problem with my 450r

[Duncanracer]

i bought one of the older 450r's(one of the first ones made)

well during a 500 mile race it lost all power and sputtered...it wqould have on and off power


well took it 2 the dealer and found out the keepers on the intake valves fell off, and also my decompression spring was weak(i think thats what they called it)

so if you ahve one of the older ones watch out for this

[Woody_YFZ]

Why do you say the older ones? Did they change anything on the new ones? It's my understanding the '05's are exactly the same as the '04's. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Duncanracer]

oh i mean older as in when they were mad e at the factory, like mine was the 28th 450r made....

[Duncanracer]

oops 128 typo....

[TRX450R2]

Only heard of one other doing this and was a decomp spring problem, I beleive?:(

[Silverfox@C&DRacing]

mine had a little issue last weekend also, we had been riding trails for 3 hrs had it 4th gear on the gas next thing I know I try giving it more gas and it started to bog so I kept going for a little while only giving it a little throttle and thought I had better pull over in case it is serious, (so I don't get my butt chewed) ;) I ended up being towed back, we came home Colby cleaned the carb he said everything looked good in the carb, put it back on and it ran fine. So I don't know what its attitude was :macho

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by Duncanracer
oh i mean older as in when they were mad e at the factory, like mine was the 28th 450r made.... This may be a stupid question< but how can you tell what # your bike is? Not being a smart#ss,I just would like to know.

[Duncanracer]

on that # on the front of the frame i think the last few #'s represent what # bike yours is..something like that ..my friend pointed it out when he saw the 450...

[Stealth450r]

its happend to mine and i crash because of it. once i get my quad back together i gots take it to the dealer. the they fix it free of charge.