<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:35:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>UTV Guide Blog</title><description>UTVs - Yamaha Rhino, Polaris RZR, Polaris Ranger, Kawasaki Teryx, Arctic Cat Prowler and other Side by Side Vehicles.</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/blog.html</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-8740756376139477616</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-17T13:35:07.656-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Kawasaki Teryx</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>King of the Hammers</category><title>Getting ready for King of the Hammers 2010 UTV Race</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-027-771004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-027-770999.jpg" alt="Kawasaki Teryx - King of the Hammers" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am in the final stretch on a UTV build for the 2010 King of the Hammers UTV Race that will be held in Johnson Valley on February 11, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pit Bull Tires has stepped up to the challenge and is proud to be the Title  Sponsor of the UTV King of the Hammers race and is offering up a &lt;strong style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;first place purse for this stand alone race of $5,000&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, five vehicles competed in the desert and in some of the most extreme  rock crawling environments.  This year, the course will be a little longer, a  little harder, and will utilize some of the King of the Hammers rule book which  includes no spectator help, only competitor help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-029-736763.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-029-736759.jpg" alt="Kawasaki Teryx - King of the Hammers" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-028-707482.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Race-028-707478.jpg" alt="Kawasaki Teryx - King of the Hammers" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some specifications on our 2008 Kawasaki Teryx:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;2009 Engine and Harness - &lt;a href="http://www.kawasaki.com/"&gt;Kawasaki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Frame &amp;amp; Roll Cage - &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exhaust - &lt;a href="http://www.muzzys.com/"&gt;Muzzys Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;840cc Big Bore - &lt;a href="http://www.muzzys.com/"&gt;Muzzys  Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Long Travel Shocks - &lt;a href="http://www.foxracingshox.com/"&gt;Fox  Racing Shox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Power Steering - &lt;a href="http://www.unisteer.com/"&gt;Unisteer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Steering Rack - &lt;a href="http://www.unisteer.com/"&gt;Unisteer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Long Travel Kit - &lt;a href="http://www.funcoutv.com/"&gt;Funco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aluminum - &lt;a href="http://mfs-ca.com/"&gt;MFS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;UHMW Skid Plate -  &lt;a href="http://www.factoryutv.net/"&gt;Factory  UTV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fuel Management - &lt;a href="http://www.msdignition.com/"&gt;MSD  Ignition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/teryx_clutch_mods.htm"&gt;Clutch Kit&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.daltonindustries.com/"&gt;Dalton Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clutch Cover - &lt;a href="http://www.daltonindustries.com/"&gt;Dalton  Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/utv_communication.htm"&gt;Two Seat Radio &amp;amp; Intercom&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href="http://www.ruggedradios.com/"&gt;Rugged Race Products&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Radiator - Griffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fuel Cell - Summit Racing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seats - &lt;a href="http://www.redart.com/"&gt;Beard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Harnesses/Restraints - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rear View Panoramic Mirrors - &lt;a href="http://www.axiaalloys.com/"&gt;Axia Alloys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Window Nets - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson  Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fire Suit - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson  Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500W Stator Kit - &lt;a href="http://sidexsidecustoms.com/"&gt;Side x  Side Customs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;LED Lights - &lt;a href="http://www.rigidindustries.com/"&gt;Rigid  Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Battery Isolator - &lt;a href="http://www.blackrhinoperformance.com/"&gt;Black Rhino Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kwik Jak - &lt;a href="http://www.bajadesigns.com/"&gt;Baja Designs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Winch - &lt;a href="http://www.warn.com/"&gt;Warn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Winch Fairlead - &lt;a href="http://www.customsplice.com/"&gt;Custom  Splice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Details about the race:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Permanent Link to Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers $5,000 Purse Largest in History of UTV Racing" href="http://utvweekly.com/index.php/2009/10/pit-bull-tires-utv-king-of-the-hammers-5000-purse-largest-in-history-of-utv-racing/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Pit Bull Tires UTV King of the Hammers $5,000 Purse Largest in  History of UTV Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_king_of_the_hammers_2009.htm"&gt;2009 King Of the Hammers UTV Race&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kingofthehammers.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.KingOfTheHammers.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_race.htm"&gt;Teryx Build&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-8740756376139477616?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/12/getting-ready-for-king-of-hammers-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-3206656685209011505</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-31T21:08:05.417-07:00</atom:updated><title>On the cover of Side x Side Action Magazine</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/digital-edition-page26-754203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/digital-edition-page26-754189.jpg" alt="Side x Side Action Magazine - Ranger EV" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made it on the cover of another Side x Side Action Magazine this month.  That is a blue &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_ev.htm"&gt;Polaris RANGER EV&lt;/a&gt; (electric vehicle) that I am driving at the Polaris R&amp;amp;D facility in Wyoming, Minnesota during their 2010 press intro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I traveled to the Polaris event with Mike Lasher of &lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideaction.com"&gt;Side x Side Action Magazine&lt;/a&gt;, and that is how I ended up on the cover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RANGER EV is a pretty unique vehicle.  It is definitely not like your run-of-the-mill golf cart, but it does run on batteries. &lt;span&gt;Polaris introduced the value-priced, Midsize &lt;a href="polaris_ranger_400.htm"&gt;&lt;i&gt;RANGER &lt;/i&gt;400&lt;/a&gt; and the company’s first  electric vehicle, &lt;a href="polaris_ranger_ev.htm"&gt;&lt;i&gt;RANGER &lt;/i&gt;EV&lt;/a&gt;. Both of  these units share the same, smaller, two-seat chassis, that fits in the back of  a pickup truck, with many of the hardest working, smoothest riding features of  their full-sized counterparts: On-Demand True All-Wheel Drive with VersaTrac,  Independent Rear Suspension, heavy duty front end protection, high ground  clearance and the longest suspension travel in their class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More info on the &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/news/2009/07/2010-polaris-ranger-and-ranger-rzr-line.html"&gt;2010 Polaris RANGER lineup&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-3206656685209011505?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/08/on-cover-of-side-x-side-action-magazine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-499798195947539991</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-18T07:31:28.618-07:00</atom:updated><title>Headed to Henderson for Vegas to Reno Race</title><description>I am headed to Henderson, NV today to cover the Vegas to Reno off-road race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Live" Coverage of Vegas to Reno The Long Way will be available starting Wednesday at Contingency, Thursday-Saturday through the pits and nightly updates, and wrapping it all up in Reno at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Live" is in quotes since we are going to be in the boonies most of the day and cell service and wireless internet are pretty sketchy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be in Henderson on Wednesday AM taking pictures of all the UTVs during contingency. Then each night we will be uploading photos from the days event.  Live updates on Twitter as cell service allows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few different ways to get "current" reports and see photos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twitter: http://twitter.com/utvguide -quick status and a few pictures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UTV Weekly.com: http://utvweekly.com/index.php/2009/08/live-coverage-of-bitd-vegas-to-reno-utv-race - nightly photo galleries and race day overview&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UTV Guide: http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_vegas_to_reno_2009.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should be interesting.  3 days of racing.  996 miles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Schedule:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday - Contingency&lt;br /&gt;Thursday - Beatty to Tonopah&lt;br /&gt;Friday - Tonopah to Hawthorne&lt;br /&gt;Saturday - Hawthorne to Dayton&lt;br /&gt;Sunday - Awards Ceremony&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-499798195947539991?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/08/headed-to-henderson-for-vegas-to-reno.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-741647952283399279</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-23T15:24:45.365-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rob Muzzy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Kawasaki Teryx</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Muzzys Performance Products</category><title>Muzzys Performance Products On Board to Build Race Teryx Engine</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RobMuzzy-704399.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Rob Muzzy" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RobMuzzy-704393.jpg" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I made a trip over to Infineon Raceway today and met up with Rob Muzzy of &lt;a href="http://muzzys.com/"&gt;Muzzys Performance Products&lt;/a&gt;. Rob and his crew at Muzzys are going to take our 2009 Kawasaki Teryx EFI V-Twin engine that we are going to use in our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_race.htm"&gt;Race Teryx Project&lt;/a&gt; and do a couple of performance modifications for us. Stay tuned as we decide how big to go!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="2009 Kawasaki Teryx v-twin efi" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/2009TeryxEFIEngine-1-724722.jpg" border="1" /&gt;Rob Muzzy is the USA's most successful motorcycle racing team manager. For 25 years he has run successful Kawasaki bikes in an assortment of circuit racing, road racing and motocross, winning 19 major titles in total. In the last few year's, Rob has got on board with the UTV Market, and Muzzys now builds exhaust and performance products for Kawasaki Teryx, Polaris RZR and Yamaha Rhino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Muzzys Performance Products is based in Bend, OR and can be reached at: 541-385-0706 or on the internet at: &lt;a href="http://www.muzzys.com/"&gt;www.muzzys.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-741647952283399279?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/07/muzzys-performance-products-on-board-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-6720017911902025889</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-09T18:20:04.771-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>UTV Racing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2009 Kawasaki Teryx 750 FI 4x4 Sport</category><title>Race Teryx is getting a major overhaul!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-103-728459.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-103-728455.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-100-704005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-100-703999.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Kawasaki Teryx that we use for racing has gone under the knife for some major surgery. Bob at &lt;a href="http://roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt; has taken it down to the minimum in order to build it up right.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plan is to set it up for King of the Hammers, a little short course racing with VORRA and maybe some desert too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Follow along with the build at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_race.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_race.htm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is what the Teryx looked like for the 2009 King of the Hammers UTV race:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_koh_project.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_koh_project.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-6720017911902025889?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/07/race-teryx-is-getting-major-overhaul.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-3391780256613906228</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-02T13:14:17.709-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>CPSC</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Yamaha Rhino</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Honda ATC</category><title>Are Sport UTVs destined to go the way of the Honda ATC?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/honda-83atc-711870.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Honda ATC Three-Wheeler" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/honda-83atc-711868.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;By Jon Crowley, &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/"&gt;www.utvguide.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was just interviewed by a free lance reporter who is writing an article on the Yamaha Rhino and I got to thinking about sport UTVs. Are Yamaha Rhinos, as well as other sport UTVs headed in the direction of the infamous Honda ATC three-wheeler from back in the 1980’s?&lt;br /&gt;If you remember way back when in 1982 (it really isn’t that long ago), Honda introduced the ATC 200 Big Red. The ATC was a great machine, but as popularity exploded, so did the accident rate.&lt;br /&gt;The increase in accident levels lead to an investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In 1986, CPSC statistics suggested that most accidents were due to improper rider behavior that ignored manufacturer warnings. No inherent flaw was found in the three-wheel design.&lt;br /&gt;Honda’s owner’s manual and product warning labels stressed the importance of preper operation to its customers. Through a national industry safety campaign, there was a 33 percent decline in recorded CPSC injury statistics between 1984 and 1988.&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless, in 1988, ATV manufacturers entered into a 10 year agreement with the CPSC. Under the agreement ATV manufacturers made a $100 million commitment to expand safety programs. Additionally, even though three-wheel ATC sales were dropping off, manufacturers agreed to stop distributing ATCs in the U.S.&lt;br /&gt;If history is bound to repeat itself, the sport UTV is headed in a similar direction as the ATC three-wheeler. The Yamaha Rhino is currently the biggest target, and Yamaha has worked out an agreement with the CPSC to “repair” existing Rhinos. Yamaha is facing an onslaught of lawsuits from users that for the most part have tipped their vehicles over and have been injured or killed.&lt;br /&gt;From what I have seen in reviewing many of the accidents that I see reported in the newspapers, a lot can be blamed on users not following manufacturer guidelines for proper use. For example, here are the two most recent accidents that happened in May 2009:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10447312%20"&gt;13 Year Old Dies in Rhino Rollover&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10447312"&gt;http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10447312&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/old-year-children-2429745-officials-broken%20"&gt;Father Dies, 5 Children Injured in Rhino Rollover&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10447312"&gt;http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10447312&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The accidents are tragic, that is for sure. But if you look past the inflammatory reporting you will find that in both instances, many guidelines were completely ignored that would have either prevented the accident or surely lessened the severity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the 13 year old boy, he was not wearing a seat belt, he is under 16 years old, the Rhino was new (lack of experience), he was not wearing a helmet and there was no adult supervision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;With the father that died in the roll over, the Rhino was carrying one driver and 5 children as passengers in a two person vehicle. No one had seat belts on, and the father was carrying his one year old son on his lap.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I am reading the tea-leaves correctly, I can see that improper use of sport UTVs will soon affect all of us. Will the CPSC step in and limit how powerful side x side vehicles can be? Will helmets become mandatory equipment just like they are in California for ATVs? Will manufacturers be forced to add even more safety equipment? Do you get the point?&lt;br /&gt;All of these lawsuits and the bureaucrats at the CPSC are going to force manufacturers to limit how much fun we can have in our beloved UTVs. That is the sad truth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few guidelines to remember to help keep you safe in a side x side vehicle:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Always wear your seat belt &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Always wear a helmet &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Don’t drink and drive &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep arms and legs in the vehicle at all times &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abrupt maneuvers or aggressive driving can cause rollovers – even on flat, open areas &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Learn the limits of your vehicle and your driving ability &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Children under 16 should never drive a side x side vehicle &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beyond following the guideline provided by vehicle manufacturers, use some common sense and take responsibility for your actions. Just because you have an accident doesn’t mean there is a problem with the vehicle and you should be owed a lot of money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-3391780256613906228?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/05/are-sport-utvs-destined-to-go-way-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-6722150442235669577</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-26T08:58:15.935-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Polaris Ranger HD</category><title>A quick Memorial Day ride</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PolarisRangerHD-IronMountain-1-763913.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PolarisRangerHD-IronMountain-1-763908.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/IronMountain-May2009-3-741455.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/IronMountain-May2009-3-741450.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/IronMountain-May2009-2-741430.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/IronMountain-May2009-2-741425.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Went on a last minute ride up near Iron Mountain (Pollock Pines, CA area) on Memorial Day. I just had time to set up a flag on the RANGER HD before heading out on the trails. We also had a Polaris RZR S and a Kawasaki Teryx on the trail.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd_long_term_review.htm"&gt;2009 Polaris RZR HD&lt;/a&gt; - Long Term Review&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-6722150442235669577?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/05/quick-memorial-day-ride.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-3989600671776697591</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-15T05:57:51.826-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>UTV Rally</category><title>3rd Annual UTV Rally - Moab Utah</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-Cliffhanger-19-724259.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-Cliffhanger-19-724255.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-Cliffhanger-20-724239.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-Cliffhanger-20-724236.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Having a great time in Moab at the 2009 UTV Rally. Lots of great people, some very cool UTVs, nice cross section of vendors and incredible trails &amp;amp; scenery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Day one we did Cliffhanger. Day two was Moab Rim. And today we are taking on Pritchett Canyon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More Photos: &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_utv_rally_2009.htm"&gt;3rd Anual UTV Rally Photo Gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-3989600671776697591?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/05/3rd-annual-utv-rally-moab-utah.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-2169592746117285572</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-12T18:06:34.148-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Moab</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>UTV Rally</category><title>Headed to the 2009 UTV Rally in Moab</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-1-749745.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVRally2009-1-749740.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Left on Monday night from the Sacramento area to get part way to Moab. Trail runs start on Wednesday so I wanted to get there Tuesday and not drive all 13 hours in one shot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On this trip, I decided to go light and nimble. Just the truck with the Kawasaki Teryx on the UTV Rack. Staying in a motel in Moab, so this will allow me to roam around a bit more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All seemed well on the drive until I got a call from my wife Teresa at about 8:30pm. I was 4+ hours into the drive and almost to Winnemucca when she called. She said she had some bad news. I figured one of the cats had died or something along those lines. Instead she tells me the bag will all my clothes in it is still sitting in the laundry room where I left it. Crap!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Too far to go home, and with only the clothes on my back we scrambled for options. I found a Wal Mart in Winnemucca and bought enough clothes, etc. to get me by for a few days. Then Teresa took and box up my stuff and Fed Ex'ed it out for next day delivery. I won't get it until Wednesday (keep your finger's crossed), but that isn't so bad. Bill for the overnight was $100. Ouch!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later on on Tuesday, the check engine light came on (2005 Ford F250 Diesel). Ugh. Not sure what it is, but everything seems to be running fine. Hopefully it is something minor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More pictures later. Be sure to check out all of our pictures at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_utv_rally_2009.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_utv_rally_2009.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-2169592746117285572?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/05/headed-to-2009-utv-rally-in-moab.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-8826177772415341534</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-06T12:12:13.630-07:00</atom:updated><title>Great UTV trip to the Pine Nut Mountains</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PineNutMountains-026-735384.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PineNutMountains-026-735380.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PineNutMountains-043-735361.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PineNutMountains-043-735357.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My son and I had a great trip riding around the Pine Nut Mountains near Gerdnerville, NV las weekend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We took our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_buildup.htm"&gt;Kawasaki Teryx&lt;/a&gt; and joined up with friends that had another Teryx, plus a neighbor brought out our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd_long_term_review.htm"&gt;Ranger HD demo unit&lt;/a&gt;.  We probably drove about 60 miles on Saturday and made it out to Slater's Mine near Mt. Siegel before turning around.  A little bit of snow going around Mt. Siegel made us pick a new route, but the Lowrance Baja 540C GPS came in handy for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;More pictures and info:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_pine_nuts_may2009.htm"&gt;Pine Nut Mountains Trip Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-8826177772415341534?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/05/great-utv-trip-to-pine-nut-mountains.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-7807723146771774999</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-29T10:57:13.311-07:00</atom:updated><title>Tough times hit one big of the biggest Powersports Magazine Publisher</title><description>Source Interlink Media files for Chapter 11 Reorganization&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonita Springs, FL., April 28, 2009 - Source Interlink Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SORC), one of the largest publishers of magazines and online content for enthusiast audiences and a leading distributor of DVD's, CD's, magazines, video games and books today announced that it has reached a restructured agreement with its lenders to eliminate $1 billion dollars of existing debt and privatize the company.&lt;br /&gt;Under the agreement, the company's lenders will cancel nearly $1 billion of the company's existing debt and provide approximately $100 million in additional liquidity. Source Interlink, in agreement with its lenders, will pay all of its vendors in full and on time if they agree to maintain current credit and payment terms. To facilitate the restructuring, the Company filed a lender-approved pre-packaged Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The Company anticipates it will emerge within 35 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the more popular powersports magazines that Source Interlink Media publishes include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Motor Trend&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hot Rod&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4Wheel Drive &amp;amp; Sport Utility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4Wheel &amp;amp; Off-Road&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Four Wheeler&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;JP Magazine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;ATV Rider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dirt Rider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Off-Road&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;With more than 75 &lt;a href="http://www.sourceinterlink.com/divisions/sim/#websites"&gt;publications&lt;/a&gt;, 90 &lt;a href="http://www.sourceinterlink.com/divisions/sim/#websites"&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;, 400 branded products, 65+ events, and &lt;a href="http://www.sourceinterlink.com/divisions/sim/#tv_radio"&gt;TV&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.sourceinterlink.com/divisions/sim/#tv_radio"&gt;radio&lt;/a&gt; programs, SIM is the largest provider of content to enthusiast communities interested in automotive, action sports, marine and other niche activities. For more information about the Source Interlink reorganization go to: &lt;a href="http://www.sourceinterlink.com/"&gt;www.SourceInterlink.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-7807723146771774999?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/tough-times-hit-one-big-of-biggest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-8850623445550018110</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-28T13:24:12.773-07:00</atom:updated><title>A little short course UTV race for UTVGuide.net</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-10-733485.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RaceTeryx-10-733481.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Decided to race our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_race_project.htm"&gt;Kawasaki Race Teryx&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="http://www.vorra.net/"&gt;VORRA&lt;/a&gt; short course last weekend. What a blast! The VORRA short course races are held at &lt;a href="http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1221"&gt;Prairie City SVRA&lt;/a&gt; near Sacramento. There were only three UTVs that raced, but it was pretty comptetitive nonetheless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We were able to capture the last laps of the 1st and 2nd moto of the races and have them posted up on YouTube:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLFM1uYeZHo"&gt;In-car video from the last lap of the 1st moto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8RJzLQtmSI"&gt;In-car video from the last lap of the 2nd moto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I now have the race bug and plan to race the rest of the VORRA short course races, and may try out a few of the desert races this summer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-8850623445550018110?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/little-short-course-utv-race-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-3267077504916247823</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-28T11:26:36.569-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Teryx</category><title>UTVGuide.net's Teryx is Teryx of the Month</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Cover-2-773993.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Cover-2-773990.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_buildup.htm"&gt;Project Teryx&lt;/a&gt; is the winner of the 1st Teryx of the Month contest on TeryxForums.net for &lt;a href="http://www.teryxforums.net/teryxforums-net-news/4082-winner-april-2009-kawasaki-teryx-month.html"&gt;April 2009&lt;/a&gt;. The voting came down to the wire, but we squeeked out the win by one vote. Thanks to everyone that voted for us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be sure to check out &lt;a href="http://www.teryxforums.net/"&gt;www.teryxforums.net&lt;/a&gt; to see our Teryx, and if you have a Teryx worthy of being Teryx of the Month, be sure to post up a picture on their forum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teryxforums.net/"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 70px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/teryxlogo-784987.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-3267077504916247823?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/utvguidenets-teryx-is-teryx-of-month.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-6161662195153780368</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-25T06:08:31.681-07:00</atom:updated><title>America's Sue-Happy Society Costs Us All</title><description>I recently read another news article about two new lawsuits against Yamaha (&lt;a href="http://www.wvrecord.com/news/218642-yamaha-faces-two-suits-over-rhino-rollovers"&gt;Yamaha faces two suits over Rhino rollovers&lt;/a&gt;). Litigants say the incidents occurred because the Yamaha Rhino was "not stable" and "lacked necessary safety features."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sue-happy country is spiraling downhill, and it makes me sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Predatory lawyers know they can file ridiculous lawsuits against product makers and blackmail them into huge cash settlements, even in cases in which a user has ignored common sense. The United States is the most litigious nation in the history of the world and it is costing us all dearly. With all of these lawsuits, the cost for a manufacturer to do business in the United States is absurd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billions of dollars in litigation costs is passed on to consumers, insurance premiums have skyrocketed as everyone scrambles to cover their behinds, astronomical settlements depress corporate earnings and stock values, and many companies are too scared to even build certain products like UTVs because the vehicle is more likely to attract lawsuits. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even after a manufacturer decides to build a new product, they must spend an inordinate amount of time to cover themselves with warning labels like “Caution: Coffee is hot.”  Wake up Ameria!  Coffee is supposed to be hot.  The rest of the world must just laugh at how pathetic the United States has become.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sure hope that ordinary, hard-working Americans can take back our country and put some common sense back into the way our government operates, because this "me first" society we are living in makes me worried about the world my kids are going to live in.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-6161662195153780368?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/americas-sue-happy-society-costs-us-all.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-369485000636116317</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-22T08:09:22.370-07:00</atom:updated><title>Arctic Cat Prowler 1000 Aftermarket Products Looking Up</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Prowler1000-DFR-2-734526.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Prowler1000-DFR-2-734521.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Arctic Cat Prowler hasn't enjoyed the aftermarket acceptance seen by the Yamaha Rhino, Polaris RZR and Kawasaki Teryx until recently.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With the introduction of the 2009 Prowler 1000 XTZ, Arctic Cat has put itself in the running for a slew of aftermarket goodies like long travel kits, roll cages, bumpers and lots of billet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arctic Cat Prowler Buyer's Guides:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;UTVGuide.net has added a few buyer's guides for big aftermarket Prowler products:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/prowler_roll_cages.htm"&gt;Arctic Cat Prowler Roll Cages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/prowler_long_travel_kits.htm"&gt;Arctic Cat Prowler Long Travel Kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/prowler_xtz1000_performance.htm"&gt;Arctic Cat Prowler 1000 Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Submit your products:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you manufacture long travel kits for the Arctic Cat Prowler, and are interested in being listed on our buyer's guides, please &lt;a href="mailto:jon@utvguide.net?subject=UTV"&gt;send us an email&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;A link to &lt;a href="http://www.duneguide.com/"&gt;www.DuneGuide.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/"&gt;www.UTVGuide.net&lt;/a&gt; from your website is always appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Arctic Cat Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/prowler_xtz1000_review.htm"&gt;Prowler 1000 Product Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/arctic_cat_prowler_xtz1000.htm"&gt;Prowler 1000 Features &amp;amp; Specifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UTV Industry News:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While other off-road vehicle sales have slowed, the side x side market segement is still growing. New products are introduced on a daily basis and our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/news/UTV-News.html"&gt;UTV Industry News&lt;/a&gt; page is where to find them. If you are a manufacturer and have a new product, please send your press releases to &lt;a href="mailto:jon@utvguide.net"&gt;jon@utvguide.net&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-369485000636116317?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/arctic-cat-prowler-1000-aftermarket.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-4986486848407668741</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-18T18:35:49.283-07:00</atom:updated><title>Cheerleading coach that posed with my Teryx is fired</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Carlie-3-713850.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Carlie Christine" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Teryx-Carlie-3-713847.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/ProjectTeryx-Carlie-1-769018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Carlie Christine" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/ProjectTeryx-Carlie-1-768996.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carlie Christine (aka Carlie Becker) posed for some photos with the &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_buildup.htm"&gt;UTVGuide.net's Project Teryx&lt;/a&gt; last year. Now she is making some news...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carlie Christine was recently fired as a cheerleading coach at Casa Roble Fundamental High School near Sacramento after some girls didn't make the squad. It turns out that Carlie was featured as &lt;a href="http://www.centerfoldblog.net/2009/02/carlie-christine-is-playboy%E2%80%99s-cyber-girl-of-the-week/"&gt;Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Week&lt;/a&gt; (photos NSFW), for the second week in February 2009.&lt;br /&gt;Parents of the girls who did not make the squad then made copies of Christine and dropped the pictures on the principal's desk. Christine was then fired from her position.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More coverage:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cbs13.com/local/High.School.Cheer.2.985172.html"&gt;High School Cheer Coach Fired After Posing Nude&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://deadspin.com/5212919/scorned-cheerleaders-rat-out-heroic-playboy-model"&gt;Scorned Cheerleaders Rat Out Heroic Playboy Model&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','2','&amp;amp;sig2=P90yY5dwfxvFTt1eQHFCrw')" href="http://www.faniq.com/blog/Playboy-Model-Carlie-Christine-Fired-By-Casa-Robles-High-School-Blog-22306"&gt;Playboy Model Carlie Christine Fired By Casa Robles High School ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a title="Artikel-Link (Permalink)" href="http://bumpshack.com/2009/04/16/playboy-cheerleader-carlie-christine-nude-photo-scandal/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Playboy Cheerleader Carlie Christine Nude Photo Scandal&lt;/a&gt; (photos NSFW)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_buildup.htm"&gt;Project Teryx&lt;/a&gt; - More pictures of Carlie (and my Teryx)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-4986486848407668741?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/04/cheerleading-coach-that-posed-with-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-6313038684132607627</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-31T12:33:30.445-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Yamaha Rhino</category><title>Yamaha "repairs" the Rhino</title><description>As I am sure you have all seen on TV and all over the web during the last year, the personal injury lawyers have been all over the Yamaha Rhino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now word come out today that the &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/news/2009/03/yamaha-rhino-recalled-after-46-deaths.html"&gt;U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Yamaha Motor Corp. is announcing a free repair program to address safety issues with all Rhino 450 and 660 model off-highway recreational vehicles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How crazy is this world we live in and where is the personal responsibility in today's society?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the "drama induced" media isn't helping either. They are slobbering all over that the Rhino was involved in 46 deaths. What about the fact that almost all Rhino customers are operating the machines without any report of incident?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This voluntary repair program is ultimately directed at the 0.04% who have had issues (and the majority of them weren’t wearing seat belts, helmets, etc.). Why should Yamaha be responsible for buying an owner a new helmet? It says right on the dash that riders should wear a helmet. If a rider choses not to, that isn't Yamaha's fault.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether you realize it or not, what this means to all of us consumers is more expensive UTVs, that are over-burdened with safety stickers and can't perform as well as they should because some nitwit doesn't know how to drive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can see it now. The CPSC is soon going to require everyone walking down a sidewalk to wear a helmet because we may trip over a curb. The United States is getting pathetic, and off-roaders better wake up and do something about it or we will have no where to ride, and nothing but a CARB approved lawn mower to ride on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yamaha Repair Campaign Announcement:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outdoor/Rhino_Owner_Info_309.aspx"&gt;http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outdoor/Rhino_Owner_Info_309.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-6313038684132607627?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/yamaha-repairs-rhino.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-5867081129741262490</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-30T12:59:47.664-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>UTV Shootout</category><title>2009 Side x Side Shootout</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/2009-UTVShootout-1-739728.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/2009-UTVShootout-1-739725.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideaction.com/"&gt;Side x Side Action Magazine&lt;/a&gt; has uploaded their Side x Side Shootout video for the testing we did in January.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check it out here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nQpsigAK0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nQpsigAK0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was one of three drivers at the shootout.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check out the next few issues of Side x Side Action Magazine as all the different side x side vehicles are compared.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;More pictures from the 2009 UTV Shootout:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_utv_shootout_2009.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_utv_shootout_2009.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-5867081129741262490?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/2009-side-x-side-shootout.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-5905627303359668131</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-23T20:09:48.964-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Polaris RZR S</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Fox</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Replacement Shocks</category><title>Testing out Fox 2" Triple Adjustable Shocks on our RZR S</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-003-737018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Polaris RZR S replacement shocks - Fox Racing" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-003-737005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-007-771849.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Polaris RZR S replacement shocks - Fox Racing" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-007-771843.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-005-737062.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Polaris RZR S replacement shocks - Fox Racing" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/RZR_S_Fox-005-737059.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am down at the &lt;a href="http://www.thedunetour.com/"&gt;Dune Tour&lt;/a&gt; in Glamis and I am hooking up with &lt;a href="http://www.foxracingshox.com/"&gt;Fox Racing Shocks&lt;/a&gt; to test out a set of 2" triple adjustable shocks on our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_long_term_review.htm"&gt;RZR S&lt;/a&gt;. Should have the shocks installed in a few hours, then it's time to hit the dunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tomorrow, I am hooking up with Joey from &lt;a href="http://www.utvunderground.com/"&gt;UTV Underground&lt;/a&gt; to do a full review of the RZR S and these new factory replacement shocks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/rzr_s_shocks.htm"&gt;Fox 2.0 Piggyback RC2 Shock Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More Polaris RZR S Information: &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_review.htm"&gt;Polaris RZR S Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_long_term_review.htm"&gt;Long term RZR S Review&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-5905627303359668131?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/testing-out-fox-2-triple-adjustable.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-8341875474313346903</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-17T20:39:50.057-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Sand Mountain</category><title>Great UTV trip to Sand Mountain</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-038-777070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-038-777067.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-039-777094.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-039-777091.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-040-723900.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-040-723897.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-041-723934.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/SandMtn-March2009-041-723930.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Just got back from a great father &amp;amp; son trip to &lt;a href="http://www.duneguide.com/sand_dune_guide_sand_mountain.htm"&gt;Sand Mountain, NV&lt;/a&gt;. The pictures above are my son jumping off the RZR S in Super Bowl.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More pictures from the weekend:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_sand_mtn_march2009.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_sand_mtn_march2009.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-8341875474313346903?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/great-utv-trip-to-sand-mountain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-7941521785015851777</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-05T20:58:28.866-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Side x Side Shootout</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Side x Side Action Magazine</category><title>Made it on the cover of another Side x Side Action Magazine</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/digital-edition22-784998.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Side x Side Action Magazine" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/digital-edition22-784983.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yours truly has made it on another cover of &lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideaction.com/"&gt;Side x Side Action Magazine&lt;/a&gt; (April 2009).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The photo was shot during the 2009 Side x Side Shootout held at Glen Helen.  We tested 18 different UTVs over three days and I was one of the drivers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Look for several different articles over the next few issues as they cover different market segements.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-7941521785015851777?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/made-it-on-cover-of-another-side-x-side.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-5439893733934856647</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-04T18:28:09.533-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2009 Polaris RZR S</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Kawasaki Teryx</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Polaris RZR</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Polaris Ranger HD</category><title>UTVGuide.net's stable is full of UTVs</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVGuide-UTVs-6-790191.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVGuide-UTVs-6-790183.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVGuide-UTVs-4-790160.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/UTVGuide-UTVs-4-790130.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The UTVGuide.net stable is pretty full of UTVs right now.  From left to right we have a demo unit from Polaris (&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd_long_term_review.htm"&gt;Ranger HD&lt;/a&gt;), our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/rzr_buildup.htm"&gt;Polaris RZR Buildup&lt;/a&gt;, our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_buildup.htm"&gt;Kawasaki Teryx Buildup&lt;/a&gt;, our &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_koh_project.htm"&gt;Kawasaki Teryx Race Project&lt;/a&gt; and another demo unit from Polaris (&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_long_term_review.htm"&gt;RZR S&lt;/a&gt;). It is very awesome to have such a variety of UTVs ready to be driven. This really gives us an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of each vehicle that can only be gained by using them for more than a day at a media event.&lt;br /&gt;Check back often as we take these different side x sides to events all over the west. If you see us out on a ride or at a race, stop by and say hi and check them out first-hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We plan to bring two of these UTVs (not sure which yet) down to &lt;a href="http://www.thedunetour.com/"&gt;The Dune Tour&lt;/a&gt; at Glamis on March 20 - 22. And we just returned from &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_king_of_the_hammers_2009.htm"&gt;King of the Hammers&lt;/a&gt; with out race Teryx and demo RZR S.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-5439893733934856647?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/utvguidenets-stable-is-full-of-utvs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-5176778044573906273</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-02T18:38:06.985-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Polaris Ranger HD</category><title>Long term evaluation for the Polaris Ranger HD</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PolarisRangerHD-004-708565.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="2009 Polaris Ranger HD" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/PolarisRangerHD-004-708561.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are happy to have teamed up with Polaris Industries on a long term review of their new Polaris Ranger HD. Our plans our to use the Ranger HD for some work around the yard and at a neighbors ranch. We will also do some trail rides to see how versitile this UTV is.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With power steering and self leveling shocks we are excited to see how the Ranger HD performs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can follow along with our review at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd_long_term_review.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd_long_term_review.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Polaris Ranger HD Specifications:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_ranger_hd.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-5176778044573906273?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/long-term-evaluation-for-polaris-ranger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-8790175467172960072</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-02T18:14:22.852-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Kawasaki Teryx</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>King of the Hammers</category><title>UTVGuide.net's Teryx crosses the finish line in the 2009 King of the Hammers UTV Race</title><description>&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="2009 King of the Hammers UTV Race" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/KOH2009-014-715377.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/"&gt;UTVGuide.net&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt; built up this 2008 Kawasaki Teryx to compete in the &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/trip_report_king_of_the_hammers_2009.htm"&gt;2009 King of the Hammers UTV race&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div&gt;The race course traversed about 50 miles of whoops, lake bed, sand hills, and extreme rock trails in Johnson Valley OHV area.&lt;br /&gt;In a race that saw lots of breakdowns, the Kawasaki Teryx driven by Bob Roggy and spotter Jon Crowley crossed the finish line and could have kept going. Truly a testament to Teryx and the components used to put modify it for the race.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Teryx is UTV of the Month for February 2009. Check out more pictures here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/utv_of_the_month_february2009.htm"&gt;http://www.utvguide.net/utv_of_the_month_february2009.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our sponsors for the race were:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seats - &lt;a href="http://www.teryxgiant.com/"&gt;TeryxGiant.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seat Bases - &lt;a href="http://www.sdrmotorsports.com/"&gt;SDR Motorsports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harnesses/Restraints - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Window Nets - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fire Suits - &lt;a href="http://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/"&gt;Simpson Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rear View Panoramic Mirror - &lt;a href="http://www.axiaalloys.com/"&gt;Axia Alloys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roll Cage - &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doors - &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bumper - &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fire Extinguisher Mounts - &lt;a href="http://www.motorsportsquared.com/"&gt;Motorsports2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steering Wheel and Quick Disconnect - &lt;a href="http://www.hartsrhinomotorsports.com/"&gt;Hart's Rhino Motorsports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horn Kit - &lt;a href="http://www.sidebysidesports.com/"&gt;Side x Side Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shocks/Springs - &lt;a href="http://www.sidebysideracingproducts.com/"&gt;Side by Side Racing Products&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UHMW Skid Plate -  &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rock Skids - &lt;a href="http://www.roggyenterprises.net/"&gt;Roggy Enterprises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beadlock Wheels - &lt;a href="http://www.itptires.com/"&gt;ITP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tires - &lt;a href="http://www.itptires.com/"&gt;ITP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CDI - &lt;a href="http://www.dynaonline.com/"&gt;Dynatek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_muzzys_exhaust.htm"&gt;Exhaust&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.muzzys.com/"&gt;Muzzys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jetting - &lt;a href="http://www.hartsrhinomotorsports.com/"&gt;Hart's Rhino Motorsports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/teryx_clutch_mods.htm"&gt;Clutch Kit&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.daltonindustries.com/"&gt;Dalton Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clutch Cover - &lt;a href="http://www.daltonindustries.com/"&gt;Dalton Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clutch Kit Installation - &lt;a href="http://www.hartsrhinomotorsports.com/"&gt;Hart's Rhino Motorsports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winch - &lt;a href="http://www.warn.com/"&gt;Warn Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;540C Lowrance GPS - &lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideoutfitterz.com/"&gt;Side x Side Outfitterz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GPS Mount (Roll Bar) - &lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideoutfitterz.com/"&gt;Side x Side Outfitterz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/utv_communication.htm"&gt;Two seat mobile radio &amp;amp; intercom&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.ruggedradios.com/"&gt;Rugged Race Products&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Radio/Intercom Mount - &lt;a href="http://www.sidexsideoutfitterz.com/"&gt;Side x Side Outfitterz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parker Pumper Mount - &lt;a href="http://www.omfperformance.com/"&gt;OMF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gloves - &lt;a href="http://www.shockergloveco.com/"&gt;Shocker Glove&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-8790175467172960072?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/03/utvguidenets-teryx-crossed-finish-line.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421064219516059941.post-5894849381272197245</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T07:53:56.296-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>evaluation</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2009 Polaris RZR S</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Long Term Product Review</category><title>Long term evaluation for the Polaris RZR S</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Polaris_RZR_S-003-745845.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="2009 Polaris RZR S" src="http://www.utvguide.net/blog/uploaded_images/Polaris_RZR_S-003-745561.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are happy to have teamed up with Polaris Industries on a long term review on the new Polaris RZR S. Our plans are to use the RZR S on trips just like the UTVs we own so we can do a side by side comparison.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Follow along at DuneGuide.com and UTVGuide.net test and evaluate a 2009 Polaris RZR S over the next six months at &lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_long_term_review.htm"&gt;2009 Polaris RZR S Long Term Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More information regarding the 2009 Polaris RZR S can be found at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_review.htm"&gt;2009 Polaris Ranger RZR S Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s.htm"&gt;2009 Polaris Ranger RZR S - Specifications and Photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.utvguide.net/polaris_rzr_s_long_term_review.htm"&gt;2009 Polaris RZR S Long Term Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-US/Vehicles/"&gt;Polaris Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/Ranger/2009/800/RZR-S/Pages/Features.aspx"&gt;Polaris Ranger RZR Sport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/421064219516059941-5894849381272197245?l=www.utvguide.net%2Fblog%2Fblog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.utvguide.net/blog/2009/01/long-term-evaluation-for-polaris-rzr-s_4443.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Crowdog)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>