Honda FourTrax Foreman 4X4 ES

[HOOK]

Any one have one? Opinions? Comments??

 

[rem270]

hadnt had a foreman but had a rancher es. love hondas wont ever own anything else. but if i buy brand new i would be a rancher or foreman manual shift im not a big fan of the es.

 

[droptine]

i have a 99 foreman ES.
love it

 

[stik]

honda was my 2nd choice.

 

[Gravey]

Can't go wrong with a Honda although I don't care for the electric shift. Just something else to break.

 

[BlackBelt]

I've got a '99 Honda Foreman Fourtrax ES. Love it. Hasn't required a lot of maintenance, other than those caused by my ignorant mistakes (this is my first ATV).
It will just run and run and run.
Hard to go wrong with a Honda.

 

[KennyDale]

Dont get ES. Mine went bad and Sloans is saying 3500.00 to replace. Said Hondamatic is not serviceable.

 

[JohnnyBond]

Can't go wrong with a Honda although I don't care for the electric shift. Just something else to break.

X2

 

[KubotaM4900]

Foremans are nice. Dont be afraid of ES I have had ranchers with it an no problems period. I even had one with a snorkle so it recieived special treatment. Id prefer ES over manual anyday. I had no problems with any I have had. I now have a yamaha after many many Hondas. Honda is the only way to go. I would look for one with selectable 4wd. Full time 4wd is a pain.

 

[jmlost]

I have a rancher with fuel injection. Would highly recommend it. Nothing. Like it when its cold outside. Starts like your truck. I to like the manual. Simpler and like the idea to be able to select when it shift. More fun.....

 

[stik]

Foremans are nice. Dont be afraid of ES I have had ranchers with it an no problems period. I even had one with a snorkle so it recieived special treatment. Id prefer ES over manual anyday. I had no problems with any I have had. I now have a yamaha after many many Hondas. Honda is the only way to go. I would look for one with selectable 4wd. Full time 4wd is a pain.

i have nothing bad to say about a honda but i prefer the yamaha.

 

[W.Seay]

Stay away from ES!!!

 

[Kimber45]

Stay away from ES!!!

Why?

I just sold an 03 450ES with almost 11,000 hard miles.. It was still ES'ing like a champ.. Now it had gone through both diff's and a top end rebuild but the ES was great.. It was owned before me by a youngster who dogged the living hoo hah out of it too. Maybe the newer ones arent as good??

 

[Kimber45]

Foremans are nice. Dont be afraid of ES I have had ranchers with it an no problems period. I even had one with a snorkle so it recieived special treatment. Id prefer ES over manual anyday. I had no problems with any I have had. I now have a yamaha after many many Hondas. Honda is the only way to go. I would look for one with selectable 4wd. Full time 4wd is a pain.

i have nothing bad to say about a honda but i prefer the yamaha.

Stik I have to agree.. Honda is a great machine but we've had many of both over the years and our Yamaha Big Bears have withstood beatings better than our Honda's.. I will have to go back and say though that the 300 Honda 4x4's I had decades ago were almost bullet proof! Did have to drill a hole so the water could run out of the brake drum in the back after it sat in the water all day while I was duck hunting - after a few mornings where it has set in my truck overnight and would not move because the water in the drum was a solid block of ice! Only other thing I ever did was keep the Diff's full of clean gear oil - keep the water drained out, they were the toughest machines ever!

 

[oakclimber]

Got a 03 Foreman ES. Runs like a champ. No problems whatsoever.

 

[Deerhunter]

05 rancher 4x4ES here. About 3000 miles so far and no problems except for the horrible drum brakes which i recently switched to disks. Not a straight piece of metal or plastic on it, but never had to do anything but change oil and brakes.