6 months have gone by,Hows your 450R?

[Karizz]

Well its been a full 6 months now since the TRX450R has been released to the public.My question is..How is your 450R holding up?So lets hear what kind of maintenance you guys have done so far?What needed to be done on yours?(Im not counting on crashed parts,just maintenance items)


...I only had to do front and rear brake pads,I think i have to do clutch now,its starting to get a little noisey and clutch lever is grabbing pretty far out.

[Karizz]

Forgot to mention...I had mine since January...and have mad hours,races on it!

[trout]

Well I have close to 300 miles on mine. Some MX track, some sand, and lots of trails high in the mountains. Changed the oil three times and the tranny fluid three times and never had a single problem with it so far.

Rock solid!:macho

nuff said.

Trout

[WhiteZee]

iv had mine for about a month, i havemt had a lot of time to ride it, but i have bent a tie rod, and also the paint is chiping off 2 parts of the frame. im kind of worried about that.

[speedfreaksguy]

I bought mine in mid March. I have ridden countless hours on MX tracks. I bent one tie rod, but otherwise it has been rock solid. Until today when I found a big crack in my frame.....

[Honda Jay]

Umm, well running very hard, and just a couple paint chips on the frame is unexpected low stress places, and hoping my life to not crack the frame. . .:( Other then that, fine i guess, very satisfied!

Jay

[Stealth450r]

i had mine for about 5 months and change the oil and tranny 3 times and never had a problem. now (2 weeks ago) its been ****in out really bad to the point i cant even ride it. the one time i was goin up to a double and it cut out and i nose dived into the face of the landing. thats the only problem and i still canT figure it out.

[PEPwalshZ440]

It's kickin *** and takin names:devil:

Mine is better than new. I change the oil in the engine every time I ride and the transmission oil every other time.

[atvrider12764]

2 of the 3 bolts that hold the heatshield on to the pipe came out and had a defective bolt in the oil filter cover but other then that i love it

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by TRX450R_Racer
Mine is better than new. I change the oil in the engine every time I ride and the transmission oil every other time. Same here. Probably overkill but better safe than sorry!!!! I do wish the paint on the a arms would hold up a little better though.

[Got nads?]

Even though I love this machine, I just recently bent all 4 of my stock a-arms, other then that I think this machine is going to be a bullet proof as my old 440EX.
:D

my frame bent before my aarms did :mad: I change boh my oils every 4-5 tanks of gas

[jlm996s]

Mine runs just as good as the day I brought it home in April. Have a couple of spots on my frame from my boots, but that just gives me an excuse to pc it!

[kwatts400]

Bought mine in Jan. Not alot of hrs, but I wasn't very easy on it either. So far, so good. I've now got the HRC kit installed and will see what a difference it makes.

[jb500ex]

karizz
mad hours, everytime we go ridding you are playing nintendo

[Karizz]

Originally posted by jb500ex
karizz
mad hours, everytime we go ridding you are playing nintendo

Get it right Mr Cardio Man...its PLAYSTAtION 2!

Oh and I dont remember seeing you at Tower City this Sunday? Oh thats right I forgot...Your TRX5,000,000R valves wernt adjusted properly..:blah:

[jb500ex]

it's still a 450r, for know

[jb500ex]

i was at rausch on saturday and yesterday, where were you. thats right you were playing online games with daffy duck or whatever his name is

[jb500ex]

and the valves still aren't right, but much better

[TRX45OR]

BENT ONE TIE ROD THEN BENT IT BACK NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT YET, RIPPED OFF THE BUMPER NO BIG DEAL, BROKE BRAKE LEVER IN HALF TOOK FOR EVER TO GET A NEW ONE, THEN LAST SUNDAY I HIT A NICE SIZE RAMP A LITTLE TOO FAST 3RD PINNED KICKED UP THE ***** THEN STARTED FLIPPING THE ONLY THING BESIDES SOME SCRACHES ON THE PLASTIC WAS MANGLED HANDLE BARS OH YA AND THE BROKE COLLER BONE, BUT IM A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT ALL THESE BROKEN FRAMES. I LOOK MINE OVER QUITE OFTEN AND HAVENT SEEN ANY THING YET.

[MNTNMAN]

I don't have alot of hours on mine, but at the dunes it's great and in the woods it is too. No problems at all. But I probably baby mine compared to most everyone else.

[Phillip]

my 6 month warranaty is up in 2 days i had no problems yet this bike is the king.

[Punk'd]

only prob i have with it is i cant get the thing on the front left sproket to brake lose so i can adjust it.. but thats my fault.. wut do i do!? lol

[sparky450AR]

Originally posted by Got nads?
Even though I love this machine, I just recently bent all 4 of my stock a-arms, other then that I think this machine is going to be a bullet proof as my old 440EX.
:D

Hey man, do you have any pics of your quad? Im interested in the new renthal fatbars, and the MPH riser.

[stocktires]

Originally posted by Punk'd
front left sproket

:huh

[ryannotbrian]

iv'e had mine since february and have already bent a valve, collapsed a valve spring, and broke the spirng on the compression release located on the cam. i have spoken to all the shops (curtis sparks, etc.) and have come to the conclusion that i have just had bad luck.

[TRX450R2]

Wow ,that is bad luck!:eek2: No one here has ever had that happen either!:(

[Got nads?]

Originally posted by sparky450AR
Hey man, do you have any pics of your quad? Im interested in the new renthal fatbars, and the MPH riser.

No I don't have a good enough computer, or not enough patience to upload pictures. But, my bro just bought a trailtech riser and the same Renthal Ricky Carmichael bend handle bars for his YFZ450.The trailtech riser is way nicer!

[Punk'd]

Originally posted by Punk'd
only prob i have with it is i cant get the thing on the front left sproket to brake lose so i can adjust it.. but thats my fault.. wut do i do!? lol

i ment the thing on the front left shock that you can rotate

take a big hammer & commence to pounding the top one first if going up...the bottom one first if going down..

[LT250Racer609]

nothin motor wise....body wise i have had bent tie rods and totalled rims but i dont ride of those and got bead locks and since then its been awesome

[Punk'd]

Originally posted by MixMasterMike
take a big hammer & commence to pounding the top one first if going up...the bottom one first if going down..

I tried with my big hammer and I got it to move before but now it wont move at all..

[450rboy]

welll i had mine for 3 weeks and something went wroung in my engine grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh

[Tumbleweed]

I have had mine since
May, rode it 4-5 times on the dunes and beach (Oregon) and am very, very satisfied with it. Only one time did it take more than one kick to start. Compared to my 400...it's not even close. I keep up with and usually pull pretty good on everything including the "No Fear" nephew and his 440 Canondale.

Sounds like me and MNTNMAN are the same, not thrashing or jumping etc. but riding at 80-90% much of the time. At 43 yrs. old, it hurts too much at the end of the day riding much more than that! Go 450R, you wont be sorry! :)

[PJK 450R]

Ive had mine since March with no problems, but it seems like i bolt on something new every week so there is not much" Honda" stuff left on it.:macho