What did you do to/with your Talon today?

[Dollar Bill]

Pretty sure I saw you yesterday @AMink ...east of the Johnson Lane staging area.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day!

 

[Admin]

 

[AMink]

Pretty sure I saw you yesterday @AMink ...east of the Johnson Lane staging area.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day!

Nope, not me. We're out off 50 between Desatoyas and Clan Alpine ranges.

 

[lowranger]

Another ride yesterday. We gathered a bunch of pine nuts. Yum!View attachment 449640View attachment 449641View attachment 449642

We have chest nuts that we should go gather, but still don't know how to dry them right. Have tried once and didn't work out.

 

[906UP]

We have chest nuts that we should go gather, but still don't know how to dry them right. Have tried once and didn't work out.

I think you're supposed to roast them on an open fire

 

[lowranger]

I think you're supposed to roast them on an open fire

That's what I hear.

 

[AMink]

Spending some time away from the crazies over New Years.

Without extended fenders

With extended fenders

 

[highpocket74]

Spending some time away from the crazies over New Years.
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Without extended fenders
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With extended fenders

Mudbusters rears were immediately installed on my Talon when new. I had the same fenders on my RZR S1000, which like the Talon, slung mud on my collar! I did not like that.

 

[highpocket74]

Seems pitiful but I've had my 23 X4 LV since mid-July and FINALLY made the time to put my own parts on it! Intake pre-filter kit is installed.

 

[ToddACimer]

Seems pitiful but I've had my 23 X4 LV since mid-July and FINALLY made the time to put my own parts on it! Intake pre-filter kit is installed.

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Ordered your parts last week, waiting for them to get here.

 

[Fatsquatch]

Seems pitiful but I've had my 23 X4 LV since mid-July and FINALLY made the time to put my own parts on it! Intake pre-filter kit is installed.

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Customers first…such is the life in business

 

[highpocket74]

Customers first…such is the life in business

Exactly!

 

[CID]

Still working on this post, hang on, Dudes -

Ok, now I'm done - 😎

Waaaaaay back in October, toward the end of the season (even in Utah), I did a scheduled campsite oil change. During that, I found this torn boot. I'm not sure why it didn't spit grease all over that corner of the Talon to let me know that I had a problem, but it didn't. Although I had a complete spare axle, I realized that I didn't have enough 'other stuff' to replace it in camp ... so I packed up and headed home. I'd have tried harder but had ridden ~1300 miles on this trip and felt ok calling the season over.

This camp -

This oil change -

This torn boot -

This is what was left of the CV after I cut the boot off. It was worse before I cycled it through its range of motion and the grease covered the rust, but it was very stiff and binding up pretty bad -

While I was getting ready to replace the axle, I discovered that the front bushing on the upper trailing link had left the building (the one right behind the driver's butt). Now I knew what that damn KLUNK in the rear end was. So my new task, on top of the axle assembly replacement, was also replacing that upper trailing link (no, you can't just buy the damn bushing ).

This (dirty) red part, bushing at the far left -

Pay attention to the orange ratchet strap holding the axle assembly horizontally - that simple trick makes both removal and assembly buckets easier.

The brake line passes through the upper trailing link twice meaning that you'll be breaching the brake line twice which means you'll have to bleed that air out of that section of brake line -

Front - Note the D shape of the hole - I thought that I had to keep the fitting from spinning when undoing the flare nut but that D shape keeps the other side from turning, so you can just loosen it, it can't spin.

Rear -

This is the clip that secures both 'pass throughs' -

Since I had done this before, I decided to buy the SATV axle puller, I'm glad I did ... it makes the job easier and good tools aren't an expense, they're an investment. Those aren't the provided 'setscrews', I had to provide my own. That 'hammer' weighs as much as I do - On the second WHACK the axle let go and I almost fell off the box I was sitting on. 😊

Honda must use the largest SxS CV available because the SATV puller barely fit over it -

The provided bolts are 'shouldered' (because I can't think of the right term). They wouldn't grab the threads in the collar, and if they did, only by a thread, they'd have stripped if I had tightened them -

 

[ToddACimer]

Swapped tires again. 32" Terra Masters.

Next up is the front lower bumper tab replacement so I can put my Bosman bumper on straight.

 

[Dankathy]

Still working on this post, hang on, Dudes -

Ok, now I'm done - 😎

Waaaaaay back in October, toward the end of the season (even in Utah), I did a scheduled campsite oil change. During that, I found this torn boot. I'm not sure why it didn't spit grease all over that corner of the Talon to let me know that I had a problem, but it didn't. Although I had a complete spare axle, I realized that I didn't have enough 'other stuff' to replace it in camp ... so I packed up and headed home. I'd have tried harder but had ridden ~1300 miles on this trip and felt ok calling the season over.

This camp -
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This oil change -
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This torn boot -
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This is what was left of the CV after I cut the boot off. It was worse before I cycled it through its range of motion and the grease covered the rust, but it was very stiff and binding up pretty bad -
View attachment 461512

While I was getting ready to replace the axle, I discovered that the front bushing on the upper trailing link had left the building (the one right behind the driver's butt). Now I knew what that damn KLUNK in the rear end was. So my new task, on top of the axle assembly replacement, was also replacing that upper trailing link (no, you can't just buy the damn bushing ).

This (dirty) red part, bushing at the far left -
View attachment 461472

Pay attention to the orange ratchet strap holding the axle assembly horizontally - that simple trick makes both removal and assembly buckets easier.
View attachment 461473

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The brake line passes through the upper trailing link twice meaning that you'll be breaching the brake line twice which means you'll have to bleed that air out of that section of brake line -

Front - Note the D shape of the hole - I thought that I had to keep the fitting from spinning when undoing the flare nut but that D shape keeps the other side from turning, so you can just loosen it, it can't spin.
View attachment 461484

Rear -
View attachment 461488

This is the clip that secures both 'pass throughs' -
View attachment 461490

Since I had done this before, I decided to buy the SATV axle puller, I'm glad I did ... it makes the job easier and good tools aren't an expense, they're an investment. Those aren't the provided 'setscrews', I had to provide my own. That 'hammer' weighs as much as I do - On the second WHACK the axle let go and I almost fell off the box I was sitting on. 😊
View attachment 461503

Honda must use the largest SxS CV available because the SATV puller barely fit over it -
View attachment 461508

The provided bolts are 'shouldered' (because I can't think of the right term). They wouldn't grab the threads in the collar, and if they did, only by a thread, they'd have stripped if I had tightened them -
View attachment 461510

Still working on this post, hang on, Dudes -

Ok, now I'm done - 😎

Waaaaaay back in October, toward the end of the season (even in Utah), I did a scheduled campsite oil change. During that, I found this torn boot. I'm not sure why it didn't spit grease all over that corner of the Talon to let me know that I had a problem, but it didn't. Although I had a complete spare axle, I realized that I didn't have enough 'other stuff' to replace it in camp ... so I packed up and headed home. I'd have tried harder but had ridden ~1300 miles on this trip and felt ok calling the season over.

This camp -
View attachment 461469

This oil change -
View attachment 461468

This torn boot -
View attachment 461471

This is what was left of the CV after I cut the boot off. It was worse before I cycled it through its range of motion and the grease covered the rust, but it was very stiff and binding up pretty bad -
View attachment 461512

While I was getting ready to replace the axle, I discovered that the front bushing on the upper trailing link had left the building (the one right behind the driver's butt). Now I knew what that damn KLUNK in the rear end was. So my new task, on top of the axle assembly replacement, was also replacing that upper trailing link (no, you can't just buy the damn bushing ).

This (dirty) red part, bushing at the far left -
View attachment 461472

Pay attention to the orange ratchet strap holding the axle assembly horizontally - that simple trick makes both removal and assembly buckets easier.
View attachment 461473

View attachment 461474

The brake line passes through the upper trailing link twice meaning that you'll be breaching the brake line twice which means you'll have to bleed that air out of that section of brake line -

Front - Note the D shape of the hole - I thought that I had to keep the fitting from spinning when undoing the flare nut but that D shape keeps the other side from turning, so you can just loosen it, it can't spin.
View attachment 461484

Rear -
View attachment 461488

This is the clip that secures both 'pass throughs' -
View attachment 461490

Since I had done this before, I decided to buy the SATV axle puller, I'm glad I did ... it makes the job easier and good tools aren't an expense, they're an investment. Those aren't the provided 'setscrews', I had to provide my own. That 'hammer' weighs as much as I do - On the second WHACK the axle let go and I almost fell off the box I was sitting on. 😊
View attachment 461503

Honda must use the largest SxS CV available because the SATV puller barely fit over it -
View attachment 461508

The provided bolts are 'shouldered' (because I can't think of the right term). They wouldn't grab the threads in the collar, and if they did, only by a thread, they'd have stripped if I had tightened them -
View attachment 461510

Seems torn boots are your nemesis, have you ever considered roost deflectors? These work for me.

https://rokblokz.com/products/honda-talon-1000r-1000x-trailing-arm-guards-pair