warning to all 400ex owners and mostly all other sport quads, if u take the middle red piece off of the handle bars on the ex and expose the steering stem, be careful to not get water down in the steering stem, it is hollow and has no hole to let out the water, i was not aware of this and i would shove the air hose for the gas tank down there and it would be under water, i did not notice this problem until i would run my quad at full throttle, after coasting in the driveway, i could not get my quad started for 5 min, i then pulled out the hose and it started girggling, i took off my gas tank and found a good amount of water at the bottem, i would say to avoid this, stand your quad vertical and let the water run out every 5 or 6 washings, even if u have the red piece still on, the hose is still directed down the steering stem and there could still be water in it, hope this helps some people before u find out the hard way like i did

 

Thanks for the tip, i always thought it had a hole

 

someone should make a plug for it. make a few extra bucks

 

good tip
thanx

 

would that be the same for the recon es?

 

it might be as long as the steering stem is open and the hose goes down in there, you will have to check it out

 

yea it does. ill have to make note of your awesome words of wisdom

 

i'm not doubting you at all but how come its fast. did honda randomly tune it or sumthin?? or is this normal and happen every so often??

 

Hey The stock steering stem does have a hole. I have replaced a couple the hole does get plugged up easy you can take something very small like the size of a small nail or something and clean it out then it will drain. compressed air would probly work. just stand it on end and spray from the bottom. If it has a bunch of water then you might want to try the nail thing first or plan to wash your quad after spraying nasty gas water on it. Hope this helps.

 

thats the best news i have heard all day, ill try that, thanks