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The thread about the Honda lawnmowers got me thinking about how much I love Honda equipment. Here is a partial list:
2002 Honda Rubicon 500 ATV. Bought new. It has the exact same Yuasa starting battery it had when I bought it in late 2001. It gave me scare last winter when I had to jump start it when it hadn't been run for a month. I bought a new battery and it is still sitting on the shelf in the garage. Other than changing the oil and filter, literally the only other things I have had done is align the front end and get the valves adjusted. We use it for spraying weeds in the summer, plowing snow in the winter, and it never misses a beat.
2003 EU3000i generator. I run the crap out of this thing, including running the AC on my 5th wheel and it never complains, always starts, and uses ridiculously small amounts of fuel.
2002 Honda 919 motorcycle. 0-60 in 3 flat and gets 48 mpg. In 40K miles, never in the shop.
2013 Accord. Probably the most trouble-free car I ever had. On a 3 year lease, all I ever did was change the oil. Never in the shop. 2017 replacement has the same boring reliability and gets 47 MPG down to Salt Lake and back.
Even the Chinese knock-off of a Honda on my wheel line mover is stone reliable.
My day job is running a small trucking company. How I wish Honda made semis. These Freighliners are going to bankrupt me.
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I've had nothing but great luck with Honda's I've owned over the years.......
1980 XL250S, 1982 650 Custom, 1986 Big Red, 1999 450 Foreman, EB300c and EU200i. The only ones I still own are the last two, both generators.
All bought new except the EU200i........
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My favorite Honda was a 4 cylinder 74 CB750 in plum color. Loved that bike and should have never let it go.
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My 11 year old Honda Rancher isn't even broken in yet.
Had two Honda 4 Trax before that. They ran like new when I sold them... They were old, and had many, many hours on them.
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I have a 300 Fourtrax too, wow, what a machine. Goes anywhere and never breaks down!
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Honda fan here too. (* still have currently)
1998 Civic
2002 Civic*
2003 Pilot
2006 Accord*
2007 Pilot
2015 CRV*
2004 Rancher AT*
2007 Rubicon*
EU2000i Generator*
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I'm surprised they haven't got into pickups.
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I'd always had good luck with Honda stuff, from the 196? motorcycle to cars, outboards, various small engines, you name it. Then I had a 2001 or 02 500 cc Rubicon. I loved the way it worked, great machine...until one day the transmission just self-destructed a long way from home on a frozen river....long hike home to get another quad to pull it back. Honda pretty much told me to go suck eggs, it was out of warranty....I ended up putting near a couple of grand in a machine worth about 3 or 3.5 at the time....left me with a bad taste for Honda...gave it to my brother...I'll stick with Yamaha quads now.
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My favorite Honda was a 4 cylinder 74 CB750 in plum color. Loved that bike and should have never let it go. 1983 CB100F Bought new. Just sold a couple of years ago to a fellow that just had to have it. They made it only for one year. Great bike.
Gun Shows are almost as comical as boat ramps in the Spring.
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My favorite Honda was a 4 cylinder 74 CB750 in plum color. Loved that bike and should have never let it go. A couple years after Honda introduced the 750 4 cyl, my best buddy was in the navy stationed on a carrier off Nam. He had some R&R in Japan and wrote to me saying that the navy had a deal where he could get me one from the factory at barely above cost and bring it home on the ship. Groan! I was still in college and had a hard time feeding myself, let alone buy a bike even at that price.
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The thread about the Honda lawnmowers got me thinking about how much I love Honda equipment. Here is a partial list:
2002 Honda Rubicon 500 ATV. Bought new. It has the exact same Yuasa starting battery it had when I bought it in late 2001. It gave me scare last winter when I had to jump start it when it hadn't been run for a month. I bought a new battery and it is still sitting on the shelf in the garage. Other than changing the oil and filter, literally the only other things I have had done is align the front end and get the valves adjusted. We use it for spraying weeds in the summer, plowing snow in the winter, and it never misses a beat.
2003 EU3000i generator. I run the crap out of this thing, including running the AC on my 5th wheel and it never complains, always starts, and uses ridiculously small amounts of fuel.
2002 Honda 919 motorcycle. 0-60 in 3 flat and gets 48 mpg. In 40K miles, never in the shop.
2013 Accord. Probably the most trouble-free car I ever had. On a 3 year lease, all I ever did was change the oil. Never in the shop. 2017 replacement has the same boring reliability and gets 47 MPG down to Salt Lake and back.
Even the Chinese knock-off of a Honda on my wheel line mover is stone reliable.
My day job is running a small trucking company. How I wish Honda made semis. These Freighliners are going to bankrupt me. This one save my son and my life on 10/16/16. ![[Linked Image]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w54/vacrt2002/Mobile%20Uploads/41A7D4C1-DF36-4672-9C22-FF346427E392.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w54/vacrt2002/Mobile%20Uploads/C89CBEC3-0871-42F6-9CD1-A44A6D600C72.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w54/vacrt2002/Mobile%20Uploads/C692B923-B868-45CF-AD22-E53B112D1FFC.jpg)
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Wow! Glad you and your son are OK.
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have a '96 Honda 300x.
Thing has been thru hell and back - hold in the case, oil leaked out, previous owner JB welded it together.
I put some rings in it and it runs like a champ. and I treat it like crap, leave old gas in it, change the oil maybe once every 2 years.
Had a 86 Honda 250 ..a TRX I think. Thing was a tank, sold it and wish I hadn't.
Have 2 Honda TRX350D. In various states of repair, My winter project is to make one good one out of the 2, and get rid of those Polaris things I have now.
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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Honda outboards are skookum too
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Had a few Honda motorcycles - all quality, Wife has a 2012 Accord, great car. But this has to be the ultimate Honda.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_HA-420_HondaJet
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Honda outboards are skookum too This one's been 'hanging out' with me going on 15 seasons.... probably last a long time if I'd take care of it. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/561/medium/6772DSCF0083.JPG) But Honda does make a great popsicle.  ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/561/medium/IMG_1642.JPG)
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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They make great motors, my generator is so quiet
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Started out on a XR75 mx at the ripe age of 8, then a CR175 at 15. Next was a TRAX300 bought new in 96, it's still going strong at my sons abode. I want it back but he'll never let go. He just kinda quietly 'took it' when he moved out.
First Honda car was a 93' Accord SE I bought about 10 years ago and should have never sold.
Now my daily driver is a 14 CRV, love it.
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Make them 20 minutes from my home
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They make great motors, my generator is so quiet Ok, I'll be the straight man. How quiet is it?
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