at work (car dealership) they have a 2000 400ex for sale. it has the factory set of rims with original bald front tires and brand new maxxis XC(?) rear tires plus a nearly new set of dirt track racing tires, front and rear, mounted on red aluminum bead lock wheels (the owner claims he paid 1000 bucks for the wheels and tires not long ago). it has some type of steering stabilizer on the front, a nacs seat cover and it must have an aftermarket clutch because the lever is pretty hard to pull. the front plastic and headllight look decent, the rear fender is cracked and has been put back together with tie straps. i think it had aftermarket front and rear bumpers too. plus some kind of chain guide that was aftermarket, amongst other things i am forgetting. it has been used for flat track racing as it still has the number on it and has a kill switch tether thingy mounted to the handlebars. what would this be worth? i think i can get it for 1500 bucks. that's a good deal right? i rode it tonight before i left and it seemed to run good, was kinda hard to get in neutral but otherwise seemed fine. i don't know what they usually run like but it definitely wasn't going to be challenging my raptor any time soon. it's cheap enough that i'm thinking about buying it just to have an extra wheeler and for something for my nephews to ride. whaddaya think?

 

oh yeah...... it has a white brothers slip on. with sticky tires and the fact i was driving on pavement, i could barely get it to wheelie in second. is that normal?

 

oh yeah- it has DG steel nerfs, nearly brand new.

 

enough posts lol... yeah it actually sounds like a good deal, if you want you can put a couple hundred bucks and fix it up.




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well when no one else will talk to ya, ya gotta talk to yourself........
anyway, how well should it run? maybe i'm too used to my raptor but i found it to be sadly lacking.

 

i would think if it runs good, then it idles good, how is it when you ride it, does cut or backfire or anything? if it doesnt run good than that can always be fixed, i doubt there is anything seriosly wrong with it. i would think for 1500 bucks for a 400ex thats pretty good, but is it beat up and does it look like crap? but let me know when you rode it if it did anything strange, did it idle high or low? it sounds like its got alot of goodies on it.

 

by the way i love your icon picture its funny lol......






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Sounds to me like it has been abused pretty badly and may end up being one of those that you have to work on all week to ride on the weekend. And then will end up cutting your weekend short. That gets to be old real fast. With all the goodies you listed, and you can get it for 15 bills, I would part it out on Ebay. You should be able to make your money back and then some.
As for the clutch, it sounds like the cable may need replacing or they may have installed an extra clutch plate in there to get it to stop slipping.
Just don't depend on it to be any thing short of a headache in the long run. I speak from experience. Best wishes in what you choose to do, though.

 

ya one of my freinds has an ex and he like trashed the thing never uses the clutch to shift and its really hard to pull and the cat walking thing in second sounds like somthing is wrong ussually u can walk an ex al the way up to fourth if your good. starting the walk in those gears that is. it could be though that it wasnt jetted right for the wb pipe and it could be doing more harm than good!but hay parting it souds good or strip the goodies sell the quad by another used ex and deck it back up

 

i dunno it's pretty beat up. i think i'm gonna pass but if i had 1500 bucks just laying around i know it'd be worth it. it started and idled excellent and didn't smoke a bit but man that thing did NOT want to pull a wheelie in first very badly, never mind the others. i hope for you 400ex riders that something was wrong with it. seemed to run smooth, just no beans. thank you all very much for your help though.