What I ride when I'm not 3-wheeling.

[swampthang]

I used to be real big on quads before I got into trikes. Now I'm down to 1 quad and 4 trikes! Here's some pics of my 03 Honda Foreman 450es. These are my favorite utility quads that Honda has made. I used to buy a new 4x4 Honda every 5 years but I have noticed the quality seems to be getting worse as the years go by. It was time to get a new machine and I had my mind made up I was finding a nice Foreman 450es. I looked all over CL and looked at a few but most where junk. I looked at one once that the front tire fell off of it while I was test riding it.

So one day I walked into the local Honda shop an seen this one that they just took in on trade. It looked like new still and I worked a deal with them. After I bought it I looked at the speedometer and seen it had 7000 miles on it! Quite I bit of miles but I wasnt worried sense It was in such nice condition. The dealer put on a set of new 25" swamp fox tires on it and gave me the old GBC Gators that were on it.

Its pretty much the same as it was when I bought it. I have only took it on 2 real rides and I have had it over 6 months now. I usually just ride my 3wheelers. I have added some oxlite cv boot guards and built me a sound system on it. It has a 500watt amp and 2 water proof pyle audio marine speakers 6.5"

I plan on adding bigger tires and wheels,snorkel and a gear reduction in the future.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Seriously??? A boom-box stereo on a fricken quad????!!! I go riding to get away from all that BS!

Nice 4x4 though. I just bought another quad myself. A 2003 Z400 that supposedly has a 440 big bore. Came with quite a lot of extras. I'm going to be pulling the topend just to see what I have and check on the work I was told was done to it.....

[kb0nly]

Nice quad.. Agree on the music though, i love to ride my ATC just to get away from the noise of daily life, just listening to the motor...

Every now and then i will toss my headset in my helmet and take along one of my handheld radios to chat but thats about it.

[swampthang]

Seriously??? A boom-box stereo on a fricken quad????!!! I go riding to get away from all that BS!

Well, its not a 3wheeler I have to have something on there to keep me awake while riding. Although it is pretty cool to blast alittle AC/DC while riding a wheelie down the river! Also gives the ladies something to shake some booty to. And for some reason the Foreman looks orange in the pics but it is red.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Well, OK. At least you are playing good tunes on it! I'll cut you some slack in this case..