400ex questions
08-07-2005, 01:01 PM
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400ex questions
I'm thinkin about getting a different quad. Preferably a 400ex. I have a couple questions. Are they a good all around quad? Motocross/stunting/trailriding/dunes, etc. Are they reliable? Do they have problems with frames breaking? I know they're a little slower than a z or kfx, but also considerably cheaper. I'm just trying to figure out which direction I want to go. Thanks.
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08-07-2005, 01:12 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by jays warrior
I'm thinkin about getting a different quad. Preferably a 400ex. I have a couple questions. Are they a good all around quad? Motocross/stunting/trailriding/dunes, etc. Are they reliable? Do they have problems with frames breaking? I know they're a little slower than a z or kfx, but also considerably cheaper. I'm just trying to figure out which direction I want to go. Thanks.
Jay
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strong frames
great all around quad
NOW GO GET A Z!!!
08-07-2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Wuz up jay
All around Great quad is right.
I keep hearing how the z is faster I'm not getting that mutch
I've run hairscrambles, motocross and flat tracks and I DON'T SEE IT.
My buddy loves his !! they come with better stock front shocks than a ex.
I don't know, I like wheelieing my buddy's z it's LOVE, but I like my ex's better and they fit me well.
If your going to do alot of motocross bigger than 60ft jumps I'de reinforce the frame they do have a few weak spots. I beat the **** out of mine and raced a season on it and now stuntin it and NO engine or clutch problems.
No need to flame on me guys. I just love my ex's and I always will.
All around Great quad is right.
I keep hearing how the z is faster I'm not getting that mutch
I've run hairscrambles, motocross and flat tracks and I DON'T SEE IT.
My buddy loves his !! they come with better stock front shocks than a ex.
I don't know, I like wheelieing my buddy's z it's LOVE, but I like my ex's better and they fit me well.
If your going to do alot of motocross bigger than 60ft jumps I'de reinforce the frame they do have a few weak spots. I beat the **** out of mine and raced a season on it and now stuntin it and NO engine or clutch problems.
No need to flame on me guys. I just love my ex's and I always will.
08-07-2005, 04:56 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
my EX eats the trails up. gnarly hill climbs ain't ****. buy one with reverse if ur gonna be in the woods... and you're a girly man. i come to a dead end i just grab the front bumper and swing'er around. be a man. 
but yea man, reliable as hell. don't know about the frames cuz i only jump occasionally but handles awesome and sucks up bumps pretty sweetly.
honda power baby. you'll never go back to yamaha again, promise.
but yea man, reliable as hell. don't know about the frames cuz i only jump occasionally but handles awesome and sucks up bumps pretty sweetly.
honda power baby. you'll never go back to yamaha again, promise.
08-07-2005, 05:05 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
oh yea. as for speed/power. z is all top end. ex is bottom.
TRANSLATION: my brothers Z will beat my EX in a drag race. but my EX power wheelies in 5th like its nothin, just bounce it. the Z- you have to clutch the hell out of it just to get it up in 4th.
hondahondahondahondahondahondahondahondahondahnmda :YEAH
TRANSLATION: my brothers Z will beat my EX in a drag race. but my EX power wheelies in 5th like its nothin, just bounce it. the Z- you have to clutch the hell out of it just to get it up in 4th.
hondahondahondahondahondahondahondahondahondahnmda :YEAH
08-07-2005, 09:03 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
these 3 bikes are soooo close in engine performance it aint even funny.Here's a pic from last year a local race Southern Ohio speedway 1/2 MILE oval
I have full access to the track and keys for the facility. We run it often.
My buddy's 04 kfx , My 00 red 400ex :YEAH
I even made time to wave at the camera on the last lap
Both quads have an advantage in diff. spots on the track but the ex provailed
most every time
On the real topic, If you go with a ex ????????
If your just stuntin it leave it stock, maybee slip on only.
Here's what I figured out messing with both of mine and tryin all diff. intake and exhaust combonations to see which was smooothest on the gas.
My yellow one - full white bro. race exhaust, k&n airfilter, choke block off
my red one - stock air box and filter, stock choke, slip on exhaust.
the red one -right off idle smoooth and set it and forget it :YEAH
the yellow one -little more touchy more of a hair trigger, but I doubt any faster . deff better off the line.
truthfully you can't go wrong with either one, but these guys know more about what makes a good stunt quad than I do soooooooooo
I know crappy pics
08-08-2005, 09:36 AM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by jays warrior
Thanks for the insight guys. Nother question, is there much difference between 99 and 03, as far as engine,suspension, all that stuff goes.
08-08-2005, 05:44 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by KUTZR
WTF are you smoking, of coarse it is a possibility when mine went throught the assembly line the crew was on break
08-08-2005, 05:44 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by austinz400
i think your wrong about that try a 3rd gear highchair on your ex
i ride em in fifth gear brotha. yank it up in a sit down and then put my legs up. or jump to it from a seat stander. im buck nuts.
and for the record, i've tried it on the Z and it had the same effect pimp. maybe you're just better than me....
08-09-2005, 09:09 AM
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Re: 400ex questions
mine stalls out when i slow it down alot, but other than that i love my 400. I dont know how it compares to other quads cuz it seems like everyone that rides is slow around here. I should not be passing yz450s on it
08-09-2005, 11:49 AM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by TILLER
he was asking about Hondas
No dude 400's okay I do think it does jump weirrd though it always throws the front end up supper high and i gotta ride the brakes in the air to bring it back down
08-09-2005, 12:02 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Originally Posted by KUTZR
I know this No dude 400's okay I do think it does jump weirrd though it always throws the front end up supper high and i gotta ride the brakes in the air to bring it back down
No dude 400's okay I do think it does jump weirrd though it always throws the front end up supper high and i gotta ride the brakes in the air to bring it back downthe frames are 10 x that of the Zuks old ones also
08-09-2005, 12:48 PM
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Re: 400ex questions
Must have gotta bad one, Ya know that song by Saliva? it was writing after my engine, Click...Click...Boom... maybe I should of bought the Stunt edition. On a Serious note I'm shure they are the most reliable but I beat The hell out of it so...
