Talon TerryH's 1000 X build.....

[TerryH]

Put one of these on my R, first ride it fell off where brackets attach together (red Knob). Luckily fell down into bed and did not lose it.

No issues with mine so far. Seems solid.

 

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[TerryH]

Found a good fix for the little bit too short door stoppers that Honda gave us. I've tried a couple other things but this fixed the rattle for good. Small rubber cutting board feet from Amazon. Just screwed the bumper to the raised portion of the inner door panel that contacts the stopper and adjusted the stopper as necc.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MYXB8L/?tag=sxsweb24-20

 

[DAJO]

No issues with mine so far. Seems solid.

Thought I had it all but the entire knob assembly is missing. It unscrewed from the bracket and fell out. New replacement coming from Amazon. Will Loctite this one.

 

[TerryH]

Rode a new spot today. Wilderness Rider Buffalo Ranch in Kingston, AR. What an amazing place. Incredibly beautiful scenery.

 

[nbomar]

Rode a new spot today. Wilderness Rider Buffalo Ranch in Kingston, AR. What an amazing place. Incredibly beautiful scenery.

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Been on our short list for awhile. How challenging are the trails? How big is the place? Could you ride all weekend and not ride the same stuff over and over?


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[TerryH]

Been on our short list for awhile. How challenging are the trails? How big is the place? Could you ride all weekend and not ride the same stuff over and over?


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I'd say there are plenty of trails to take up a weekend. 2500 acres divided up in 2 areas. 1 north and 1 south of the ranch house. We did the south only and did not do all of it. Most of the trails we were on were pretty easy with a few tougher. The trail markers denote the difficulty level. You will want to spend a good amount of time stopped just checking out the sites.

 

[RideRed85]

TerryH, Thanks for the thread. Very nicely done and very informative.

Looking at your notes on electrical. It looks like you used the winch harness to get power from the battery to the front for your winch and also the XTC busbar which powers your fuse box. My question is, how was that done? I'm thinking about adding the XTC busbar and a light bar up front, but I have a winch occupying the power lines coming from the back. How did you split it so that it could both do your winch and the XTC busbar? Or, if I'm not seeing it correctly, please correct my viewpoint. Thank you sir!

 

[TerryH]

TerryH, Thanks for the thread. Very nicely done and very informative.

Looking at your notes on electrical. It looks like you used the winch harness to get power from the battery to the front for your winch and also the XTC busbar which powers your fuse box. My question is, how was that done? I'm thinking about adding the XTC busbar and a light bar up front, but I have a winch occupying the power lines coming from the back. How did you split it so that it could both do your winch and the XTC busbar? Or, if I'm not seeing it correctly, please correct my viewpoint. Thank you sir!

Factory winch wires are attached to pos and neg power posts. Distribute battery power and ground from there. I made up cables to feed the winch. Battery pos from the XTC harness connected to the post as well.

Link to the posts: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HXYZ1WZ/?tag=sxsweb24-20

 

[MFG]

Found a good fix for the little bit too short door stoppers that Honda gave us. I've tried a couple other things but this fixed the rattle for good. Small rubber cutting board feet from Amazon. Just screwed the bumper to the raised portion of the inner door panel that contacts the stopper and adjusted the stopper as necc.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MYXB8L/?tag=sxsweb24-20

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Thanks for the advise. Mine squeak and drive me crazy. Just order the feet.

 

[TerryH]

Geeezzz, I hate wiring but I'm gaining. Got the winch mounted and wired. It actually works too. lol... A note on the winch install for anyone that is buying the SATV winch mount. The left side bolts are very difficult to access. The left lower bolt is nearly impossible. I found that once the plate is mounted to the frame you can removed the bumper to gain better access to that bolt. It's an extra step but saves a lot of frustration. Assembled and wired the switch panel. Fabbed a little mount for the rock light controller. LED mini whips, chase light, halos and dome light will be here in a couple of days.





















I used a regular Carling style center adapter in the factory hole next to the headlight for the winch switch. Worked out well.

 

[TerryH]

Finished up with the electrical less installing the heated seats but got the trigger ran for them so I could button up the cowl. Everything seems to work as planned. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Ton of work for something that will never be seen though. lol...







Some pics of the whips, halos, and chase light. Zac Wagner made all of this and did such an incredible job. He also made a interior light which I've apparently neglected to get a photo of and the Talon is at the dealer getting serviced. I'll do a complete light walk around once it's back.











I used the hondasxs.com 3rd brake light harness to trigger the brake portion of the chase bar. Worked out perfectly. I like that none of the factory wiring harnesses were modified for any of these additions. The tail harness install is about as easy as they come. Tail light has 2 studs that pop into grommets so just pop out the tail light, plug in the harness and wire to the added light.

Link to the harness: Honda Talon 3rd Brake Light Pigtail

 

[TerryH]

Some pics of the McTuning rock lights. These are the latest versions. I bought the 8 light kit. Only 5 are installed at this point.

I mounted the fronts on the upper chassis tube right in front of the cowl with small stainless screws.



I added one light on the bottom of the center bar in the front fascia.



Super handy to be able to mount the rear lights on the Mud Busters. I ran those wires behind the Mud Busters and then fished them above the skid plate to the front.





Turned out pretty cool. They do a thousand different things in all colors.

 

[TerryH]

Few more light pics just for fun.

 

[PaulF]

Some pics of the whips, halos, and chase light. Zac Wagner made all of this and did such an incredible job.
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Does Zac Wagner sell these Halos? If so, can you provide some more info like price, website, etc.?

 

[TerryH]

Does Zac Wagner sell these Halos? If so, can you provide some more info like price, website, etc.?

He does sell them. His work is impeccable and so is he. Great guy. If you have FaceBook, just send him a message. Zac Wagz Wagner. He's also on Instagram @wagzledz.

I sent him a message to join here as well.

 

[PaulF]

Thanks. No website or online store? I refuse to do FaceCrook or InstaCrap so I will see if he responds here.

 

[TerryH]

Thanks. No website or online store? I refuse to do FaceCrook or InstaCrap so I will see if he responds here.

He stays covered up with orders with the exposure he has now. He'll register and chime in here I'm sure.

 

[jamesh]

Got the Super ATV lower doors installed. I must say I am very happy with the choice to go with SATV. You can tell a lot about a product and a company by how they package their parts. Amazing packaging on these lower doors.

Also nice hardware and equally nice packaging to ensure you have what you need for the install.

Installation was very straightforward. Just a matter of drilling out the fore and aft factory spots and marking and drilling 3 additional holes on the bottom of the doors. It is necessary to remove the outer door skins for access. Very nice instructions with large pictures.
The lower doors fit great and are very solid. They do provide door stops that mount to the door sills on the body but I chose not to use them.

Terry,

Do you have any rattling from the lower doors by not using the stoppers? I've found the OEM upper doors rattle pretty easily if the rubber stoppers are not adjusted out far enough. I was about to order some McNasty lowers when I found that the SuperATVs had the rubber stop piece. I also like that they mount in two directions than just along the bottom. I'm wondering if that stopper piece would snag the foot getting in and out though....In any case, it looks like the SuperATV doors are all around better than the other brands due to the attention to detail with the break near the bottom and the two way mounting.

 

[TerryH]

Terry,

Do you have any rattling from the lower doors by not using the stoppers? I've found the OEM upper doors rattle pretty easily if the rubber stoppers are not adjusted out far enough. I was about to order some McNasty lowers when I found that the SuperATVs had the rubber stop piece. I also like that they mount in two directions than just along the bottom. I'm wondering if that stopper piece would snag the foot getting in and out though....In any case, it looks like the SuperATV doors are all around better than the other brands due to the attention to detail with the break near the bottom and the two way mounting.

Zero rattling from the lower doors. I also liked the multiple attachment points. They are very secure. With the 32's and tender springs the Talon is 3.5" or so taller than stock. My wife is short. The stoppers were a no go for her getting in and out. I had a mod back a page or so to remedy the upper door rattling using small rubber cutting board feet.

 

[TerryH]

Got the rest of the rock lights installed. I think the light project it turned out pretty well. All in good fun anyway. Got the wife to help so we could show the 3rd brake light feature of the chase bar. Used the Hondasxs.com 3rd brake light harness for the trigger. Worked perfectly. I also like that even with all of the accessories I did not have to cut or splice into the factory harness at all.

Link to the brake light harness: Honda Talon 3rd Brake Light Pigtail

Walk around vid on my channel: