So, you’ve bought a winch for your ATV and you are ready to get out on the trails and test your newest tool. To get the most use out of your winch, you need to take the time to understand its operation. First, read your winch’s owner’s manual.

Honda signed up as the title sponsor of the Daytona Supercross in 1991: 22 years ago this year. As long ago as that sounds, Honda fielded a Pro motocross team for the first time in 1973: 40 years ago! Given Honda’s win record on the rough and tumble man-made Daytona track, it absolutely makes sense to call the race “The Daytona Supercross by Honda.” Honda has more Supercross Class (originally the 250cc two-stroke class, and now the 450cc four-stroke class) wins at Daytona than any other brand, but the legend goes deeper than those numbers.

Just shy of his 35th birthday and three races into his 19th year of pro competition, racing great Kevin Windham is calling it a career. For 13 of those seasons he raced aboard Hondas. During this incredible career-long span, KW lined up at the starting line for Supercross finals 207 times—including an unmatched run of 102 consecutive starts. His total number of starts stands second only to his GEICO Honda team manager, Mike LaRocco.

In a move to foster creativity, Honda encourages its associates to think outside the box. Perhaps no two machines embody this tribute to creativity more than two purpose-built racers created in the back rooms at American Honda: the 1984 RS750 flat-tracker and 1991 XR680RN Baja Monster.

Unless you are eligible for an age-group class, when you enter the SCORE Baja 1000 on a Honda CRF450X you are automatically in Class 22: Open Pro racing with the big boys. For 2012 more so than in any recent year, all eyes in the dirt bike world were on the battle for the Class 22 championship between perennial powerhouse Honda, in the form of Johnny Campbell Racing, Robbie Bell’s Kawasaki team and the KTM effort spearheaded by Kurt Caselli. It was a winner-take-all deal: Win the race and win the championship.