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01-25-2014 | 08:41 AM
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What is this?
I've spotted this on eBay described as a 2012 Honda 420. As it is nothing like any Honda 420 I have seen, does anyone know what it is? It has Honda decals, OK they are easy to stick on, but there is a picture of the engine case with Honda cast in. The engine is transverse, but looks different to the old Honda 300 model.
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01-26-2014 | 04:14 AM
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It does have that “hunched” look and rubbish tyres of a Chinese utility quad, but how could the makers get away with casting Honda on the engine if it wasn’t a Honda? Firms like Honda would sue the pants off them, and definitely not let them export to Europe (the quad pictured is in Ireland).
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03-26-2014 | 07:36 PM
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I've spotted this on eBay described as a 2012 Honda 420. As it is nothing like any Honda 420 I have seen, does anyone know what it is? It has Honda decals, OK they are easy to stick on, but there is a picture of the engine case with Honda cast in. The engine is transverse, but looks different to the old Honda 300 model.
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03-27-2014 | 08:30 AM
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It does have that “hunched” look and rubbish tyres of a Chinese utility quad, but how could the makers get away with casting Honda on the engine if it wasn’t a Honda? Firms like Honda would sue the pants off them, and definitely not let them export to Europe (the quad pictured is in Ireland).
China ATVs use a lot of Honda and Yamaha clone motors so bolting on a different OEM engine side cover or recoil takes a minute.
Maybe its just the seller's idea not the manufacturers.
Also since when is a Rancher 420 a air cooled motor. LOL
Get away from those crooks.
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03-27-2014 | 09:05 AM
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All Hondas utility atvs are manufactured in South Carolina along with the motors. The sport bikes are manufactured in japan along with the motors. I've never ordered a honda oem part or accessory (dirt bikes and atvs) that was labeled china. Always USA or japan. Never seen a casting marked "China" on a honda. Nothing about that Chinese bike in question is a honda besides the sticker kit
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03-27-2014 | 09:28 AM
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Even when ATVs are made in China or Mexico like Polaris,Yamaha and Can-AM ,they are just assembled with a much cheaper labour rate.
The Parts they bolt together are still made in USA,Japan and Canada, its just that now a person making $1 a day with a whip across their back is on the assembly line not a union person making $30/hour with paid holidays and benifits.
The Parts they bolt together are still made in USA,Japan and Canada, its just that now a person making $1 a day with a whip across their back is on the assembly line not a union person making $30/hour with paid holidays and benifits.