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Will my 400ex slow down after a while?

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Old 07-11-2001, 11:55 PM
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I have a question if u just keep putting gas in and changing oil will you slow down without tuning it???Because for some reason i think my 400ex is getting slower, is there anything i can do to clean something or whatever or tune something???
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 12:05 AM
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I think your just getting used to it.
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 12:17 AM
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I agree, even after i did all my performance mods to my 400ex, i though "man, I think I just wasted a bunch of money, 'cause this thing feels just as slow as stock". Then my friend got a brand new 400ex, and after the first time I rode it I said to him "Something's gotta be wrong, 'cause this thing feels like a slug!". I'm almost positive your just getting used to it.
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 12:32 AM
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well alot of times if u dont get ur valves adjusted after brake in .after a peroid of time and a long peroid of hard riding and alot of heat the valves are real tight and could mellow out the performance of the machine.
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 01:18 AM
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If the Valves were out of adjustment, it would probably be hard...or harder than when you first got it...to start it "Cold Starts...sitting for more than 24 hrs. without running"

I would say that you're just getting used to it. my polaris x-plorer 300 4x4 seemed sooo fast when we first got it...yeah i was only 12....but it still seemed like it was one screamin' machine, eventually...a week or so later...it slowed down!!!
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 10:02 AM
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How new are your chain and sprockets?
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 10:45 AM
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I know the feeling. I own an '88 Mustang GT with quite a few goodies at it seems slow until I driver our Ranger for a while.
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 01:13 PM
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I just put a new front sprocket on it so that isnt it
 
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Old 07-12-2001, 01:15 PM
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Hey how hard is it to tune your valves?? What do i have to do to check them?
 
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