Sams 2022 Talon r build

[Samm3020]

Well I finally pulled the trigger on a talon. I’ve grown up riding quads and dirt bikes almost all of which have been Hondas so when the talon came out I knew I had to have one. My father in-law has a 2019, and I knew at the end of last our last dunes trip in Michigan I wanted one as well. I called up the dealers just to find no 21s to be had so I waited. Honda Toledo East called me about 2 weeks ago and asked if I wanted an all black R and I said absolutely. So here it is. I’m going to be doing a lite build on it at first to get ready for our dunes trip this year. Plan right now is lower doors, half windshield, hitch, end gate, harnesses, i4wd over ride, seal up the dang cab, address the intake, maybe shock therapy springs we will see.

 

[Samm3020]

Today I’m finishing up the end gate hopefully and maybe installing the doors. I did get the half windshield on last night and am pleased as of now.

 

[Todd627]

Welcome from The Great Lakes State.

Badass lookin' Talon!!

#NTC

 

[Remington]

Nice Rig and Welcome from another Great Lakes Stater!
Nice buggy! Too clean tho lol.

You said you rode Silver Lake dunes. Have you tried any of out other trail system? If u havent, I would suggest you do so. Theres alot more to off than the Jammed packed dunes.

 

[Rayger143]

Welcome from BC and sweet ride you have!

 

[906UP]

Welcome from da UP, eh! I agree w Rem, come on up to the Yoop and avoid the sausage fest at Silver Lake

 

[JenElio]

Well I finally pulled the trigger on a talon. I’ve grown up riding quads and dirt bikes almost all of which have been Hondas so when the talon came out I knew I had to have one. My father in-law has a 2019, and I knew at the end of last our last dunes trip in Michigan I wanted one as well. I called up the dealers just to find no 21s to be had so I waited. Honda Toledo East called me about 2 weeks ago and asked if I wanted an all black R and I said absolutely. So here it is. I’m going to be doing a lite build on it at first to get ready for our dunes trip this year. Plan right now is lower doors, half windshield, hitch, end gate, harnesses, i4wd over ride, seal up the dang cab, address the intake, maybe shock therapy springs we will see.

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Welcome from south Fl
Nice buggy! 👍

 

[Remington]

@Samm3020 Do you have a pic of that gauge lighted up on the dash

 

[Samm3020]

Yep. Gauge pic. Anything else let me know. Tomorrow I’m doing some wiring stuff.

I’ve done the northern Michigan trails before but hard to full send with out some big dunes.

see attached lol

 

[Remington]

Yep. Gauge pic. Anything else let me know. Tomorrow I’m doing some wiring stuff.

I’ve done the northern Michigan trails before but hard to full send with out some big dunes.

see attached lol

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Thanks for the new gauge look.

Yeah, been there done the dunes since I was 12yrs old every memorial day. Too many crazy Poo Poo Fire trapers on there and people going Bat sh!t crazy now. Thats ok, cuz it keeps them off of all the nice trails lol. If you havent lived it before in the past and see it evolve I guess u wouldn't understand Lol.
Try the UP trails and even Drummond island. Those are some BA trails Lots of mud and sand.

 

[Samm3020]

Thanks for the new gauge look.

Yeah, been there done the dunes since I was 12yrs old every memorial day. Too many crazy Poo Poo Fire trapers on there and people going Bat sh!t crazy now. Thats ok, cuz it keeps them off of all the nice trails lol. If you havent lived it before in the past and see it evolve I guess u wouldn't understand Lol.
Try the UP trails and even Drummond island. Those are some BA trails Lots of mud and sand.

 

[Samm3020]

Yeah holidays get crazy. I’ve only been once on Memorial Day myself, we go for ten days at the end of July normally, weekdays are king. I’ve never been to the up, it’s quite the haul I live in central Ohio. Lots of riding down south too, I’ve done a lot in tn, wv, and ky in the past.

Got the sheet metal done for the bed today, paint tomorrow.

new windshield

 

[Samm3020]

Small update.

hess i4wd over ridedone….sure easy and clean
Seat belt override done
Center console insulated
Cup holders insulated
Lower doors 80% I got them mounted but hate the weather stripping so more to come….eh they were cheap
Hitch mounted. Also super easy

tomorrow
Light bar
Flag mount
Bed install
“Fire wall” build
Main buss system install

 

[Bmurray]

welcome from MO, soon to be ID

 

[Samm3020]

I’m Currently working at the Gm plant in St. Louis…man I don’t like that drive but do like the Italian food.

update:
Parts didn’t come so no major anything….boo
Made a hitch for it so I can claim it’s a utility vehicle.
Modified the bumper and built a whip flag mount.
Got the bed extension on and what a pain it warped more than expecting when I welded it up.
Figured out my pre filter plan I’ll finish tomorrow.
Got the interior back together and it’s ready for its harnesses.

parts should be here tomorrow…gotta get ready for test and tune Saturday with this thing and my truck.

 

[Samm3020]

Updates

I finally got all the parts in that i ordered so spent the night Friday doing wiring. Honda did provide us with battery direct hook ups and key power plugs up front for a winch kit I assume. Currently I have no want for a winch. I can’t rule out one in future though, (after the shocks are dialed in and we stop bucking). So I ran new 6 ga battery cables to a sea king buss system I built with some scrap Al plate and weather stripping to keep me from cutting my hands. It’s pretty slick, I have plenty of room to expand to fill that switch panel, it’s all on key power as well.

While I was in there I added a little 10” light bar fog light thing and a usb charger inside the glove box.

Today, wash it, finish the wire loom, install prp harnesses.

 

[Samm3020]

Poop forgot to mention.

We preformed a very scientific test on the 2022 with the ltr uni prefilter vs the 2019 with the stock air cleaner (drag race). With the added pre filters I have no perceivable loss in power but do have two washable layers of air filter outside that very large air box. Win

Installed pic…crappy but you get the point

 

[Samm3020]

Updates

I finally got all the parts in that i ordered so spent the night Friday doing wiring. Honda did provide us with battery direct hook ups and key power plugs up front for a winch kit. While at this time I have no want for a winch I can’t rule out one in future (after I get the shocks dialed in and we stop bucking). So I ran new 6 ga battery cables to a sea king buss system I built with some scrap Al plate and weather stripping to keep me from cutting my hands. It’s pretty slick, I have plenty of room to expand to fill that switch pane, it’s all on key power as well.

While I was in there I added a little 10” light bar fog light thing and a usb charger inside the glove box.

Today, wash it and install prp harnesses.

 

[Samm3020]

Updates

stuff complete. Harnesses installed. Ordered the shock reservoir caps and springs today.

When we tear into the shocks I’ll let everyone know what valve stacks are in there and some changes we make.

 

[Samm3020]

Another update. Took the talon on the first big ride trip since I got it, put 300 miles on it bashing whoops and jumping it in Silver Lake Michigan.

I did have both of the rear inner cv boots leak a s*** load of grease, and the driver side boot came off twice. The second time I replaced the inner clamps with big hose clamps that I torqued as much as I could before the stripped and that seemed to hold for another 120 miles...I did smell grease in time to get out of the sand before the cv was dry and full of sand. I repacked them with the only high temp high pressure grease I could find and kept sending it.

I have a hard time believing that the clamps that Honda uses suck. Our 2019 has never had a problem with its boots. Maybe when I bought this 2022 I got a Friday machine. I have had to retap about 25 bolt holes and replace 15 stripped bolts from the factory. When the boot came off the second time I was close to putting it on a trailer and dropping it back at the dealer I bought it from....

Tasks complete

Shock therapy springs. 2022 has the same shock bodies as the 2021 so their springs fit, although their preload numbers weren't very close for me. I think a good improvement from factory def less buck and more control in the shocks. Next up valving changes. I am attaching my chicken scratch chart I made that shows the factory valving. I think I might need hydraulic bump stops in the back to keep up with our pre-runner

I also built a quick and dirty tow bar for it and flat towed it like 3 miles back and forth from the campground with no issues. It actually worked really well.