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aaronrkelly · #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 10:47 PM

Who was the first company to make an atv......Honda.

Read about it here....kinda cool.

A history of ATV

ATV History

1mojave03 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 11:26 PM

Very nice!.. Neat info

HawkeyeRider · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 11:49 PM

Nice find, Thx for sharing it!!

tyler1blaster · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:30 AM

yeah ive seen this on other forums! pretty cool stuff!

TLC · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Who was the first company to make an atv......Honda.

First ATV....Suzuki

First ATC....Honda.

First ATV with true AWD diff lock,IRS and selctable 2wd/4wd ....Suzuki.

aaronrkelly · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 01:21 AM

Got a link to where I can read about Suzuki making the first ATV?

aaronrkelly · #7 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 01:25 AM

OK, guess I worded the title wrong.

Honda made the first ATV - All Terrain Vehicle.

Suzuki was the first to make a 4 wheeled ATV....but they didnt start making ATVs till 1983 models....so basically 13 years after Honda.

stendori · #8 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by aaronrkelly

OK, guess I worded the title wrong.

Honda made the first ATV - All Terrain Vehicle.

Suzuki was the first to make a 4 wheeled ATV....but they didnt start making ATVs till 1983 models....so basically 13 years after Honda.

honda made the ATC = all terrain cycle as where the ATV = is all terrain vechicle. basicly a 3 wheeler vs a 4 wheeler.

TLC · #9 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 08:34 AM

I always hear the term ATC when it came to 3 wheelers,but the first ATV that we consider a 4 wheeler was a Suzuki.

If where going to call ATV anything then the first ATV is probably built by MAX,Argo or Terra Jet of some kind.

69 Terra Jet

Old Max

aaronrkelly · #10 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 12:59 PM

Guess this all depends on your definition of ATV. NOW an ATV is a machine thats operates on 4 low pressure tires. Back in the day before 4 wheeled machines became the norm (and even the only after they stopped making the 3 wheelers) ATV meant both......and even 3 wheelers before someone made a 4 wheeler.

In 1980 an ATV was a 3 wheeled machine.......in 2000 its a 4 wheeled machine.

The term ATV has meant different things......so I still consider a 3 wheeler an ATV.

Of course I cant argue the fact that the Argo qualifies.....seems it does to me, and many of the other early machines as well.