Samantha Reed

Loading a 700 pound motorcycle into a truck bed is one of those tasks that feels impossible until you’ve seen it go wrong. Last spring, I watched my neighbor try to muscle his Harley up a pair of cheap steel ramps that bent halfway under the weight. The bike slid sideways, scraped the tailgate, and … Read more

A dead motorcycle battery is one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a rider. You walk up to your bike, hit the start button, and hear nothing but a weak click. After three decades of riding and another five years testing gear for our team, I can tell you that almost every … Read more

If you ride a motorcycle or scooter to work every day, your helmet does more than protect your skull. It is the piece of gear you put on and take off twice a day, in all weather, often while wearing glasses, and sometimes while balancing a coffee. After weeks of testing, our team picked the … Read more

A winch is only as strong as the mount holding it to your frame, and I learned that the hard way when a stamped-steel plate folded under a 2,800-pound pull on a muddy trail. After that incident, I spent 60+ hours researching ATV winch mounts, comparing bolt patterns, steel gauges, and vehicle-specific fitment for the … Read more

I spent the last three months testing cab enclosures across Minnesota winters and Arizona dust storms, talking with ranchers, hunters, and weekend trail riders. What I learned changed how I think about the best UTV cab enclosures on the market in . The right enclosure can turn your side-by-side into a four-season workhorse, but the … Read more

I’ve been riding UTVs for the better part of a decade, and I can tell you from experience that the right windshield makes or breaks a day on the trail. After installing, testing, and swapping out more windshields than I care to count on my own Ranger and Talon, I’ve learned what separates the best … Read more

I learned the hard way that floor-level oil changes wreck your back. After spending a Saturday morning hunched over my KX250F, I knew it was time to find the best dirt bike stand for my garage. That single purchase changed how I wrench on bikes forever. Our team spent eight weeks testing dirt bike stands … Read more

I lost a boat seat cushion to sun rot once because I thought parking under a tree was “good enough.” Six months later I dropped close to a boat cover’s worth of cash replacing the cracked vinyl. That mistake sent me down a rabbit hole of testing, and over the past two boating seasons our … Read more

I learned the hard way that not all trailer tires are created equal. Two years ago, a budget no-name tire on my single-axle bass boat blew out 40 miles from the launch ramp, leaving me on the shoulder of I-10 watching my weekend plans burn rubber on hot asphalt. That experience is the reason I … Read more

Loading your boat at the ramp on a windy Saturday morning is where weak winches go to die. I’ve stood at the end of too many trailer tongues, cranking a cheap ratchet handle that groans, slips, and refuses to bring the bow snug against the roller. That frustration is exactly why I spent the last … Read more