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There's a Rumor Can-Am Owner Wants to Buy KTM, But Only At Firesale Price

There's no shortage of news on KTM at present. The Austrian motorcycle brand has increasingly become the topic of everyone's conversation as, well, they done screwed up. And screwed up badly. 

RideApart · May 6, 2025

Sea-Doo Might Be Building an Electric Hydrofoil Surfboard

The current motto for Canadian powersport manufacturer Bombardier (BRP) is "Powersports and nothing else." That's not exactly true, as the company's actual motto is "Adventure by design." But in recent months, as the market has shrunk, global economic turmoil has taken hold, and everyone's tightened their belts, the manufacturer has…

RideApart · Apr 23, 2025

[UPDATE] After Weeks Of Tariffs Chaos, Here's How They'll Hit Powersports

[UPDATE May 14, 2025: On Monday, May 12, representatives from the US and China agreed to two things: a 90-day pause in their ongoing international trade tiff, and a mutual de-escalation of the exorbitant tariff rates each country had imposed upon goods from the other.

RideApart · Apr 14, 2025

BRP Is Recalling Some Ski-Doo and Lynx Snowmobiles For Crash Hazard

If you live in the US or Canada and you purchased certain 2025 Ski-Doo or Lynx snowmobiles, parent company Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) is recalling them for a potential safety issue. On 2025 sleds equipped with either the 600R E-TEC, 850 E-TEC, or 850 E-TEC Turbo R engine, there's a…

RideApart · Mar 21, 2025

Is Kawasaki Putting a Supercharged Superbike Engine Into a UTV?

Imagine you own a powersports company, and you have one of the coolest engines on the market, but you only use it in one vehicle. That's not just silly; it's borderline mean to your demographic—BRP, please take some notes and stick that 325-hp rotax engine in something else.

RideApart · Feb 25, 2025

Can-Am Partners With Tread Lightly! For Free Class on Not Being an Idiot Off-Roader

I've both seen it with my own two eyes, and heard about it in the comments section here at RideApart. There are a lot of off-roaders, whether they're 4x4 drivers or UTV drivers, ATV'ers, dirt bikers, or others, that just don't care about staying on the trail, leaving it better,…

RideApart · Feb 19, 2025

UTV-Maker Can-Am Patented a Truck Bed Insert and It Has a Lot of Accessories

I always love delving into the US Patent Office's records and applications, as I feel like I'm getting a sneak peek at what's to come over the next few months. Sure, these applications are technically spoilers, but those spoilers sometimes lead to me getting more excited about a product, machine,…

RideApart · Jan 29, 2025

If You've Never Ridden a Snowmobile, Uncharted Society Wants To Show You How

If you're a powersports manufacturer, then making cool vehicles that people find compelling is obviously your first point of focus. But where do you go from there?

RideApart · Jan 23, 2025

Can-Am Set To Race Maverick R at the Dakar Rally for the First Time

Can-Am will once again tackle the grueling Dakar Rally in 2025, but this time it'll be behind the wheel of the Maverick R, which is making its debut in the T4 Side-by-Side Vehicle (SSV) Class. And while bringing any all-new vehicle to the longest, most grueling rally raid in the…

RideApart · Dec 18, 2024

Can-Am's Parent Company Isn't Sweating Trump's Proposed Tariffs, At Least Not Yet

President-elect Trump has proposed sweeping tariffs across goods coming in from Mexico, Canada, and China. And they range between 25% and 100%, with the former aimed squarely at Mexico and Canada. Obviously, this is cause for alarm. As I've explained in other posts, tariffs only hurt the consumer, not the company,…

RideApart · Dec 11, 2024