[rubi06]

What is the difference between the foreman base model, s, and es? I know es is electric shift but what else is different between the 3?

 

[JWJR]

S is foot shift and es has electric push button shifting. The "base" model foreman would be a 2x4 S(foot shift) model

 

[rubi06]

ohh ok. I thought s meant full time 4 wheel drive. thanks

 

[toodeep]

450S : full time 4x4, foot shift
450ES: full time 4x4, electric shift
450FM: in/out 4x4, foot shift
450FE: in/out 4x4, electric shift
500FM: in/out 4x4, foot shift
500FPM: in/out 4x4, foot shift power steering

and so on..

 

[rubi06]

so a 500s is full time 4x4 with a foot shift?

 

[toodeep]

No 500 S in the states, they are all the TM/FM/FE/FPM/FPE/FA/FPA/FGA and so on with other letters and numbers following for the year and such. Too many of them to type out.. lol They quit the S/ES when they added the traxlock on the 450 in 02 (in/out 4x4).

 

[jeepwm69]

Hmmmm. Guy riding with us a few weeks ago had a 2005 that had Foreman S on the pull start cover. I just figured they dropped the S/ES nomenclature after 05ish.

Here's the wheeler. Says "Foreman S" on both sides.

2005 Honda Fourtrax Foreman 500 TRX500FM 4x4 Used ATV Quad 4 Wheeler Free PU | eBay

 

[toodeep]

That's just a sticker on the side.. lol I was going off of the actual model name.

 

[jeepwm69]

Oh. LOL. I figured you'd forgotten more about this stuff than I've learned, but i remember seeing that "S" on the side of that 05, and it wasn't on the side of my 06 or 09's, so I knew they stopped that at some point.

 

[thoughtless150]

I know this is an old post... but im wondering does the mud flaps on the trx 450 foreman fit the 500 foreman rubicon ?

the reason i ask is i need all the trim pieces for the 500 rubicon but they're super expensive. yet the trx450 foreman mud flaps look almost identical to the foremans and i found a brand new set for a fraction of the price of rubicon 500 branded listings.

thanks