Which is the best ATV? ATV Style regulars have voted and the poll results are in. The winner for best ATV, in an extremely close race, is… Honda! Now before you raise your fist and say “right on”, or shake it in my direction because you disagree, it’s important that you understand exactly how the best ATV vote process worked.
Poll Security:For starters the voting system was set up to monitor votes both by unique IP address and by standard cookie together with a time delay of 24 hours if someone tried to clear cookies or use a proxy to vote more than once. It appears that less than 0.4% of the votes were attempted from the same IP address and/or with the same cookie which is excellent.
Sampling Size: As you can see from the image on the left 11,483 votes were entered between December 24th 2009 and June 24th 2010, which is exactly 6 months. To ensure fairness the voting form was available sitewide from every page so as not to slant the results because of other on page content.
Science: Was the best ATV poll scientific? No, it wasn’t. The question was simply “The Best ATV Is From…” which is neither a fair question or indicative on any specific quality. The question was intentionally non descript in order to gauge ONLY the general feeling of visitors about ATV companies in general. To be scientific the poll would have had to gather more information, such as which ATVs were owned by the voter, age, and a reason why.
Hey, it’s just a fun poll!
Fairness: Was the best ATV poll fair? Absolutely, in getting visitors opinions about which ATV company they prefer anyway. You have to remember that in general it’s not possible to compare ATV companies against one another because some offer more ATV models than others, some spend more on advertising and race sponsorships etc. So does that make the poll useless? Absolutely not, the poll took all of those things into consideration by default. If one company paid more in advertising and offered more models of ATVs you’d EXPECT them to have more votes and so from that point of view it’s not hard to see that 1,319 votes for CAN-AM or 358 votes for KTM is excellent. Neither company offers as many models to choose from as say Honda and Yamaha. Votes results reflect a roughly 79% U.S., 20% Canadian and 1% other country demographic.
Overall: Overall the poll was a great success, thank you to everyone who took a second to submit your favorite choice. Will the voting be run again? Absolutely, it would be fun to see it run next year or in a couple of years to see the difference in ATV enthusiast opinions over time. In case the image doesn’t load for whatever reason here is the voting results breakdown.
Honda: 2837 votes
Yamaha: 2763 votes (exceptionally close!)
Polaris: 1571 votes (a surprise 3rd, came on strong the past 2 months)
CAN-AM: 1319 votes (another strong finisher over the past 2 months)
Suzuki: 899 votes
Kawasaki and Arctic Cat: nearly tied with 833 and 831 votes respectively
KTM: 358 (not a bad start for a relatively new company on the scene)
You’ve no doubt heard about Sand-X by now, you know, the co-creators of the sand dune vehicle that can go from 0-100 kph in under 3 seconds when a Yamaha Raptor 700 requires over 5 seconds to achieve the same? Well, if not here is a picture to remind you what it looks like…
Sand-X Hybrid ATV
According to the official myplatune website Gulf News once wrote that this is the fastest, safest and most powerful dune bike. I don’t know, I’ve seen some radical sand rails in my time, but in all fairness the SandX with it’s ATV front and snowmobile-like rear can go over any terrain so it gets from point A to point B in a straight line no matter what the dunes are like. img source: myplatune.com
Performance Specs:
Engine: Rotax 800R Power T.E.K.
Displacement: 799.5 cc / 48.8 cu
Bore: 3.2 in / 82 mm
Stroke: 3 in / 75.7 mm
Maximum Engine Speed: 8150 RPM
Carburetion: 2X TM-40
Exhaust System: Single tuned-pipe
Not convinced you want one? take a look at 1:33 into this Sand-X Hybrid ATV Video..
If the Amatoya fire recon vehicle LOOKS like a futuristic battle ATV that’s because it is. The Amatoya is designed to help firefighters contain brush fires and the future is now. Design student Liam Ferguson won the 2010 James Dyson award for his concept.
Amatoya Fire Recon Vehicle
This machine looks like a blast to ride and has some fairly impressive features including a remotely operated suppression cannon outfit (ROSCO) and military grade sacrificial thermo ceramic intumescent paints. It is designed to not only protect the driver in case it is caught in a fire but also to remain mobile even in prolonged burn situations.
Amatoya ATV: back
Notice the Ford logo on the back? No mention yet if Ford is backing the project, which I assume they would have, or if Liam was laying down the gauntlet with a display of how good the ford logo looks on the Amatoya. (more…)
by Nick Harris, taken from the ATV archives on ATV Style
Get answers to your Vin Number questions with these ATV VIN Number charts and digits code information. You don't need a vin decoder to decode your own vin!
by Nick Harris, from the ATV Reviews section of ATV Style
Honda Odyssey ATV - A lot of fun in a little package. In 1976 Honda produced the Honda Odyssey ATV which resembles a small sandrail or buggy, learn more about it here.
by Nick Harris, from the ATV Reviews section of ATV Style
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by Nick Harris, Taken from the ATV Archives on ATV Style
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by Nick Harris, from the ATV archives section on ATV Style.
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About ATV Style, entertaining news and information in an easy to understand format. My name is Nick Harris and riding ATVs has been a lifelong passion of mine, actually if it goes offroad and has wheels I've likely driven it. If ATV riding is in your blood you are welcome to share your ATV related opinions too.
I make it a point to attempt to answer every ATV related comment readers take the time to write, let me know what's on your mind! It doesn't matter if you call it an ATV or Four Wheeler or even worse a Quad (just kidding) It's welcome discussion here. Likewise it doesn't matter if you ride a Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Polaris or Yamaha ATV Staff is thrilled to cover them all. No exceptions!
Summary: An ATV is a relatively light weight vehicle capable of traveling off roads, hence the acronym for All Terrain Vehicle. ATVs are also called quads and 4x4s in parts of North America and Europe as well as four wheelers and forbys in Australia.
ATV History: The all-terrain vehicle (ATV) first entered production in Japan aimed primarily at farmers in remote mountain locations. Roads are impassable in many locations during specific times of year. Early 3 wheel ATV designs were adopted quickly and became a popular mode of transportation year round.
Japanese ATV manufacturers realized the 3 wheelers could be promoted to Americans as fun recreational vehicles. They were first introduced to the U.S. market in the early 1970's and promoted as a recreational vehicle. ATV racing and ATV trails riding are still the primary use for ATVs in the US today, not so much for farming despite being extremely handy around the fields.
A strong market also exists for utility ATVs by sportsmen for hunting, farming and anyone with a lot of land. Pickup trucks, even the 4x4 variety, require more energy to cover the same ground, and sometimes trails are too narrow for full sized vehicle, which means they have a permanent home in many garages.
Currently the most popular ATVs in the U.S. are manufactured by Yamaha, Suzuki, Polaris, Honda and Kawasaki so expect to see a lot of coverage on those but since I enjoy all ATV makes and models they will all have a home on ATV Style. Would you want it any other way? I didn't think so and neither would I !
Poll Security:For starters the voting system was set up to monitor votes both by unique IP address and by standard cookie together with a time delay of 24 hours if someone tried to clear cookies or use a proxy to vote more than once. It appears that less than 0.4% of the votes were attempted from the same IP address and/or with the same cookie which is excellent. 
time, but in all fairness the SandX with it’s ATV front and snowmobile-like rear can go over any terrain so it gets from point A to point B in a straight line no matter what the dunes are like. img source: myplatune.com
Get answers to your Vin Number questions with these ATV VIN Number charts and digits code information. You don't need a vin decoder to decode your own vin!
Honda Odyssey ATV - A lot of fun in a little package. In 1976 Honda produced the Honda Odyssey ATV which resembles a small sandrail or buggy, learn more about it here.
Free ATV Games to play online right now including ATV racing, motocross and offroad truck racing. Who doesn't enjoy a little free mindless ATV fun, play now!
ATV Drag Racing - the sport is alive and well and there are a LOT of custom drag ATVs worthy of their own article, will yours be one of them? Send in your pictures and get your Dragster Featured!
Honda Rincon for sale - find your next Honda Rincon for sale classified listings on ATV Style or list your Rincon ATVs for sale today.