Solenoids, OEM or ebay

[ansimation]

Now that I got my bike going, I need to get the kiddo's working like it should. Fixed his clutch cable the other day and went for a ride only to break his bars but aside from that he needs a solenoid for the start button to work (I already put in a new starter and no dice) but my local dealer wants $75 for the solenoid. They're listed on ebay between $10 and $20. Any of you have experience with these? Should I just get the OEM one? Would love to hear your thoughts on them.

[AtvKid4Eva]

The ones on ebay are probably cheap chinese ones, which will work for a bit and then eventually die. You can try one tho since they are so cheap. I would just get an OEM one from Honda and be done with it. Whichever you can afford.

[Stickman400]

I bought one of those cheap ones off ebay a couple years ago and I think it lasted about 8 or 9 months before it crapped out. Then I bought a new OEM one off of ebay for $40 and it hasn't given up yet.

[Zeb400EX]

Call this guy.
Levyracing he's a member on here and sells a lot of use ex and r parts.

(812)-3two7-one 1 five 2

[jman7290]

I bought one of those cheap ones and it only lasted about six months. Buy a used OEM one off of eBay from the newest quad you can find, like an 07 or so.

[ansimation]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll definitely go with the OEM one.

Zeb, I'll give him a call and see if he has one handy, thanks!