The Massimo Warrior 1000 MXD. (Massimo/) Powersports manufacturer Massimo Group last week initiated an initial public offering of its common stock, worth an estimated $5.85 million after expenses. That worked out to $4.50 a share. The company also gave its underwriters 45 days from the close of the IPO to purchase an additional 195,000 shares of the common stock. Massimo builds budget side-by-sides, ATVs, and motorcycles, including the unique Warrior Series metal-clad rec-ute machine. The Warrior series, an 85-hp rig that looks like it drove straight off the set of Mad Max, starts at $18,399 ..read more

Star-studded group of guests check out how Yamaha builds various powersports machines like ATVs, UTVs, WaveRunner, and more. (Yamaha/) The sport ATV market has a long and winding history full of wild and crazy variants of four-wheelers. Where many of these machines have fallen into obscurity over the decades, the Yamaha YFZ450R is not one of them. This celebrated machine is enjoying its 20th circle around the sun, and Yamaha is ushering in this anniversary with a special behind-the-scenes tour of its Georgia factory with a stout list of racing legends. Yamaha’s ATV and Side-by-Side Product Li ..read more

Pat McCardle from Polaris breaks down the differences between two popular Sportsman models. (Polaris/) The Polaris ATV lineup is so extensive that it can be tough to find the one that works best for your situation. A recent YouTube video from the company attempts to shed some light on the subject with a comparison between its Sportsman 570 and Sportsman XP 1000 S, so let’s take a closer look at what makes them tick. The first thing to get out of the way is the price. Polaris’ 570 is an entry-level ATV with straightforward features and a friendly $7,999 starting price. The hardcore XP 1000 S i ..read more

Department of Labor seal. (Department of Labor/) The US Department of Labor has fined a parts supplier for Yamaha, John Deere, and mower manufacturer Toro for illegally employing children, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel. The Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor levied a $296,951 civil penalty against Tuff Torq Corporation, and is making the company set aside $1.5 million in profits. The money will be used to benefit the children who were employed illegally, according to a news release. The department obtained a consent judgment in the US District Court for the Eastern Distr ..read more

Kawasaki is one of 18 manufacturers in Lincoln, Nebraska, participating in a workforce training program for immigrants and refugees. (Kawasaki/) Kawasaki is one of a group of manufacturers in Lincoln, Nebraska, that is working on expanding the workforce with job skills training for immigrants and refugees trying to make a home in a new country. Kawasaki is one of 18 members of the Lincoln Manufacturing Council, which has set up classes in refugees’ native languages to teach them basic manufacturing skills. In a report on Nebraska Public Media, a class of Arabic and Kurdish speakers took an en ..read more

Be careful where you take your daily driver. (Matt’s Off-Road Recovery/) From side-by-sides to Baja bugs, Matt’s Off-Road Recovery has rescued some interesting vehicles. But every once in a while, someone decides to take their near-stock vehicle where the road ends and bites off more than they can chew. This episode of MORR was one of those. The first call was a Toyota 4Runner that had buried itself in the sand. We get it, you buy an off-road-capable vehicle and want to figure out just how far it can go, but a 4Runner isn’t exactly a dune-shredder. Luckily, the owner found that out without lo ..read more

Tiny jeep is tiny! Tiny jeep is love! If you disagree, you are incorrect! (The Fast Lane Car/) It’s tiny. It’s red. It’s a bare-bones factory Jeep concept from the 2016 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, and it’s back. No, they’re still not going to build it. But if you yell loud enough, maybe someone at Stellantis (aka Chrysler, aka Jeep) will listen. Or at least that’s…what we tell ourselves. When we’re not staring at the 70-year-old flat-fender Willys in the garage of UTV Driver Editor-in-Chief Zach Bowman and plotting to steal the thing when he’s not looking. That Willys is small and excel ..read more

Jocko and Simon from Tough Dog Suspension talk setup. (4WD 24/7/) The dudes from 4WD 24/7 know more about wheeling than many of us ever will, but sometimes it pays to get the experts in. For this round of viewer questions, the team did just that. They called in Simon Vella from Tough Dog 4WD Suspension, an aftermarket suspension builder from Down Under. Simon goes over a lot of great stuff here, including how to pick a spring rate for your rig, and the best upgrades to do for your application. Rather than being fully focused on getting the most travel or articulation out of a machine, Simon i ..read more

When you lose a race, rip donuts. (Hoonigan/) Hoonigan’s This vs. That is getting weirder by the week. This episode sees a 1,350-hp Ultra4 buggy that has been turned into a rock bouncer loose, break, and spew dirt all over creation. It is truly excellent. The buggy, dubbed “Shredded Lettuce,” gets shove from a blown 632ci Chevy big block that spins the tires through a Turbo 400 automatic. Cameraman sacrificing the body to get the shot. Strong work. (Hoonigan/) It has military axles, 47-inch tires, beadlocks, a custom concoction of suspension goodness, and it’s Extremely Green. It lines up ne ..read more

Mattracks got off to a humble start in Minnesota in 1994, bolting a set of tracks to a GMT400. (Mattracks/) The company that showed the world it was possible to put tank-style tracks on a GMT400 and drive over or through anything that lay in your way turns 30 this year. Mattracks got its start in 1994 in Greenbush, Minnesota, the brainchild of 11-year-old Matt Brazier, who asked his dad, Glen Brazier, if putting tracks on a truck would work. The elder Brazier got his business network moving, and by 1996 Mattracks had secured a government contract and sent Humvee track systems to Bosnia, moved ..read more