Blew up my Ds 450 yesterday july 3rd

[ds450racer#2]

the 2 strokes are great but they are becomin out dated, 4 stroke is the way it is and with alot of manufacture's offerin mx ready quads the 2 strokes and becoming less and less

[xrider77]

The DS is a good quad. Havent had mine for very long but I can tell ya that I've always had suzuki's, I've been sponsored by Suzuki with lots of support, and Now I'm on a Can Am and I love it.

[comander420]

I used to own a cannodale so I had my share of extreme maintenance. You had to run sythetic oil and change it every 10 hours, fuel filter every 15. I did mine as required and never had a problem till I put new rings in and put the piston in backwards and broke the valves. I rode it from 2003-08 and did a fair amount of racing on it. I know that if you didn't run synthetic and change the oil every 10 hours you would eat the crank. Granted the cannondales had a whole lot of problems with rod bearings and the crank that not even proper maintenance could save but if maintaned properly they would almost always outlive the ones that didn't. Unless of course you got a lemon that they forgot to torque the cartidge bolts in.

[msds45008]

i have a 08 too and mine is fixing to go in the shop for motor probs now. its had 3 tanks of gas and 2 oil changes ran in it and the motor goes out it bs. but ne way do you know how many recalls there are for it so i can get them to fix it?

[BigRon]

i have 2 Ds450s, mine is being rebuilt because a piece of the clutch ended up in a crank bearing (id rather not type up the entire explanation again!). go to my rebuild thread for more info lol

the other one, my dads, has had one problem in the past 2.5 years. and it was a bad relay. i ride that F***er almost every day around town, or around the ranch. before i got my license i put more miles on that thing than most people put on their cars. even in the middle of December i rode that thing for hours!

ive done a total of 3 oil changes and clean the air filter every month or so, i think the clutch is wearing a little but its not bad.

i don't think oil changes play a huge role in engine failures, if you can afford to change your oil every time you so much as look at the thing, then be my guest. but for us normal people, truth is... its just not convenient or cheap enough to make it realistic

[canamxteam]

I race the canam gncc and i have over 240 hours on my ds since Jan i change the oil every 2 to 3 races with 15w40 rotella ($11 a gallon) and and that thing is off the rev limiter the hole race still going strong lol i will rebuild it at the end of the season though