Im not a honda guy so I was hoping I could get some help here. I am looking at a used 2003 Honda Rincon 650 and was wondering if there was any problems with these quads. Its pretty clean, good condition, i just didnt know if these models had any cronic or common problems. Also anybody that has one, I would like to know what you think about it and how it performs. Thanks

 

They are just like the rest of the hondas...very reliable.
Its not gonna be a workhorse, its more of a trail riding quad. The tranny isnt meant for pulling heavy loads, and some complain about the weak engine braking for coming down steep hills.
If you want a good handling, smooth running, very nice comfortable ride...then you found it.

 

The Engine breaking is really good like the rest of the hondas

Except it stops working below 8mph

 

With the 03 and 04 they had a recall on the waterpumps if im not mistaken. I have an 05 and if i bought another bike today it would be an 06 680
Rubicon500yellow is right about the engine braking but the rear brakes are good enough to come to a dead stop if you are creeping down a hill.

 

How much are they asking? The reason I ask is that there are still some new 05's still out there that dealers are willing to make great deals on, I got my 05 for 6200+sales tax.

Pretty much everything said is accurate, very, very comfortable ride, handles well.

Only a couple of "quirks" that I have found. Cold blooded, takes a while to warm up......on a couple of occasions it cut out on me but its due to have its first service so probably a very minor adjustment and come to think of it, hasn't happened since the first couple of rides.

There is a lot of power untapped in that engine, a simple carb spring adjustment and a new end cap on the exhaust will wake it up quite a bit.

Engine braking only goes down to about 10 MPH but the brakes work great so hasn't been a real problem.

I wouldn't suggest it for work, it's not exactly desgined to be a workhorse, have to get an adaptor just to hook up a trailer and there is virtually no storage.

I personally haven't ridden through any mud to speak of so no clue how it performs there but my buddy drove it through the river (arghhh) and I thought for sure he was gonna swamp it but hit the gass and it floated across, scared the crap out of me though.

 

As far as I know the 03 had two possible issues. The water pump had a problem with a weep hose I believe. The new style should have a bend on the hose. I think the old one was straight. There was also a problem with some transmission "o" rings. Honda switched to a different material to correct the problem. The one you are looking at may have these problems or they may have been corrected.