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Summary: ATVs typically have four wheels while dirt bikes have two wheels. Learn more about the differences between ATVs and dirt bikes with expert tips in this free off road vehicles video.
Mr. Rock Sanchez is the manager of sales at Yamaha of Cucamonga located in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Mr. Sanchez has been in the bike sales for several years and most enjoys the...read more
"Well the first main difference is, ATVs typically have four wheels, dirt bikes have two wheels. Generally speaking for most people ATV totally fine. Probably for more advanced riders, people that have been grown up with dirt bikes, good way to go. I think you're kind of like skiers and snow boarders, they don't really cross paths. If you've been a skier your whole life, you're probably going to be a skier going on. Same thing for the dirt bike. Dirt bike guys tend to stay with dirt bikes. People getting new to it, it makes a lot of sense to go for a four wheeler for the first time. A little more user friendly. Both, a lot of fun. They're both so much fun. It probably requires a little more skill to run a dirt bike than a ATV. But I'm sure there's plenty of ATVers that would argue that point. With four wheels the bikes going to stand up itself. When they slide, they tend to slide. A dirt bike well it's a sharper edge that you ride and there's a lot more potential for things to happen. With four wheels it's a little easier to predict, easier to handle, handle the speeds and the jumps, things of that nature."
eHow Article: ATVs vs. Dirt Bikes