Honda's are the Timex of the ATV industry, "Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'."

 

THANK YOU ALL for the replys, BUT I'm going to sell the 2004 HONDA FOREMAN 450 S, and I'm going to buy another quad with FIS & AUTO like my 2007 ARCTIC CAT 400.

 

hey man does your can am have the sub frame on the outside of the skid plates. went riding at moab last weekend and my brother rented a can am 400 and the frame was outside of the skid plates.. dumbest thing i have ever seen. just wondered if all can ams were like that. by the way gunman you wont regret that honda

 

I had a new piston, rings and the cylinder bored-out on the 2004 HONDA FOREMAN 450, cause it was smoking bad, the TECH told me not to rev it, drive it easy for 10 hours to break-it in, well not even into the 4th hour, the HONDA started smoking again!!!!!! I paid $400 to get the engine top-end rebuilt. WHAT THE FUNK IS GOING ON !!!! I knew the honda was smoking when I bought it, but the tech told me once it gets the top-end rebuilt it was going to be as good as new !!!!! I bought the 2004 HONDA FOREMAN 450 for $1300 and the rebuilt was $400, so I have $1700 invested in this POS !!!!

 

hey gunman sounds like who ever did the work did something wrong when they were putting it back together. is it still smoking??? i rememebr 2 years agowhen i ripped apart my 400ex and put a 440 kit in it. it smoked a little till it got good and broke in and everythign seated in good. so if you have putmore hours into it and it still does it i would be takin it back to whoever did your work. good luck man.

 

HEY BLACK 06, I rode the 2004 HONDA 450 for a total of 4 hours and it started smoking, now when you cold start it smoke will come out, and you can smell the oil. The TECH is trying to give me some BS about the crank having to much play, and puting to much wear & tear on the piston. But the TECH said he will know when he tears the engine AGAIN ????? I thinking of selling the QUAD smoking AS IS.

 

Martin, you know my opinion on this subject.. Ive owned just about every brand except CanAm. My Uncle has 3 Can Am 800s and he swears by them. I know people that swear by polaris and kawis and each brand.. its like askin which is better between the big 3 ya know? So instead of just telling you my opinions, I will give u a rundown of time of ownership and things broken on each brand that Ive had expierence with.

Honda:

• Electric shifter solenoid got wet (its placed very low on the ATV) and I was unable to shift without having a pair of vice grips.
• Front driveline replaced 6 times
• Low ground clearance
• owned for 8 months

Yamaha

• Popped chain and stripped rear sprocket
• owned for 1 year

Arctic Cat

• Drive belt replaced due to lack of maintence after crossing deep water
• replaced cv boot due to rock/stick busting it
• owned for 5 years

Polaris

• 3 engine rebuilds
• 5 rear axle assemblies
• countless chains and front and rear sprockets
• several starters
• carb
• owned for 1 year

Kawasaki

• warped head
• overheating issues
• owned for 3 months

That about all I can remember bud..

Any way you go you have a 50/50 chance of getting a lemon.. Im sure some people get lemons on arctic cats and yamahas.. its just the luck of the draw i reckon

 

HI OILFIELD MAFIA, THANK YOU !!! FOR THE HELP, I'm new to QUADS, I want to spend more time riding, and less time taking the QUAD to the shop for fixing !!!! I'll be sticking to ARCTIC CAT or YAMAHA !!!!

 

I SOLD MY 2004 HONDA FOREMAN 450 S, with an extra set of TIRES & RIMS, NEW IN THE BOX MILE-MARKER 3,000 pound winch, NEW IN THE BOX MOOSE FENDER COVERS for the front & rear fenders for only $1950 cause it started smoking !!!!

 

yes best thing you can do wit your money buying a honda i got 08 fourman all i ever owned is honda