I don't know about a Honda quad with 450 motor in it. Did you see the cover of Dirt Wheels, I don't know which one it is, at least 5 months ago? On the cover was a Honda 750cc 4 stroke with an OPTIONAL TURBO!!!!!! They dynoed it with the turbo and it put out 109HP stock! Now that is a bitchen quad! I am pretty sure these quads will come into production soon but I don't know if they will be offering the turbo even as an option. The new Honda waverunners have turboed 1450cc motors in them, put that in an old 250r frame and you would have the fastest quad there is. Another sweet one that will be coming out soon hopefully is the Polaris Predator. A water-cooled 500cc 4 stroke with Fox coilover/reseviors and 10" of travel and in the back a Fox coilover/resevior in the back with 12" of travel, and it has A-arms in the front. There is an article on it in last months Sand Sports. I know nobody likes Polarises but I don't think 75% of people who ride have ever rode them. I ride a '93 250cc 2 stroke, it is not the fastest thing but it is THE most durable, reliable quad there is. Trust me! Mine is 100% stock and I am jumping as far and farther as my friends with Banshees (with full suspension work done) and dirtbikes(and mine has strut front suspension). I have owned it since it was new and put it through some pretty heavy abuse and it has held up. I have now finally blown the rear shock, it still soaks but it bottoms easier off jumps. That thing will run forever, it even still has the stock GoodYear knobbies in the front, they are bald but by the way it handles you would never know. I have never had any complaints with it accept it is not very fast. Also we just bought a 2001 Polaris TrailBlazer and it comes stock with a Bilstein coilover in the back.
P.S. Does anyone know a place where I can pick up a new rear shock for my Polaris? I want to put one of the Fox coilover/resevior shock off the back of a Scrambler 400 or 500 on mine. I am thinking I should look at cycle salvage place for a wrecked one and take the shock off of that. Or do you think I could buy brand new a replacement for a Scrambler and put it on mine? Does anyone know any places?
DIRT'S FOR RACING, PRERUNNERS ARE FOR GETTING THERE!