Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126538
By Chuck Clayton
As we go editorially into the
what, who, where, when, why
and how of ATV land, we anti·
Cipate a fun ride. ATV, by our
definition, means several things. It
stands for All Terrain Vehicles, of
course. Thanks to their fat, .flotation
tires and light weight power, ATVs
can go places that would defeat other
modes of transportation.
ATV also stands for Alternative
Transportation Vehicles, in our dictionary. Definitions are loose, because
AT\' is a new phenomenon of the
Eighties (SOV). Every so many years a
new form of motorized sport takes its
place among the good things life
offers. ATV News plans to concentrate
on the multi-wheel fat tire, thumb
throttle sports vehicles and oddities,
because tha t is the new territory.
We have copyrighted the trademark
ATV News to apply to this extra addition to Cycle News that will come out
monthly at no extra cost to the readers
of CN East and West. There are other
magazines covering the !l-wheel and
Odyssey field, and there may be more
in the future. What makes ATV News
different from the rest is the newsiness of the information. ATV News
will get the news to you first. While
other magazines are still being manufactured' ATV News is being delivered
to you.
"More fun for the money" is the
motto of ATV News. My idea of fun is
safely testing my and the machine's
limits of durability and control at
speeds that tach my heart to the
redline. ATVs are different. They're
routinely used to humiliating expert
motorcycle riders. I am a perennial
novice by profession, so I took to ATVs
like I do with any new motorized sporting goods - nervously.
Craig Vetter, the motorcycle designer, was the first person I called when I
was tapped for this job. Craig has
three ATC 1105 that he uses for odd
jobs around his mouft~.aintop design
studio. He jumped at the chance to
turn me out on them at nearby Pismo
Dunes. After a few hours of trying to
master the peculiar handling characteristics of the little thing, running
over my feet, falling off, etc. I hurt in
muscles I didn't know were there, my
pockets are full of sand, and I am
stoked over a great new sport that is
just getting started.
I think a lot of other motor sports
enthusiasts will feel just as excited over
this new thing once they try it. We
hope, through ATV News, to help
generate more organized races around
the country, to inspire the manufacturers to better efforts, and to stand up to
the Druids who wish to ban offroad
sports wherever they can.
ATVs are starting life with a clean
slate. They have opened up terrain
where no vehicles have been able to go
before, and it is all of our responsibility
to keep these areas open. We know
from our motorcycle experience what
is needed to keep this new sport in
good with the general public exhaust muffs, individual responsibility,
self control.
Often in error, but never in doubt,
the editors will try and make ATV
News just as good as its parent publicatian iJl. ~.L!ls.~a<:PIIlc:,. ••••••••! .. __
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