[Johnny Reb]

A guy offered me a deal on a 08 700 today, problem is somehow the piston & cylinder got destroyed & needs bored or replaced, from the looks of it the piston appears to have wedged itself into the cylinder some how, but he said the bike was still running (but making a noise in the top end) when he tore it down.

can someone offer any insight about this machine ?? Do the 700's have any issues with the piston and/or cylinder from the factory that mite have caused this ??

Any other info about the 700 would be greatly appreciated (dependability,known problems, upgrades that should be done...), I'm a big Honda fan & have owned sevral but none this beastly.

Thanx in advance.

 

[robbyvaughn9]

im kinda new to them myself... all i can say is i love mine... tires are alil picky, swaybar could be changed ( ive not done mine yet ) front sprocket could be changed for a lower gear. some guys do not like the shocks,, no problem for me though (im 180lbs though )... all n all its a gr8 trail riding machine

 

[700xxchris]

the 700xx is very dependable nothing on earth like it but anything can go wrong his problem sounds like poor matience but who knows, but the quad is worth rebuilding and plenty of the members will agree with me i think

 

[Johnny Reb]

Thanx for the input gents, I figured since its aHonda its mostly bomb proof, like everything else they make.

He wants me to trade him 98 model DR650 that needs to have the motor case replaced for the 700 that needs the top end fixed,,, kinda feel like hes get'n the shaft.(even tho I need to seperate the motor case on the Honda to clean all the piston bits out)

Dont think I can tell him no.

I was curious if the 700s had a history of motor failures or something else, so far they sound solid.

 

[240]

Keep air filter clean and don't sink it like I did and she will last ya a long time.

 

[easystreet]

A crooked jammed piston is most likely from hitting a valve or rod failure. Could be from taking in water as Nerv mentioned, but I believe otherwise. I don't know the Honda 700 at all, but I would be suspicious that its not a stock motor. Honda builds a good motor and thats a major failure.

 

[Johnny Reb]

I went and gave it a good look'n over Saturday, its in need of some love but entirely fixable, the piston had a big mark on one side like the storke was a smidge longer than the cylinder and it wedged on its way back up, & supposedly the side of piston was hammering on the spark plug from they way he found it after tear'n it down.

The guy aint exactly a gear head & I'm think'n some of the info he gave me is what his mechanic told him (& I know for a fact the mechanics practices are debatable).

I dug around & found another site for the 700xx & thers sevral pages of mechanical failures due to piston &/or wrist pin issues (ther think'n), honda dont seem to want to back the motors up either & claim its the owners lack of maintenance, one gent actuly worked at a Honda dealer & had to haggle with a reginal sales manager to get results. ( if I can find the site/thread I'll link it up), but considering all the 700s Honda has sold ther dont seem to be enuff failures to warrant a recall & most everyone is more than happy with ther machine.

 

[Johnny Reb]

Heres the links.

http://trx700xx.net/forum/index.php/topic,160.0.html


http://trx700xx.net/forum/index.php/topic,140.0.html

 

[Baxter]

Buy it . Also replace the crank !