The most important part is having a key to go off of that helps you with what an “ F” may mean or a “ 7” etc. Every letter / number helps determine what features that model has whether it be ES, DCT, EPS, IRS and so on.
Once you learn how to break the coding down it is very simple. Want to help Support this website? Click Here for more details. I also go through each of the individual models and break them down like 2018 Rubicon VS Foreman differences, 2018 Foreman model differences, 2018 Rancher model differences etc. Honda does make it pretty confusing when it comes to breaking down all of the different models and their differences so every year I go through all of them and do a post like this. One of the questions I get asked the most is “ What does TRX500FA7J mean?” or “ What do all of those letters and numbers mean?” etc. If you haven’t already checked out the 2018 model lineup announcement I posted a little while back, you can check it out by Clicking Here and that’s where you find: prices, colors, release dates etc on all 2018 ATV models. It’s that time of the year again… Honda has release their entire 2018 ATV model lineup and now it’s time to go through all of them and break down their differences as well as explain how to read all of the model ID codes for each of them etc. – 2018 Honda ATV / Four-Wheeler Buyer’s Guide | Comparison Review + Model ID Number Differences Explained: TRX, DCT, EPS, ES, IRS, ESP, TRX250TM, TRX420FM1, TRX500FE2, TRX500FA6 etc –