300ex they are bullet proof and are fairly quick with nice suspension

 

defiantly the 300ex it is just as fast even faster with mods than the raptor 350, my dad has one, they suck, they dont handle good, dont make that much power, and the 300ex is a really good handling machine and makes just as much power and alot better and funner in the trails

 

So what did you ever end up getting? My self I would have picked the Raptor 350 but that's just me...

 

300ex Honda reliablilty i never had a problem with them.

 

I stopped reading the battle in this thread after page 1.


Sounds like you are a lil guy... which they have forgotten I think... as I believe you were talking about coming off a 90.


Trust me when I say... and send me a message of thanks later... but get yourself a newer 300EX... the one with the 450R looking plastics.

You want to do the newer model for... better plastics, better reverse placement, and better looks.

I have owned the 300EX, 350 Warrior, and 400EX.... and in my collection of riding buddies, I have one with a 350 Warrior, two with Raptor 350's, and four with 300EX's.

I gotta say the 300EX riders are all four extremely happy. None of them would trade their ride for ANY of ours, except one... She likes my 400EX more because it's roomier, but mostly because it's just in better condition.

Of these four riders there are two lil guys, one adult male and one adult female.

This is a machine you can buy new for cheap right now, and keep riding for a very long time. I would have one myself right now, but I am 6 ft tall, and often carry kiddy passengers, so a little more room pulled me another direction.

All of them are great machines, but the 300EX is a little better.

 

I personally can vouch for the 300ex. But also I can push it as hard as it'll go. with that said you should get a 400ex imo. Edit: I forgot ur coming off a 90. get the 300ex, a 400ex might be too big of a leap between quads. Its a virtually bulletproof quad and will never let u down. plenty of low end torque and decent to speed. im gonna really miss my 300ex but its time for me to move on.

 

get the 300ex. you can find find it for the least amount of money on the list and the raptor 250 is more for the track. and the 350 isent what it is cracked up to be, the ex hangs with it, even with the 40-some CC diffrence.

 

OK,
I'm just talking for the honda's here....
Don't go with the 250ex, they are overpriced.
The 300ex is an amazing bike, i felt so confident on my 300, i could tear and rip up everything (with crazy high rpms and an HMF pipe ), It rode so confortable, and it didnt have that stupid bend in the middle of the seat like the 400ex. I loved it, i loved reverse, it was great, but i soon outgrew it's power, although it did have a lot of get-up and go.
The 400ex chas a lot more power, and is just as dependable, for just a few hundred more...

 

I'm looking myself at a 300ex, the Raptor didn't even pop up in mind....

 

300ex is too small ill take my warrior any day over one