400 EX ?
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09-06-2007 | 03:06 AM
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400 EX ?
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09-06-2007 | 03:25 AM
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: reconranger
Just some suspension updates, etc.
http://www.hondanews.com/categories/3/releases/4169</end quote></div>
Cool... so the 400EX is not gone... nice.
Honda just needs to get it up on the website... LOL... and stop concerning people... LOL
New suspension, new ergos, new seat, new plastics... (hopefully not more 450R looking)
A TRX700XX... good lord!... reckon they have the Raptor 700 in their sights finally? LOL...
Just some suspension updates, etc.
http://www.hondanews.com/categories/3/releases/4169</end quote></div>
Cool... so the 400EX is not gone... nice.
Honda just needs to get it up on the website... LOL... and stop concerning people... LOL
New suspension, new ergos, new seat, new plastics... (hopefully not more 450R looking)
A TRX700XX... good lord!... reckon they have the Raptor 700 in their sights finally? LOL...
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09-06-2007 | 03:36 AM
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: reconranger
The Raptor 250 engine is out of the "Tricker" dirt bike.</end quote></div>
I hope so...
If so, I guess a retired air cooled powerplant from the older dirtbikes?
Or a bored out revised TTR230?
The 230 is the only current air cooled I can find
And the stroke and compression matches... and then a Raptor 350 carb...
humm... might just be a little fun, if...
The Raptor 250 engine is out of the "Tricker" dirt bike.</end quote></div>
I hope so...
If so, I guess a retired air cooled powerplant from the older dirtbikes?
Or a bored out revised TTR230?
The 230 is the only current air cooled I can find
And the stroke and compression matches... and then a Raptor 350 carb...
humm... might just be a little fun, if...
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09-06-2007 | 03:47 AM
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09-06-2007 | 04:11 AM
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09-06-2007 | 11:55 AM
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: reconranger
....and that is exactly what all the nay sayers said about the 450 engines wasn't it....they were all going to grenade after 15 hours. Yet the 450R is the king of desert endurance racing. A little food for thought!</end quote></div>
I never said that about a 450, a 450 has more than enough power for a bike, so I can see it working in a quad. Now a 250f isn't all that powerful in the open, and in a ATV you know they will tame it down, and by then it is going to be a dog. Might as well go with a reliable air cooled 250 engine.
....and that is exactly what all the nay sayers said about the 450 engines wasn't it....they were all going to grenade after 15 hours. Yet the 450R is the king of desert endurance racing. A little food for thought!</end quote></div>
I never said that about a 450, a 450 has more than enough power for a bike, so I can see it working in a quad. Now a 250f isn't all that powerful in the open, and in a ATV you know they will tame it down, and by then it is going to be a dog. Might as well go with a reliable air cooled 250 engine.
