whats up,
i am a new user to this web site i hope you guys can help me out. i have recently bought a 440ex and i went riding this last weekin and the honda shop guys said my head gasket was blown. they said 440's do it alot because of the compression and stuff. i was just wondering if any of you guys with a 440 have any secrets or what you did or just anything to prevent thehead gasket rom blwoing.anything you guys can tell me will help out alot . thanks alot

 

What 440 kit do you have? Did it come with the head gasket?

 

getting a new head gasket and heavy duty head studs should solve the problem. what compression ratio is the piston?

 

I dont agree that the 440 blows gaskets alot. The ones that I have seen are from bad machine work. replace the old gasket and try again.

DWT

 

if it were bad machine work, wouldn't you be able to just take a few .000's off .. or even just double up on the gaskets and lose a bit of compression ?