I was just outside doing big long catwalks on my 220 i did one of about 63 feet it was the funnest thing i had ever done on the 220 i did fall off the back but hey i geuss i wont let go next time.

 

Please excuse my ignorance. What the he!! is a catwalk??????

 

Sorry, but I'm right there with trx450, I have no idea what a cat walk is. Please let us know.

 

Sorry guys on not being specific but its basicaly a wheelie your ride for a distance.

 

Yeah just keep on riding those loooooonnngg wheelies like i did and then when the motor locks up you'll be screwed. I rode thousands of wheelies until one day i came back down from a wheelie and about 30 seconds later it locked up. Crank, rod, and piston had to be replaced. the dealer said it was because of the wheelies. How this is true i dunno but its not all that good for an engine to ride one for 63 feet.

 

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Havent seen my friend 400ex do it he has don them for about a year or 2.

 

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Havent seen my friend 400ex do it he has don them for about a year or 2. If you pop the clutch i could see why but you dont have to do it that way.

 

I got a buddy who rides wheelies a mile or more on his 400EX and he hasn't locked up anthing.

 

The only thing that I can think of that would cause a lock up is if all of the oil ran back away from key internal parts.A well built machine shouldnt do this.No offence man but I think your service guy might have been making excuses for a factory defect.

 

You have to remember that the 400ex uses a dry sump engine, so even if you wheelie it for 10 miles it will get oil. A Kawsaki Bayou on the other is a wet sump. The oil pump is just slightly forward of the center of the engin onthe bottom. A long duration wheelie of suffiecient angle could eventually starve the engine of oil.