P700 Honda roof vs rain

[Bigseff23]

Does anyone else absolutely hate the way the factory Honda roofs are designed? I live in Florida and we get lots of rain and the roof channels the rain right onto the dash and right onto my legs. I can be 99% dry everywhere else but my legs and feet because of the water coming off the roof onto the dash and splashing on my legs. Has anyone come up with a gutter or a deflector or something that channels the rain away? I don't want to run a windshield because I mostly just putt around and with no airflow in 100° summer heat is not going to be good LOL

 

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[Bastardchild]

Does anyone else absolutely hate the way the factory Honda roofs are designed? I live in Florida and we get lots of rain and the roof channels the rain right onto the dash and right onto my legs. I can be 99% dry everywhere else but my legs and feet because of the water coming off the roof onto the dash and splashing on my legs. Has anyone come up with a gutter or a deflector or something that channels the rain away? I don't want to run a windshield because I mostly just putt around and with no airflow in 100° summer heat is not going to be good LOL

My wife had the full windshield on her 700-4 that popped open and forward and it deflected the water and offered a little wind to come through. I am also from the sh!thole state of Fl. and know what you mean about hot, sticky, summertime weather. Her P1000-5 is considerably worse with holding water on the roof. Ive almost thought I should drill holes in the roof at the low points and epoxy little nipples into the holes facing down and run vent lines down the rollcage tubing to drain water its so bad. She doesnt want a full windshield either. Ive just gotten used to grabbing a towel and draping it over the front rollcage bar in front of me and running it down to the hood where the water runs off the roof and absorbs into the towel and runs down to the hood. I do this if we're camping and it rained during the night and I fire it up to move it in the morning. I swear the P1000-5 roof holds 2 gallons of water up there. A failed design for sure. Let us know what you come up with if you think of something. Good luck!

 

[wrhii]

Does anyone else absolutely hate the way the factory Honda roofs are designed? I live in Florida and we get lots of rain and the roof channels the rain right onto the dash and right onto my legs. I can be 99% dry everywhere else but my legs and feet because of the water coming off the roof onto the dash and splashing on my legs. Has anyone come up with a gutter or a deflector or something that channels the rain away? I don't want to run a windshield because I mostly just putt around and with no airflow in 100° summer heat is not going to be good LOL

And when its not raining, they'll save about a gallon as a surprise for later. 😁

 

[DG Rider]

Does anyone else absolutely hate the way the factory Honda roofs are designed? I live in Florida and we get lots of rain and the roof channels the rain right onto the dash and right onto my legs. I can be 99% dry everywhere else but my legs and feet because of the water coming off the roof onto the dash and splashing on my legs. Has anyone come up with a gutter or a deflector or something that channels the rain away? I don't want to run a windshield because I mostly just putt around and with no airflow in 100° summer heat is not going to be good LOL

It's one of those little things that makes me question if the designers ever actually use what they have made?.

 

[CID]

The Talon has a gutter across the front edge of the roof that works pretty good, that could be added fairly easily. The only problem is that it routes the water to the front corners which then tries to drip down on my left knee and thigh but that's better than the entire width of the roof. I might extend the gutter out an inch or two to get the water outside the body - RVs have an add on that does the same thing for their gutter run offs. Closing the window net might help keep the water running down the net instead of coming inside too (the Talon's nets have pretty small openings so not as open as a tennis net for instance).

 

[Bigseff23]

I was actually thinking of ripping some PVC pipe in half and making my own gutter across the front and channeling it out and down the roll bar.

 

[DG Rider]

The Talon has a gutter across the front edge of the roof that works pretty good, that could be added fairly easily. The only problem is that it routes the water to the front corners which then tries to drip down on my left knee and thigh but that's better than the entire width of the roof. I might extend the gutter out an inch or two to get the water outside the body - RVs have an add on that does the same thing for their gutter run offs. Closing the window net might help keep the water running down the net instead of coming inside too (the Talon's nets have pretty small openings so not as open as a tennis net for instance).

That's good (about the gutter). Good they seem to be learning.

 

[Hickstrong]

My wife had the full windshield on her 700-4 that popped open and forward and it deflected the water and offered a little wind to come through. I am also from the sh!thole state of Fl. and know what you mean about hot, sticky, summertime weather. Her P1000-5 is considerably worse with holding water on the roof. Ive almost thought I should drill holes in the roof at the low points and epoxy little nipples into the holes facing down and run vent lines down the rollcage tubing to drain water its so bad. She doesnt want a full windshield either. Ive just gotten used to grabbing a towel and draping it over the front rollcage bar in front of me and running it down to the hood where the water runs off the roof and absorbs into the towel and runs down to the hood. I do this if we're camping and it rained during the night and I fire it up to move it in the morning. I swear the P1000-5 roof holds 2 gallons of water up there. A failed design for sure. Let us know what you come up with if you think of something. Good luck!

Great idea with the nipple drains I thought of something like that too. Much worse up here in pa, water is cold in the winter...lol

 

[Smitty335]

My wife had the full windshield on her 700-4 that popped open and forward and it deflected the water and offered a little wind to come through. I am also from the sh!thole state of Fl. and know what you mean about hot, sticky, summertime weather. Her P1000-5 is considerably worse with holding water on the roof. Ive almost thought I should drill holes in the roof at the low points and epoxy little nipples into the holes facing down and run vent lines down the rollcage tubing to drain water its so bad. She doesnt want a full windshield either. Ive just gotten used to grabbing a towel and draping it over the front rollcage bar in front of me and running it down to the hood where the water runs off the roof and absorbs into the towel and runs down to the hood. I do this if we're camping and it rained during the night and I fire it up to move it in the morning. I swear the P1000-5 roof holds 2 gallons of water up there. A failed design for sure. Let us know what you come up with if you think of something. Good luck!

When I put my short windshield back on, II'll do the drain thing. Without the drain I would park it nose down as far as possible.

 

[bigshoe]

The honda roof is a straight d*** move! If i wouldn't of got it for free would of bought something else.

 

[DBD]

Great idea with the nipple drains I thought of something like that too. Much worse up here in pa, water is cold in the winter...lol

Where u at in pa? I'm south central

 

[Hickstrong]

Where u at in pa? I'm south central

Near Raystown lake.

 

[lowrider]

We frequently went to Raystown Lake to escape MD...hated to go back to MD but was gainfully employed there...took almost 40 years to escape for good.

I am thinking the gutter idea is worth pursuing. I wonder if adhesives will stick to that roof material? I tried a stick on US flag on the tail gate and it fell off in a couple days....good for getting mud off though. Is the Talon gutter a separate piece or molded into the roof?

 

[CID]

We frequently went to Raystown Lake to escape MD...hated to go back to MD but was gainfully employed there...took almost 40 years to escape for good.

I am thinking the gutter idea is worth pursuing. I wonder if adhesives will stick to that roof material? I tried a stick on US flag on the tail gate and it fell off in a couple days....good for getting mud off though. Is the Talon gutter a separate piece or molded into the roof?

The Talon gutter is a part of the roof, they bent the leading edge up (or molded it that way).

 

[JimmyA]

I can see using a heat gun and maybe forming a gutter on the front edge to make it work!

 

[lowrider]

My roof extends several inches in front of the windshield and looks like the water would come off the roof and hit the mid point when sitting. Underway should blow the water into the windshield and then some water probably would blow into the cab...how much...dunno. Rain suits needs to be in the storage box. on the back of the roof Iguess it will get sucked into the cab without a back window...guess I need to get busy!!

 

[HiFive]

Does anyone else absolutely hate the way the factory Honda roofs are designed? I live in Florida and we get lots of rain and the roof channels the rain right onto the dash and right onto my legs. I can be 99% dry everywhere else but my legs and feet because of the water coming off the roof onto the dash and splashing on my legs. Has anyone come up with a gutter or a deflector or something that channels the rain away? I don't want to run a windshield because I mostly just putt around and with no airflow in 100° summer heat is not going to be good LOL

I like a roof for Sun and rain in fl. I have a full oem windshield. I open from bottom for air flow works well, glad I have. In heavy rain just drop windshield.

 

[RKwate]

This is how I solved the problem on my 2021 Talon.