Honda Talon 4 Seater Review - Fox Live Valve 

Thanks for the tip I’m going to be taking out my Talon this weekend to the Sand dunes.

Really great review Garrett!

Awesome 👍 first time I've heard a great version of the DCT other than everyone saying wow it's different! It's just different! I've driven them but not long enough to form an opinion like in this video. Can't beat the swapping in these videos and the non biased feedback.

Just bought us a 2020 1000x4 LV to replace our 16 rzr 4 900. It has blown me away how much better it is.

Don’t worry about throttle control! Jackson racing turbo makes this thing awesome. 200 miles no issues! Love it!

Nice review, I have 400 miles on my 2021 live valve R 2 seater. The more I drive it the more I like the transmission especially in manual mode. Heading to St. Anthony’s for a couple weeks in a few days.

Sport mode feels fine

Love my talon 4x..down hill in low is like being in a 4x4 truck.. did a huge run at syscomore from upper to lower Saturday..what windshield are you running?

I'm in the market for a family ride, we mostly ride rocky mountain rocky trails at less than 15 mph and some rock climbing. I had planned on putting 32's on it as well. Do you think the stock live valve suspension is going to be to rough at slower speeds too? I just hate to spend that much on a bike and have to dump another 1500 on suspension. Is it more plush of a ride than the Teryx 4? I've had one of those before.

We trail ride mostly in rocky terrain (i.e. Rocky Mountains, Hill country of Texas, Ozarks and Utah. How do you think the transmission would work in lower rpm and lower speed (sub 20mph) trail riding with steeper inclines?

Just curious if you had any problems with the 32" scrubbing without add-ons. Thanks

I have been looking a purchasing my first sxs. I have always loved how reliable Honda products. I know the other manufacturers make good stuff too. Not knowing much about the vehicles yet, I am leaning towards the Talon (2 seater) with FLV. My local dealer has a little course behind his shop that he let me test drive it on. My wife isn't really into outdoor sports. Hates riding with my on my motorcycles. I couldn't believe the grin on her face when I was tearing up the little jumps on the dealers course. She said it was like a "Disney Ride", and gave me the nod to get one. It felt fine to me in normal mode, but of course, I'm a total nube to this sport. Loved your review. One thing she mentioned that I am interested in as well: Is there any way to make it quieter? The exhaust note was a bid loud for my taste. Of course, I don't want to mess with exhaust if it's going to rob power. Thanks!

Do you know of any bump seats that work for these? We just bought one and i'm having a hard time locating one that'll fit.

Do you know of any company’s that make fender flairs that don’t have a cut out in them

Have you tested paddle tires on it?!! I have yet to see video of a 4 seater talon with paddle tires..

It's amazing how 10 reviews are completely different. One guy says that you can't feel the small bumps and the other guy says you can feel them all.m

Leaning between this and the krx4. Price at 22k is certainly appealing but wondering if any have some pros/cons with each or would like to share some insight to a new sxs buyer?

What Size tires are you running on it they are not stock I see. Thinking of buying one and wondering it you altered anything running those bigger tires?

That bog...you need a COPS tune REALLY BAD.

Hey! So I'm 6'2" how tall are you? Would I have plenty of room to be comfortable driving the talon for hours at a time?

You guys are making it so hard for me.to choose in my second machine lol.. Talon R or krx. 🤔

is the shaft reliable

What tires did you use on this? Stock wheels?

In the market - we have a tall 6 year old. Would he have decent visibility in the back seat without a booster?

What tires are you running and size please

What brand is the windshield?

What machine is quietest and which is loudest?

Are those the stock wheels and tires?

Just spent 4 days with a 4 seater at the Glamis Sand dunes, here's the best advice I can give you.. DON'T BUY ONE, I'm much happier with my can am and rzr, I'm glad I got one to use and didn't buy it, underpowered, suspension to stiff, and not exciting to wheel thru the sand dunes, launch control is fun for about 7 mins then it's lame, one thing that I can't knock is the build quality of a Honda, I was a Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha dealer from 91-2001 so I'm not a random individual first time user, also have had many yrs at the dunes with everything from trikes, Sand cars, buggys, Quads and numerous SxS's. I was really looking forward to this machine, but was unfortunately very disappointed in the performance at the end of the day, we put 200 plus miles on it over the past 4 days here in Glamis over this week and sitting around the campfire tonight as I write this while wait for midnight and the end of 2020 looking and that Talon sitting next to my Can Am I reliaze how Honda was late to the game, then when they finally showed up the couldn't even play.... Disappointing....

So Garrett, Knowing what you know now. if you could only buy one and have to keep it in stock form for a considerable amount of time. What would you buy? Talon Live Valve or KRX es?

Just a quick tip...if you come across a set of Bighorns you can mount on the factory rims they would work great for the dunes!

Getting a loud whining noise from mine in 4wd.

Pretty sad that the big draw of this unit is the live valve and it’s bad enough to need shock therapy’s help

It still looks like a 10 year old design with 32's and horrible thumping engine sound. By the way, I'm a huge Honda fan, but on the SxS, I only like their DCT....did I mentioned about the horrible lawn-mower like engine sound? Come on Honda, we don't care for cute painted wheels!!!! We want a less toy-look but a more aggressive sporty looking off-road machine, with better designed suspension and put a darn real 4 cylinder turbo engine on it! Hire some foreign engineers if your team can't do it!