Super Fast, Super Strong Cool Bikes

Bigger is better right? Well, at least that’s what I kept repeating to myself over and over shortly after I received my First Ride orders on Honda’s all-new ‘08 TRX700XX. And with Honda’s assertion that their new sport quad features their largest, most powerful four-stroke Single they’ve ever produced, my concern was certainly warranted. I mean c’mon, does the ATV world really need an almost 700cc sport quad?

To find out Big Red invited MotoUSA as well as one very deserving member of their Honda Rider’s Club of America (HRCA) out to Dumont Dunes OHV area, just south of America’s furnace, aka Death Valley, California. Contrary to what the name implies sand and dunes aren’t the only terrain one can expect to encounter. The secluded desert spot boasts thousands of acres of trails complete with pretty much everything imaginable from big rock gardens, typically dry, and for us wet river beds, as well as wide open flat expanses that provide a truly diverse riding playground. (more…)