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Hit 500 hours on my old 2002 Honda 400EX last weekend
I was just checking the hour meter after a long ride on Saturday and couldn't believe it rolled over to 500. I bought this quad ten years ago for $1,200 from a guy who said it was beat but it kept running. Never did a full rebuild, just oil changes and one carb cleaning. That number surprised me because I figured it would have blown up by now with how hard I trail ride it. Has anyone else had a machine last way longer than you expected?
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susan35011d ago
Knew a guy back in the day who had a 2001 400EX, same color as yours probably. He rode it hard every weekend for like eight years, never even cleaned the air filter. One day the clutch finally gave out and when he pulled the cover, it was full of mud and grass and sand. Thing still had original piston rings. We pulled the top end and it still had crosshatching on the cylinder walls. Some of those old Hondas are just built different, I guess.
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craig.reese11d ago
Haha, I mean sure, Honda makes a decent motor (especially those old air-cooled ones) but that story leans a little too hard into legend territory. Eight years of mud and grass in the clutch cover with no cleaning? That thing would have been a grinding paste factory long before the clutch gave out. Also, original piston rings still showing crosshatching after eight hard years sounds more like wishful thinking than reality. I'm not saying it's completely impossible, just that there's usually a little more to the story (like maybe he did more maintenance than he let on).
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