Hello all,I had a question about my '01 Recon.Does it have EBS ,and what the hell is EBS????Thanks for a reply!

 

Engine Braking System I think. The Recon has positive engine braking via the gear box. You can't have any better engine braking system than that. Others have a simulated braking system called EBS.

 

Sounds about right to me.Thanks-

 

paulgp602,
let me try and clearify this for you a little more.

On your Recon,[or any gear driven quad]when descending a very steep hill,you can shift it down into first gear to assist you in slowing the quad down the hill.

On automatic quads,you have no gears to help slow your momentum down on the descend of the hill.

This is where EBS comes in.It does the same thing for you as the 1st gears do on a gear driven quad.EBS will stop the quad from ''free wheeling'' down the hill.Some EBS systems are a little better than others.From what I've personally seen so far,they all work pretty darn good,
Bill

 

my EBs works as good as gear driven machines. if anyone think it is much better to have gear driven machines for engine braking they have never driven one with EBS.

 

Also, one thing on Honda's is 1st gear usually is a super low gear with a top speed of 7 mph or less.

A quad with gears does not have or need EBS.