Video of 2024 Talon with Showa Shocks

[TxDoc]

I've never driven a Talon. I'll leave this to those who own them and who've owned past and current 2024 models to comment.

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[SLOWPOKE693]

Where is he getting the 105hp number from? Did Honda change something in the engine to give it more HP vs the older models or is that guy just wrong?

 

[DRZRon1]

Where is he getting the 105hp number from? Did Honda change something in the engine to give it more HP vs the older models or is that guy just wrong?

honda has always advertised the red talons at 104HP

the other colors are 93HP

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

honda has always advertised the red talons at 104HP

the other colors are 93HP

Even 93hp is a bit of a stretch...

I'm glad I bought a red one and that would explain why it's so fast. 😆

 

[DRZRon1]

Even 93hp is a bit of a stretch...

I'm glad I bought a red one and that would explain why it's so fast. 😆

exactly - can’t believe someone would buy non red and take a lower HP machine


hope you are feeling better - race on

 

[adudes]

At 1:08 in the video, he says 27" front tires and 28" rear tires.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

At 1:08 in the video, he says 27" front tires and 28" rear tires.

He also says the Showa shocks are "more adjustable" than the old Fox's yet there isn't any spring preload adjustment. I get the feeling that guy doesn't know what he's talking about.... 🤪

 

[Scrappapotamus]

He also says the Showa shocks are "more adjustable" than the old Fox's yet there isn't any spring preload adjustment. I get the feeling that guy doesn't know what he's talking about.... 🤪

Sounds like talking points from Honda with a little thrown in for extra measure. Probably regularly telling everyone how sharp and honest our current president was.

 

[DRZRon1]

He also says the Showa shocks are "more adjustable" than the old Fox's yet there isn't any spring preload adjustment. I get the feeling that guy doesn't know what he's talking about.... 🤪

Fake news - Honda wined and dined him - back out what looked like smooth desert with very very little bumpy terrain - had to give a good report - it’s a 5 year old model with Showa stuff on it - big deal…….buy a primo ‘19-‘20 used unit - dump the money on the suspension and better than any new model

 

[TxDoc]

Thanks for that info. I hope you bust him on that YouTube channel so others will understand what he's pulling. Post the correct info with the truth.

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[DHS_Officer]

exactly - can’t believe someone would buy non red and take a lower HP machine


hope you are feeling better - race on

I bought an Orange one. They come with 105hp. I can really feel the difference between the orange and the green.

 

[JWB]

I've never driven a Talon. I'll leave this to those who own them and who've owned past and current 2024 models to comment.

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I have a 2024 X2 with the Showa suspension. It sucks so bad, I've already replaced the Showa's with Bandit Stage 5 struts. (they are awesome!) I notice that virtually every test day offered by Honda rarely includes the X2, and is rarely hosted in east coast terrain. The 'adjustment' available on the showa's is limited to damping. Ride height, pre-load, cross-over, is not adjustable. On the X2 model, the rear primary or 'tender' springs are fully compressed with no load in machine. The ride is bad beyond my vocabulary to describe adequately. The damping settings do nothing but go from incredibly bad to un-f'ing believably bad. Maybe the 'live valve' Fox suspension works properly on the X2, I don't know, but I do know that the Bandit stage 5's ($2400 to my door) ride amazing, and are fully adjustable in every aspect of operation, you know, like every other high performance machine on the planet is, and what should be on the Talon in the first place.

 

[JWB]

I've never driven a Talon. I'll leave this to those who own them and who've owned past and current 2024 models to comment.

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In response to the video headline, and an owner of a 2024 Talon X2: NO

 

[ODAMO]

I've never driven a Talon. I'll leave this to those who own them and who've owned past and current 2024 models to comment.

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I don’t click on that channel just because of the Dumb look on the guys face.
It’s a clickbait channel, nothing more. There are several fake info channels around that spew false info and regurgitated tidbits and claim to be experts.

 

[Jerryg]

Yay, different shocks. I wonder if it will get bold new graphics?

 

[DRZRon1]

In response to the video headline, and an owner of a 2024 Talon X2: NO

this almost looks like fake news - marketer appears knowledgeable and a nice guy but who knows if the the shocks were stock or built - but sounds like there was a good wine and dine the nite before because this is just a rave rave review

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

In response to the video headline, and an owner of a 2024 Talon X2: NO

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