Blew up my Ds 450 yesterday july 3rd

[ryan johnson]

Had my ds450 since 4-6-08 . Changed oil on it 3 times. just got it back from swingarm bushing recall and flywheel bolt recall dealer changed oil after recall. i drove it about 4 hours and it was losing power power and started knocking its the rod bearing no doubt. all stock.Bringing it in on monday i have the extended war. but this thing is junk i had a 98 banshee in 1998 that i beat for 3 years without a engine failure and this new top of the line 4 stroke barely makes it a year and is half as fast as a two stroke. I bought this four wheeler to last and it let me down.

[Macho Camacho 131]

Maybe from the lack of changing oil I change mine everything 3-5 rides on my quads.

[Macho Camacho 131]

Also how often did your change and clean your filter?

[ryan johnson]

My quad had less than a 100hrs on it. the oil change costs 30 a time its been chaged four times in 100 hours not including the 10 hour break in. Get real man. Oil thats $15 a quart shouldnt be drained after every ride. You work for the oil company?

[ryan johnson]

I change the oil filter every time i changed the oil and cleaned out the screen in the sump. my oil always looked fresh when i drained it.

[Macho Camacho 131]

Haha small price to pay for reliablity but sorry to hear it's a bummer.

[Macho Camacho 131]

Oh and I meant air filter not oil filter

[hcomras]

yea either way total bummer....the 08s had a lot of bugs that they really shoulda worked out b4 releasing them...dont know how many times ive had to get my 08 "updated" but im practically riding a 2009 model now haha.your oil changes sound reasonable hell i dont even change mine that much, like you said at $15 a quart i want longevity haha..well hope this get you bent on all thumpers, although a banshee is a hard quad to top, hence practically no changes for 20 years.

[r0wland]

that's crazy. i hear all these bad things happening to the ds, but i have NEVER had anything go wrong that wasn't my fault. maybe whoever is putting these bikes together is doing a good job. sorry to hear about that, man. mine has been nothing but great for me.

[ryan johnson]

talk all the talk you want my honda cr 80 dirt bike engine lasted longer than my ds450 engine. Not my fault it blew also i think this thing was put together like crap nothing was tight from the factory. I bragged up my ds too now i know better