We’re not talking heavily modified. Just a spring kit, and 30” tires here. The rest is safety stuff like a cage and belts.Makes perfect sense.
When you modify something, you have to Expect that things will break from the extra stress and torque/leverage from oversized parts.
IF I break down and get one, it's gonna stay bone stock. My wanna be racer days are behind me.
With age comes a cage as they say!
Thanks for sharing.
I have to disagree, we’ve ridden our Honda with a half dozen different groups and have yet to be left in the dust. We ride desert with recreational SXS’s so nobody in the groups we’ve been in are going 90 mph. We were the only car that volunteered to tow a really nice Baja back to Cal City from the Husky monument, none of the belt cars wanted anything to do with that. We haven’t had any problems other than flat tires yet, knock on wood. We had the Weller do the valving and it’s night and day. Our car gps’s 76 mph, we will turbo it when it needs to be faster but it’s great for what we’re doing now.
Lol 76 mph?
I’d like to see you go 98 mph thru the trails we ride, not fire roads, trails with whoops, rocks, washouts, and turns. That would be iMpressive at 98 and a car that goes 76 will cruise at 70 if you choose to do so.
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Do you have a SxS Joe? You keep touting the Talon..... How does yours run/ work?Not Everyone wants to pretend to be Robbie Gordon Dave.
Some of us want to do extended recreational runs and actually get home un-broken!
I know. It's a crazy concept, and highly unusual with most people. But my priority is reliability.
But to speak directly to Your point...
Honda Talon Bags King of the Hammers Win
Prioritizing speed through the technical rock sections, Cole pushed his Talon to a class win and 14th overall.
LT and cage make it look 1000% better, but i cant stand the front to rear upward rake body line. If the nose was higher and a bit boxier, and the rear was lower and more bed-like, it would be much more appealing. Speed knocked it out of the park as far as aesthetics goes. Best overall looking car on the market by far.
I try to stay off fire roads as much as possible.
i enjoy every ride i do. i did 3000 dirt miles last season, how many did you do? we drink at night not out riding. we cover alot of ground and have been pretty far out there
You’re right sir, I forgot this is RDP so unless you’re the fastest or put in the most miles, your opinion doesn’t count…sorry, hope you enjoy the trophy
lol
My buddies camp with two pretty famous off-road brothers, their dunning sessions might as well be races. They’ll door check, bump, spin, and occasionally flip each other. We’re talking 10-20 SXS on these rides, not my idea of fun especially when it’s my wallet on the line lol…
I agree . We used to go to Dove Springs with people who have been going there since the early 80s . It was always the same destinations . The wife and I started going on trips alone and just cruising down any old dirt path and we found amazing places are friends had never seen . Sometimes the tortis does win the race !
We ride the same places with the exception of Death Valley. Would like to tag along next season.
Shut your face...
Dave says the Talon is NOT a performance car, and that's that!
Honda Talon Wins its Class in Baja 1000 Debut
The 2020 Baja 1000 saw the Raceco USA Honda Talon finish second overall and first in its class.
We do, we just don't drive sxs.
Are the cars they’re racing against factory?
Isn’t arguing about which SXS is the coolest is like arguing about which Seadoo is best?We do, we just don't drive sxs.
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Most of the time you will find us where the kids want to go.
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One could think that after reading this thread.
I'm just out there to have fun, explore, drink beers, make memories. I'm not racing anyone!
It’s coming another 9 supposedly got delivered. Be patient.This thread is falling apart. Can we get back to arguing about the Speed Car?
You have a grom maybe for sale sometime? Kinda been floating the idea around of having one for around town to the shop at work and back. Pm me when that day comes around.
you know it!!
I was like you with my thinking on SXS just sitting back waiting. If you haven’t driven one of the newer can ams or RZRs you should.
It’s a 2018. 9.5 out of 10 condition. 1300 ish miles. Tons of upgrades. Exhaust, clutch, 6 disk clutch plate, clutch springs, clutch cover with oil filter, dyno tuner, turn signals & license plate mods.
My dad has a 2018 1000 4 seater Rzr. I drove the shit out of it over thanksgiving. We all camped at Sundance at Parker.
Are you trying to say you can go and compete with a stock RzR or Canned Ham??
Pretty sure we both know the answer to this, and it's no, you can't.
My BIL tried to race his Canned Ham and busted just about every suspension part on it.
None of these cars are built for competition. They are built for the recreational user.
Which car is better?
Ford or Chebby?
Android or iPhone?
Pepsi or Coke?
Everyone had different tastes!
Honda has always built The most reliable products. When I'm 100 miles out there in the middle of nowhere, that's what's important to ME.
If you Want to compete, Any car can be made race ready. Just bring your wallet and have fun.
You need to try one of the turbo 72 wide models!My dad has a 2018 1000 4 seater Rzr. I drove the shit out of it over thanksgiving. We all camped at Sundance at Parker.
I’d definitely want a turbo model. His was quick but not enough to scare me.
Full send!
I wish they all would. Then I would have enough business to offer a RDSUX discount.
We run a SADEV sequential 6 speed in my FE2. No lift shift and no real need to blip on the downshift but it can be programed into the ECU. They're about to release a paddle shift upgrade that will have the auto blip. The tech is out there to do it. I hear so many complaining about the belt system. But I don't have one to speak from experience. Yet. From a racer’s perspective I felt the belt drive was kinda numb feeling on power in my dads 1000 Rzr.
So that's it??
There are only 2 kinds of people in this world?
RD wants a trophy truck with AC and heated seats, and a banging sound system!
I'm perfectly ok with boring.
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Jawbone/Dove Springs/Spangler areas are lots of fun. We go out there for 100+ mile day rides and will camp for the weekend every so often. We do a huge loop starting in Jawbone and working our way to Trona.
Unfortunately that still doesn’t work for any real rock crawling. The crew I go with have needed 4 low many many times on trips. Big mistake for Yamaha not to have it.
