rbgnwa45
04-18-2013, 10:46 AM
My best friend, although he's (we're) 25 and not new to the sport at all but it is his first quad (he has utilities, lives on a farm), blew up his 04 450r after 4 days because he tried to ride it WITHOUT OIL! He doesnt use the clutch to shift and the first day he got it the clutch cable was so tight it was 3/4 of the way engaged and so it would barely move. i could hit the limiter and move 2 feet. my friend said "i thought thats how fast it was", are you kidding me? so i loosened it within 5 minutes and its perfect, i find out he rode it like that for hours through the woods or about 15 miles. I wasn't able to get it to shift past 1st gear because of the 3/4 engaged clutch. IDIOT! this all reeeally pisses me off because hes a total moron but none the less im trying to help him get back on it. He tried to tell me that the plug must have fallen out but I clearly remember us NOT putting oil in it after removing it, it's not like he bought any. HE RODE IT THE NEXT DAY LIKE THAT, all while knowing the front end needs bearings and the front has a wobble. He spent $2500 on a busted up POS that some teenager abused (which is why he sold it - 5th gear doesnt work! he didnt even consider tranny problems!) and put himself $1500 over drawn with his bank. He's still about $750 over drawn and is paying monthly interest (which is was "unaware" of).
It seized last ... sept? oct? he cant afford $1500+ to fix it, its right seized. i told him to buy a 250/2 for a swap so he doesnt F himself over later.
what do you think? what would the costs be to have a shop do a swap?
either way its too much power for him but running things by him like "you know you'll have to clean the air filter often and adjust the valves every 50 hours and get a new piston, rings, gaskets, valves once or twice a year?" He didn't seem like he'd be doing any of that. I think he would but there isn't much hope for this guy.
He doesn't even shift properly. Nevermind not using the clutch, he doesn't shift properly even without the clutch. It's embarassing! HE ISNT NEW TO SHIFTING OR QUADS AT ALL. :scary:
I was going to help him pay for either a 250/2 swap or a new 450 engine, either way he said if I do that he'd do 50/50 ownership as it's only worth $1250 (CAD) as it sits IMO. Id rather do a swap.
He did make it look 100 times better, though. He shaved the front fenders perfectly and painted the red plastics black. It looks sick.
It seized last ... sept? oct? he cant afford $1500+ to fix it, its right seized. i told him to buy a 250/2 for a swap so he doesnt F himself over later.
what do you think? what would the costs be to have a shop do a swap?
either way its too much power for him but running things by him like "you know you'll have to clean the air filter often and adjust the valves every 50 hours and get a new piston, rings, gaskets, valves once or twice a year?" He didn't seem like he'd be doing any of that. I think he would but there isn't much hope for this guy.
He doesn't even shift properly. Nevermind not using the clutch, he doesn't shift properly even without the clutch. It's embarassing! HE ISNT NEW TO SHIFTING OR QUADS AT ALL. :scary:
I was going to help him pay for either a 250/2 swap or a new 450 engine, either way he said if I do that he'd do 50/50 ownership as it's only worth $1250 (CAD) as it sits IMO. Id rather do a swap.
He did make it look 100 times better, though. He shaved the front fenders perfectly and painted the red plastics black. It looks sick.