I am trading my dirtbike and my 2 options so far is a nicely modified 03 400ex clean and a 00 banshee nicely modified but looks a little rough, which route should I go if I recall the 400ex is electric start which I would like I am so tired off kicking my foot off... lol but will the 400 ex poss. be powerfull enough, I have a crf450r now and like the power, but want a quad again..

Thanks for the help

 

The Honda may be a little under powered if your used to your crf, however the banshee is high maintence as any two stroke ( in my opinion). If it were me I'd get the Honda you can always add prformance mods and it will be way more dependable.

 

I agree with honkaw. The 400 is a great trail quad with a few mods its pretty peppy.

 

Two entirely different quads for two entirely different applications. The 400 is a super good trail quad. You can lug it and it will be very happy.

The Shee is a screamer. It is more of an on and off engine like any 450.

I was on the trails once and heard a screaming sound coming from the trail about two miles away. It was crazy, up through the gears and down through the gears, over and over and over...........then here comes the Shee. He stopped and we talked for a bit. He loved his quad but admitted he had to work to ride the thing on the trails.

Unlike the Shee, with the 400 you can relax on the trails.

On the sand, different story. The Shee is the king of sand and speed. The power to weight is crazy on a modded two stroke. Mod for mod, you can't even come close to the power of a two stroke.

It just depends on where your going to ride and what you want out of your quad.

BTW, kicking a two stroke over is nothing like kicking a four stroke over.

A properly tuned two or four stroke should start on the first or second kick.

 

unless you are going to be riding dunes/sand all the time, get the 400