My wife has one and its a little monster, itll go anywhere she wants it to!! we floated a creek the other day it was 3 ft deep and came right out and kept on going!! but the brakes are a little touchy when it comes to water or mud.

 

yeah tell me about it when i take it through about 2 to 3 feet of water the brakes work like **** .LoL but other than that the little recon can go through any thing hey did any one every take there recon through a mud pit i live where it is just hills and the water rolls right off so noi have no mud pits and i wanted to know how it did in the mud

 

i have a 2001 recon and i rode the heck outta it untill i got the rancher... the recon will go just about anywhere.

it sure is fun to ride. The only thing that happened to it was the swingarm berrings went and they needed to be replaced. other than that it was fine. it is a tough machine like i said will go just about anywhere.


tom ford

 

yeah my freind has a 1997 honda recon he has got it from his neigbor who had it for five years and now he has it and that thing has been rolled over in so many ways i cant even decribe it and he has only had to change the plastic from green to red also his runs as good as mime and mine is a 2004

 

i would port it for $280 and give you alot more ponies the heads are terrible. gassrx2001@yahoo

 

na its oay i realy dont want to do any thing to the motor i might just get a new exhaust system and jet it . hey would itp mudlites on all four corners be to heavy for the recon

 

Recon is a good little quad,I have a 2005,bought new and had one major problem.After riding about 15 hours had first maint.done,rode about another 10 and it starting smoking(white) badly.Dealer found that clip holding piston came off and destroyed cylinder.Running ok now after rebuild.Very cold blooded though and takes two or three starts to keep running with a little choke adjusting.Overall I like the recon but wish I ponied up and bought the rancher.

 

If you get a recon get the manual foot shift, not the ES(electric shift) cause if you get the ES version there is a good chance the angle sensor will go bad,that happened to me and plenty of other people.But other than that its a great quad.


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04 Honda Recon ES #444
DG alloy series front bumper
Custom rear grab bar
Moose racing handlebars
Spider grips
Twin-Air air filter
GBC mud busters (rear)
Maxxis Razrs (front)
Supertrapp IDS2 exhaust (soon)

 

yeah i have heard alot of complaints about the old es but the new one might be diffrent