magnum500 vs. foreman 450
#114
I've recently come across the most trashed-out Honda Foreman 450S (a yellow 1998 model) I've ever seen... by far! The handlebars are bent, the rear rack is bent, all four wheels are dented and one is bent to the extent that it has a noticeable wobble, the upper headlight is missing, the Blackwater XT tires are worn smooth, one front drive boot is leaking, another is torn all to pieces, one front shock is leaking, and one fender support is broken (allowing the fender to flap madly as he rides), and the odometer shows over 2800 miles. The young rider says he also wore out the original tires, and that he only changes oil every six months! The engine sounds fine, and it starts instantly every time, but still... this is the only Honda Foreman 450 I ever saw that I wouldn't give even $1000 for!
I asked the kid (looks about 14 or 15 years old) why he didn't take better care of it. He just shrugged and said that his dad was going to buy him a new one for Christmas.
Gordon L Banks
Huntsville, AL
2000 Honda XR400R
1999 Honda 450ES
1997 Honda 300 4x4
I asked the kid (looks about 14 or 15 years old) why he didn't take better care of it. He just shrugged and said that his dad was going to buy him a new one for Christmas.
Gordon L Banks
Huntsville, AL
2000 Honda XR400R
1999 Honda 450ES
1997 Honda 300 4x4
#115
I wish I could be like that. I'm 15 and I ride an Arctic Cat 500. But I'm pying the notes. I pay for everything but the gas because my dad lets me get gas for free, But I still don't use that because I wnt to PROVE to him that I can and I am responsible. I have messed up my quad like bending the front rack, scratching the front bumper, LOSSING THE OIL FILL CAP(after I found out I loss it I had my dad pull me back home so I wouldn't loss any more oil and cause engine damage), and I bent my gun rack when I rolled it.
My dad offered to get me another quad for chrismas but I told him I out grew HotWheels a long time ago.
My dad offered to get me another quad for chrismas but I told him I out grew HotWheels a long time ago.
#118
can i just say something to some of the boys that have wrote prevoiusly in this chat about ford trucks??? Good cuz i am going to.... In july of 1998 i bought a 75 ford f100 2wd w/ a 302 it was a short box, i got it from my cuz in central iowa. he had driven to washington DC and back twice, when it was 20 years old, now it is 25 years old, and not ever once did it sit on the side of the rode! I am junoir in high school, when i received the truck, it did not have a bumper, no tailgate, pass. door was banged to hell from an accident, the short bed was being held together with baling wire. YOu could hardly stand in the box without falling through. Now the truck has no visible rust on the body, and now sports a homemade steel flatbed, made by myself, but what stills amazes me is that the 302 is still running like the day i bought it, it has headers and sounds sweet, everyday my friends tell me to get a chevy, but one of my friend just had his 400 small block in his truck ( which he thought was king ****) threw a rod, yep that makes me wanna buy chevys. so dont give me this b.s. about Fixed OR Repaired Daily!! thanks, i just like to talk about it. i must be a born journalist, bye!
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Ranger 86 200sx(gets hualed around on the new flatbed!)
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Ranger 86 200sx(gets hualed around on the new flatbed!)
#120
Boner are you trying to say you have a face that looks like it wore out 3 bodys, you have to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink, you look like death eating a cracker or you have a sign on one of your teeth that says next tooth one mile. Or are you so cross eyed that when you cry tears run down your back...just seein how grown up you are hehehe
Artic Cat 500 auto...after riding today looks like it could need a face lift
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Artic Cat 500 auto...after riding today looks like it could need a face lift
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