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wfo
11-14-2002, 07:36 PM
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.
11-14-2002, 07:49 PM
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
11-14-2002, 08:29 PM
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
wfo
11-15-2002, 05:50 AM
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
11-15-2002, 10:26 PM
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
11-15-2002, 10:49 PM
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!
11-16-2002, 07:33 AM
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
wfo
11-16-2002, 04:48 PM
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.