http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthre...threadid=26883 apparently dirtwheels said that honda is gonna come out with a 450ex in their fall dealer show, scroll through the page and read the article in dirtwheels.

 

I think they already had the fall dealer show. Maybe that was something else... I dunno, but Dirt Wheels doesn't know anything for sure just like nobody here does.

 

I've been reading Dirt Wheels for about 15 years and they will always say stuff like that so you buy their magazine. Go look around 1993-1997ish and they were saying new sport quads were coming out soon. That was the most pathetic sport quad time in ATVing history.

 

That just looks like a factory ride, not likely to see production.

 

Honda is way way way way way behind the times of a sport quad, the pred 500, yamy raptor 660, ds 650, c'dale and now the soon to be released Kawa 700 twin sport quad [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

In the motor department..yes, but it is one of the best handling atv's out there. Some people are too narrow minded to realize there's more to a quad than a motor. 1998? yeah that's way behind! lol

 

sure most of its handling, but since the pred came out, which has better handling than a ex, no bump steer, perfect suspension. you kind of want a quad that which will make you go fast, or faster than the comp. and the 400 ex is rather slow........

 

My cannondale out handles my honda by far and it spankes it in the motor department.

 

MXMike,

I've heard opposite. My buddy traded his 400ex for a moto 440 and he said that th power is a lot smoother, but the handling is no where near as good as his Honda was.