I'm curious if Honda will make a BIG BORE 500, 600 or 650 sport quad. I been itching to see them do it.
I know...they released a 450R, but those were released and meant to be race quads. Too much damn maintenance for the everyday thumper in my opinion.
I'd love to see them release a quad with the XR500 plant in it, or the XR600.
All the dang wrenching on them has turned me off !!

Anyone hear any good rumors on a bigger thumper being released out there?? I did....that's why I posted this.

 

You say "next big bore sport quad" like they've actually released one before, ever. The 450R is the largest displacement sport atv honda has ever had, and the xr650 bike is the only sport powerplant honda has over 450cc in an orv.

Without a new engine, something honda doesn't make very frequently, the only possibility is a trx650ex. And this machine has been discussed over and over and over again for the past 6 years.

 

i say put the 650 motor into a re-worked 450r frame, ready for the power.. honda dont like changes tho lol

 

You certainly have to question why they don't do it, don't you? If they bother to make a new engine for the Rincon, you'd think they'd at least make one for a flagship sport ATV, or at least take the XR650 engine and refine it for ATV use. There are a lot of things I don't understand why Honda doesn't do, one of the biggest ones being why they are the last remaining major manufacturer besides Bombardier that doesn't have a side-by-side.

 

think about this: if honda did come out with a 650/400ex or 650/450r what would make it so groundbreaking everybody would want one over a raptor? if the quad was to be popular outside of 400ex owners/honda loyalists, it would have to come out with some good stuff on it (aftermarket suspension, finely tuned engine, hell maybe an EFI a few years down the road). if nothing else this would be like honda making their own oldschool raptor (though with a few differences).

dont get me wrong, if i could drop a 650 engine and new shocks on my ex i would love it, but with open-class quads at this stage, a plain 650 wont be much to being to the bargaining table. though it may take a few years, honda could crank out a fairly advanced big-bore sport quad.

look at polaris, they came out with their first real sport quad and have been fine-tuning it ever since. honda has more knowledge of sport quads then polaris did, so i dont see why not they could stir up a fairly advanced 650ex.