I am 62 years old and have a prosthetic left leg. I cannot walk out if I breakdown. I promote a UTV Rally and I am always out looking for routes and exploring. I put +3,000 miles on my 2014 Teryx 2 in one year. I live in NE NV and we have 1000s of miles of old two tracks. I don't go looking for mud. We don't have sand. I don't do deep water. I do like to do multi day rides. It's not uncommon to put 750-800 miles over a 4 or 5 day ride. My Teryx has been very reliable. In the past year I have done 5 or 6 oil and filters and 2 front and rear diff oil changes. I have had the valves checked once. I am getting ready to check/adjust the valves again and go in to the belt case and clean it up and possibly replace the belt. I also had to change a fuel filter in the tank on the pick up on the pump. I recently put new tires on it. That's it.
The Teryx is very noisy mechanically. Not a big deal, I always wear a helmet and that minimizes the noise. The Teryx makes around 55 hp. Not a lot to haul +1600# around. The Teryx only has 8" of oversprung stiff suspension. I get about 160 miles to a tank, if I know I need to conserve. I carry a 4g Rotopax, and that has always been enough. I don't have a lot of complaints. The 50 mph limiter drives me nuts. The belt change is labor intensive and is tough to do on the trail. Both the primary and secondary clutches have to pulled together and that requires a cordless impact out on the trail. When I first read about the new Pioneer 1000 early last summer, I thought that is the one I want. I will lose some money to change now. I don't need a 5 but I would like the 3 EPS. The Teryx has a ridiculous amount of on board storage. The Honda has virtually none. I see fuel economy and range claims to be similar to my Teryx. More power and slightly better/more suspension is good. No 50 mph limiter would be awesome. Most of all I am totally excited about the DCT. That alone seems to be worth the price of admission! Honda has more experience with DCTs than almost any company in the world. I'm waiting for a white one to come in!
The Teryx is very noisy mechanically. Not a big deal, I always wear a helmet and that minimizes the noise. The Teryx makes around 55 hp. Not a lot to haul +1600# around. The Teryx only has 8" of oversprung stiff suspension. I get about 160 miles to a tank, if I know I need to conserve. I carry a 4g Rotopax, and that has always been enough. I don't have a lot of complaints. The 50 mph limiter drives me nuts. The belt change is labor intensive and is tough to do on the trail. Both the primary and secondary clutches have to pulled together and that requires a cordless impact out on the trail. When I first read about the new Pioneer 1000 early last summer, I thought that is the one I want. I will lose some money to change now. I don't need a 5 but I would like the 3 EPS. The Teryx has a ridiculous amount of on board storage. The Honda has virtually none. I see fuel economy and range claims to be similar to my Teryx. More power and slightly better/more suspension is good. No 50 mph limiter would be awesome. Most of all I am totally excited about the DCT. That alone seems to be worth the price of admission! Honda has more experience with DCTs than almost any company in the world. I'm waiting for a white one to come in!
