a certified testing center they can be used on road. This legislation has spawned a new craze of converting standard off-road quads to be used on the street.

For $140 you really can?t go wrong with this helmet, it is SNELL and DOT approved and offers great looks and fit. With as hard a life as my helmets have I would rather spend half as much and replace the helmet twice as often rather than going with a higher priced helmet.

For 2009 Kawasaki has given us what we all wanted in the first place - EFI standard on all Teryx models. The Teryx also benefits from another year of development, resulting in a few new features and revised components.

Aftermarket product manufacturers are making great strides in developing UTV suspension systems that are more specialized, and make UTVs more capable in certain situations. One such company is Legend Air Suspension, who has brought to market a unique line of adjustable UTV shocks for 2008.

Arctic Cat has upped the horsepower ante in the side-x-side class with the new 951cc V-Twin powered Prowler XTZ, giving the Prowler the biggest engine in the class. But the XTZ is more than just a bigger engine in the Prowler chassis - it features upgraded suspension, ergonomics, and styling.

We are just weeks away from leaving for the 2008 Black Hills UTV Rally, and we can't wait. Sure, high gas prices suck, but it will take more than that to deny us of an epic adventure to South Dakota.

The big news for this coming model year is that Polaris reduced the weight across the sport Outlaw lineup, changed the bodywork and headlight, changed the steering system, and lowered the center of gravity.

Barely a year after releasing the RZR, Polaris is again taking the side-by-side market by storm with upgrades to the Ranger for 2009 and an exciting variation on the RZR. With the RZR still being relatively new and the prior Ranger still selling consistently in the utility market, we weren't expecting much new product from Polaris Industries in '09. We were VERY wrong.