Outgrew 300ex... decision time!

[burnowt]

im 5'7" and weigh like 170 with full gear....
do some trail riding but have found myself earning frequent flyer miles @ 3 palms my local track every weekend

MY 300ex isnt cutting it - im bottoming out but love the handeling and how easily i can whip the small quad around...

WHAT TO DO?

a) mod the suspension

b) 400ex

c) 450r

d) rapy 660

HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jkiserracing]

Since your all ready on a Honda and you want to keep that feel, at your weight and size I would go ahead and move up to 400ex or 450r. But I will tell you this. I think if you get a 400ex (which is a good fast dependable all out fun machine) I think you would have wished you would went ahead with the 450 after a while. I know this because Ive all ready been through it. Im now on the 450. Very happy with it.

[pro-rider46]

yeah. i would get a 450r, they are a great machine and you are at a good weight to handle it... so pretty much what jkiserracing said.

[Benjithx]

Get an R

[sunco]

i went from a 300ex to a 450R 4 years ago. & have since bought another R. get the 450

[ricksmx865]

when i moved up to the 400ex i had it about eh 2 months then quickly got a R

get the R you wont regret it :devil:

[gcart2]

Originally posted by burnowt
im 5'7" and weigh like 170 with full gear....
do some trail riding but have found myself earning frequent flyer miles @ 3 palms my local track every weekend

MY 300ex isnt cutting it - im bottoming out but love the handeling and how easily i can whip the small quad around...

WHAT TO DO?

a) mod the suspension

b) 400ex

c) 450r

d) rapy 660

HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



i was in the same sittuation you were. i had a 400ex that i built from the ground up for mx. i dont care what the ex guys say they will not compare to the 450. i made the switch to my new r and have been glad i did ever since.



in other words. get a r.

[Hondabeefast]

I too was on a 300ex and was in your situation. I decided to go with the 400ex because i couldnt wait any longer to find a 450.

Well lets just say a full re-build on the 400ex and 3months and I got rid of it to get a 450, I wish i would have just got the 450 in the first place but oh well. Get the 450!

[WesDS450X]

the 450r's arnt fast bikes, my stock ds spanks on hrc 450r's all day long, u should go with the rappy660r/700 or ltr450/ds450/yfz450!

[atvnut22]

go for the r

a year and a half ago i went from a stock 300ex to a highly modded 300,i realized it still wasnt cutting it, i new a friend was selling a 400ex, so i rode it, well my 300 could keep up wiith this 400, and the 300 handled better, so i didnt buy it and kept saving, later on i tried a 450r and wow, its now settin in my garage and thats the best thing i have ever bought. so then is my experience and it sounds like i was in the same situation as u

[Crusty450er]

every one of you guys are right. get the 450r. it a very good machine and is dependable and with the stock suspension you will still be doing the jumps without the bottoming out you are doing with your 300ex. you will be kicking yourself every day if you dont. not trying to knock the 400ex but you can get so much more out of the 450r if you want it:devil: