i just bought a 2001 recon i looked around and read all the post and made my decision based on all you guys saying this was the best one for the money so that said .my problem

i was going up a hill and my recon stall total shut down
i thought maybe it was getting hot so i set around for a while and let it cool down tryed to start it agian no luck
i walked 1/2 a mile back home got gas and oil and a new spark plug went back and put gas oil and the spark plug in
still no luck
it will turn over but will not start it smells like its getting gas i cant figure it out im stuck on a hill i moved the recon around to make sure its getting gas can somone help me ????

 

How steep of a hill was it? If it was steep and you sat on the hill for a while then it could just be flooded out and you can just crank it over for about 30-45 seconds and see if it will crank.

 

guys do me a favor disregaurd this recon trouble
im the biggest dumb @$$ in the world
i read a few other replys and i keep seeing "is the kill switch on"
i keep thinking what kinda dumb @$$ would not check the kill switch first
guess what i am that dumb @$$ i walked 1/2 a mile about 6 times taking new stuff to my four wheeler oil gas sparkplug all kinds of stuff and i completely forgot about the kill switch thanks for any help but theres no help for a guy with no brain -LOL-

 

Yeah I have done that a time or two so don't too bad I'm sure we are not the only ones either.

 

the nice thing my recon is ready for winter now LOL

 

Hey that is one way to look at it and you also learned how to use one of the many saftey features on your new toy: the kill switch.

 

i hate them killswitches they make me get mad for no reason.

 

I was Pulled out of the woods, I cussed dealer that sold me the quad, I cussed all hondas, I loaded on trailer to take to shop cause it left me stranded miles into a trail ride. I swore Id never own another non running, non starting honda again in my life. And in fact told the person that told me to check the kill switch "DO YOU THINK IM STUPID"

only to discover it was the kill switch I had bumped when going over a log!. Yep I got a shirt from my riding group that had KILL SWITch ON THE BACK.

 

yeah, dude, i've done that a couple times too. It's really easy to bump it if you aren't paying attention and doing some really bumpy riding stuff.

I've even had a small tree branch swing over and shut the KEY off on my snowmobile. Took me a half an hour of looking to find out what it was.