One of the hardest working parts for any go-fast side-by-side are its brakes, though they're more often overlooked. Read any press release or spec sheet on any of the UTVs that raise hell in the desert, and you'll see horsepower, suspension travel, fuel range, cage design, and more about its audio than you will about the machine's brakes.
Yet, without good stopping power, well, you aren't stopping that machine when all of a sudden, a rock enters your sightline, or a deer steps out onto the trail. Or more likely, you overcook a corner and need all those brake pistons to clamp down on that rotor as hard as physically possible. But people just don't seem to care to shout them out when we start talking about these vehicles.
That, however, is changing as more and more manufacturers of aftermarket brakes are entering the field. And the biggest name in brakes, i.e., Brembo, just debuted its own concept for UTV brakes at the AIMExpo that's going on right now. Folks, they look sick, and I'm gonna need a set for my Maverick X3 stat.
