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I just got back from my honda dealer!
I got a 2003 400ex for $5135.00 out the door, so I also got a full chassis skid, swingarm skid and a full white bros exhaust!
WOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO
man, waiting till tommorow to pick it up is gonna suck. :grr
quadman22
11-14-2002, 07:37 PM
congratulations! good luck:D
Nausty
11-14-2002, 07:44 PM
hehe congrats, I remember what it was like having a brand spanking new 400ex in my driveway to take it out the day after and run over my foot so that I couldn't ride it for a week.
i rember when i got mine , it felt so wierd
CHAUNCY
11-14-2002, 07:50 PM
i rode mine right away. A nice lil cruise in the oil fields to get it warmed up.
AtvMxRider
11-14-2002, 07:57 PM
Congrats You are going to love it.
BornOnFire
11-14-2002, 07:58 PM
Make sure you break it in properly!
Rip_Tear
11-14-2002, 08:21 PM
Be careful, always wear your helmet! Have fun, I just got mine 2 weeks ago this saturday! I love it to death, I just wish my trails where in better condition, the logging is still going on!:grr
I member buying my R yes not the 400ex sorry and first thing I did besides stare at it all the way down to my house was go into exercd or rite aid and buy a disposable camera and took about 15 pictures of it in the parking lot haha, That thing was so clean when I first bought it and now I had put it through **** and back but she is epiced back together again and looks beter than before
what is the correct way to break in the 400 ex?
this is my first quad and my first 4 stoker!
roostin_dale
11-15-2002, 10:22 PM
i want a 400....i needa sell my warrior first
Team Outlaw #34
11-15-2002, 10:25 PM
SWEEET
Good Choice
Well, just let it idle for 15 minutes and shut it off, then after about 1/2 hour - 45 min. start it back up for anohter 15 minutes and let it idle, change the plug after another hour or so and ride around the yeard for 1/2 hour puttin around not goin ot hard and then ur all set you cna hammer all u want too.
Twiztid
11-15-2002, 10:40 PM
i want a 400 so bad
wfo have u picked up the 400 yet? Got any pics?
killer
JustRace
11-15-2002, 11:05 PM
I heard not to let it idle for a long time when you're breaking it in. I would just ride it around for about 15 minutes not getting on it hard. Then I would let it cool completely down and then repeat 3 more times. I'm sure someone can tell you a better way of doing it.
stocktires
11-15-2002, 11:10 PM
I'd say just break it in like a 2-stroke, except not as long
-start it up, let idle for about 2 minutes, then 5, and 5 again
-ride around for about 20 minutes at a time (2 times) real slow.
-ride around for another 30, nothng really really hard, but more then last time
-then let er rip!
hey quadfreak i have a friend who might be interested in your warrior, is it really fast?
QuadJunkies
11-16-2002, 09:40 AM
CONGRADULATIONS!!!:D :D Your gonna love it!! DOnt be too surpried if you find yourself going out to the gagarge several times and day JUST to look at it...heck, I still do it;)
roostin_dale
11-16-2002, 09:55 AM
Originally posted by raptakilla14
hey quadfreak i have a friend who might be interested in your warrior, is it really fast?
In a drag it will beat a scrambler 500 in 3rd gear. I have beat mild modded 400ex's in XC races and i have beat heavily modded 300's. thats about all i have really raced.
If he is really interested have him check the link in my sig for more info
cool 300ex
11-16-2002, 12:56 PM
Cool hope you like it.
Tommy 17
11-16-2002, 01:28 PM
never break a 4stroke in by idleing the motor... the cam and stuff wont' break in right tahts what i was always told... ride it around...
jello
11-16-2002, 03:09 PM
nice nice
I picked it up last night and went tot ride it today.
WHAT A BAD DAY. I got about eight miles out and stopped for a min and noticed the overflow pissin fuel. so I tapped the bowl a few times to see if just the floats were stuck but, it didnt help,it just pisses wether its running or not .
I shut off the fuel and saw I only had a half tank of gas left...just enough to get home.
when I got back to my friends I was pissed ,its brand new , this shouldnt be takin place ..now at this piont I should have taken the carb off like normal person with some mech. skills would,but ,
the quads is brand new,not even 2 hours old and I was mad so I called the dealer and told them whats up and they said "bring her down"
anywho it took them
5 1/2 HOURS TO TAKE THE CARB OFF CLEAN IT AND PUT IT BACK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was freaking out,I just spend 6000 and no ,Im sorry I'll take care of it . not a word from them except "hey at least you couldnt of gotten lost on the trail, cause you could have lit a match and followed the trail of gas/fire back ...lol)
ANYWAYS ,it must have been just a little something stuck cause it works now..and I will try to ride again tommorow!
I hate my dealer now,this is the 3rd motorcyle I bought from them not counting the 5-10 thou.I spent on parts .and they act like scumbags.I ask if they can tell me how long till it will be done and they say "like an hour" so 2 hours later I say whats the deal?And the sales guy go to find out and never comes back, but I see him avioding me all over the building! and he wont even make eye contact !
at the 4 hour mark I walk right into the (employees only) service area and see 3 guys looking at a manual and my carb trying to figure out how to put it back together! I said how much longer... they say "about 15 min. (an hour later I get outta there)
THEY WONT SEE ANOTHER PENNY OF MY CASH !:grr
Rip_Tear
11-16-2002, 06:56 PM
Thats the worst thing! I hope they didnt charge you anything! That sucks about your dealer... I like my dealer they are pleasent enough, they are odd and some times I am tempted to just give them the finger.... but they are good guys and they are usually pretty cool.
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