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hondabob
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I couldn’t be happier with my Talon R. Honda did a great job developing the Talon. Yes it needs some improvements especially with the air filter intake location. Its easy to make improvements and really difficult to develop an all new product. My buddies with the Talon X are not happy with the suspension but on the R we can adjust the tender spring cross over rings up so the cross over is near tender spring coil bind to get a way better wash board ride.
Both front dif axle seals started leaking at bit over 7,000 miles. My dealer ordered the new Dif seals and made an appointment for me to bring it in. I brought it in at 9 and got it back at noon. Easy to get happy with service like that. There is no reason why most dealers can’t do the same on simple easy repairs. Most don’t have room to store the side by sides so it helps them too. They may need to charge you for the repair parts then refund your money after you get the repair done if it’s a warranty repair.
My under roof UNI pre filter needed to be cleaned now. I will clean it in the future at 3,000 to 5,000 miles. Just being in clean air makes a huge difference. My stock air filter is still show room new at 10,000 miles. My Talon still runs great and top speed with the 30’s is 78.5 at the rev limiter at 2,500 feet elevation with the dirty pre filter.
I have 7,000 miles on the Tusk Terrabite tires and I expect they will last for another 4,000 miles, then I will install 28’s. It pulls 5th and 6th gears noticeable better with 28’s in the sand washes. Two buddies are getting the Turbo and I may have to have one too.
Its still difficult to shift it into low range on cold start but it hasn’t gotten any worse so I plan on getting it fixed at 20,000 miles. Also the drive shaft seal at the sub trans started leaking at a bit over 9,000 miles. It’s a slight leak so will get that fixed at 20,000 miles before I sell it. I need it everyday and if I really need low range on cold start I can make it happen but it’s a PITA. After about 10 minutes of warmup it shifts ok. I use low range on all the low speed rock crawling and on the tough technical sections I always use manual mode so it won’t shift at a bad time.
One of the Talon guys posted he wanted a lower idle speed. After thinking about it that may be the problem on cold starts or at least add to it on some Talons. The idle is slightly higher on a cold start. Another difference is the Talon clutches and some sub trans parts are different then the Pioneer 1000.
We take turns opening and closing the gates. I got lucky and both RZR buddies were up front on a tight sand wash Cow section. They cleaned out the Land Mines real good. I just hate to get my talon dirty especially with Cow Poo.
Both front dif axle seals started leaking at bit over 7,000 miles. My dealer ordered the new Dif seals and made an appointment for me to bring it in. I brought it in at 9 and got it back at noon. Easy to get happy with service like that. There is no reason why most dealers can’t do the same on simple easy repairs. Most don’t have room to store the side by sides so it helps them too. They may need to charge you for the repair parts then refund your money after you get the repair done if it’s a warranty repair.
My under roof UNI pre filter needed to be cleaned now. I will clean it in the future at 3,000 to 5,000 miles. Just being in clean air makes a huge difference. My stock air filter is still show room new at 10,000 miles. My Talon still runs great and top speed with the 30’s is 78.5 at the rev limiter at 2,500 feet elevation with the dirty pre filter.
I have 7,000 miles on the Tusk Terrabite tires and I expect they will last for another 4,000 miles, then I will install 28’s. It pulls 5th and 6th gears noticeable better with 28’s in the sand washes. Two buddies are getting the Turbo and I may have to have one too.
Its still difficult to shift it into low range on cold start but it hasn’t gotten any worse so I plan on getting it fixed at 20,000 miles. Also the drive shaft seal at the sub trans started leaking at a bit over 9,000 miles. It’s a slight leak so will get that fixed at 20,000 miles before I sell it. I need it everyday and if I really need low range on cold start I can make it happen but it’s a PITA. After about 10 minutes of warmup it shifts ok. I use low range on all the low speed rock crawling and on the tough technical sections I always use manual mode so it won’t shift at a bad time.
One of the Talon guys posted he wanted a lower idle speed. After thinking about it that may be the problem on cold starts or at least add to it on some Talons. The idle is slightly higher on a cold start. Another difference is the Talon clutches and some sub trans parts are different then the Pioneer 1000.
We take turns opening and closing the gates. I got lucky and both RZR buddies were up front on a tight sand wash Cow section. They cleaned out the Land Mines real good. I just hate to get my talon dirty especially with Cow Poo.
