Watch This Before You Buy a Honda Pioneer 4x4 UTV 

My 2 cents worth as an owner of BOTH a Polaris XP 1000 (2014) and Pioneer 1000-5 (2016) There is no question that the Polaris has more getup in it! It's a beast of a machine when playing. With that said, I think the Honda having a TRUE locker 4WD system AND the direct drive makes it my preferred choice when I want to go climbing and crawling over rough stuff. I've got 30's on my Polaris and 29's on the Honda. Do I occasionally scrape, sure. That is what I have these machines for! I can carry MUCH more equipment in the Honda than the Polaris provided I don't have any rear passengers. I put a large Contico container in the back and still have lots of room for other items! Could it have more HP? Perhaps, but I haven't been in a situation where I lacked power. My biggest complaint is the heat from the engine. I got a letter from Honda saying that they are offering a solution to that at no charge too! I have noticed some BS comments here as well. The Honda does NOT have a torque converter. It uses the same style transmission that Honda has used in racing for a number of years, the DCT. This is where 1, 3, 5 share 1 clutch and 2, 4, 6 share the other. The paddle shifters on the steering column make it a lot more sporty too. I can put mine in 4WD locked, 4 Low, and crawl down an extremely steep hill. This is a BIG problem with my Polaris. I have to try to keep RPMs up in order to keep the CVT engaged to slow my descent. As I said, I prefer my Honda for adventuring, and steep terrain and the Polaris for getting into the throttle and raising hell.

Y'all are really expanding your content, aren't you? Would love to see more content involving ATV's/UTV's.

As a Pioneer owner, all I can say is that these vehicles are pretty bulletproof. I don't worry about breaking an axle or shredding a belt. That being said, they are noisy as hell with squeaks everywhere and they lack the comfort of other models out there.

Honda definitely built the most reliable equipment on Earth

omg.. for that price I could buy a really big TV and 4000 bags of Cheetos!

Overpriced yeah but if I build a jeep or a Suzuki samurai the headaches I’m going to have I’m just not in the mood for.. I’m 50 house paid off leeches gone I’m gonna go finance a talon R

That is why I purchased the Pioneer 1000-5. I can use it for work, and use it for tearing up the trails. I love having turf mode for using it in the yard. I also can get my entire family in it without out it being as long as a bus, and they have not complained about being uncomfortable other than the rear seat belt buckles. I swear the turning radius is tighter than my ATV. Still getting used to the DCT since I am used to belt drive.

The best thing about the hondas side by sides is the fact that they don't have Belt style transmission they actually have a Torque converter

Nice review. I’m going with the Honda.

Its a tuff call 21,000. I'm thinking hard about it and my decision is gonna be for the kids and grandkids..Alot of money for a toy.... Way out of their league right now. What made my final decision was I have 3 Honda 4 wheelers Foremans a 91 and a 93. 1... 86 I should retire because the body has seen better days but still runs like a top. Its like an old girlfriend still a special place in my heart for her....lol..... We have taken care of them and they are still in great shape and bullet proof. So 21,000 doesn't seem that bad if we get 30 years out of it and my grandchildren are still running it when I'm dead and gone.

Wow it tows 2000 lbs? That is almost as much as the new heavy duty Silverados!

Paddle shifters lol honda cant resist making them

$21,000 should be street legal!!!

I am more of a Yamaha guy that was an awesome video thanks again

And people balk at paying 60k for a truck?

Love Honda but for $21,000.00 you can get a Kubota with cool air and heated interior. I worked for Honda 16 years and own honda cars, lawnmowers, 4-wheelers but this price is not what i call a bargain considering the competition at this time.

I was looking at honda and kawasaki mule, if you carry 4 people you lose your work bed, my buddy has a Honda pioneer 1000-5 he even bought and extended warranty, he's had clutch problems, wiring problems, they had to replace the whole wiring harness, guess what, honda wouldn't cover it, said it was his fault, I can maybe see his fault on the clutch, maybe not, but the wiring harness, I say b.s. and their warranty ain't worth crap, to bad, I really liked the Honda to, if honda would of covered it, they would of sold another one, but because they didn't, I bought a kawasaki mule ranch pro fxt, I love it, seats 6 and I still have a bed for working.

I wish they were street legal.

This vehicle is sick!!!

I'd buy a used pickup for $5,000 or less to beat on. I could always put a cheap ATV on the back to go where the truck couldn't and still have over $10,000 in the bank.

I'd like to know y when you hit 44 miles per hour it shuts down and back on and back out,I can't stand that part of it because when I get it stuck if it wouldn't shut down it would throw the mud out of the grips and bite on new ground, but it boggs it down in the mudd we have called black jack, it's rough terrain, all im looking to do is make it quit shutting down

I like the Can -Am Defender Max but the Honda is a good machine .

Crap ! 21thousand Dollars ? That is price of a decent small car.

Yeesh! I just bought a beater Jeep Grand Cherokee that runs great, has no rust, and the AC blows cold for less than $1000. I'd do that 15 times, buy a trailer, and still have enough money for a 14 day Caribbean cruise for 2.

My cousin has one and it shifts like a race car. It shifts half the time when you get to the redline.

I got myself a 2018 p1000-3. Has a front difflock and auto 6 speed trans...take it to the ozarks regularly and beat the hell out of it on those steep rocky switchbacks ...never fails

anyone who's looking into buying this machine with accessories beware!!!!!!!!! I'm on my second utv, first i bought the 700-4 with the workman accessory kit and it was ok but the utv itself was very slow and loud and the heater didnt put out much heat and it would always steam up in the rain. Once the 1000-5 came out i traded my 700 in for a 1000 hopping all the issues would be rectified but they were worse. all the doors had gaps, the heater was worse, way to much heat in cab from engine in summer so cant take dog with me. steams up worse . all back doors dont work and dont stay lined up with the role cage and were useless plus the back zipper for the main back door dont work when is dusty or dirty which will happen after a few runs, the zipper just splits apart when in use.the front doors are way to heavy and the straps that hold the door keep busting and the passenger door handle is falling off. there isnt enough protection under the machine even if you purchase the metal skid plate they offer. plus more to list but i wont bother........all of these issues happened within a 1000kms. when i called into honda canada with hope that they would rectify the issues all i got from them was "sir we passed your suggestions into the right department and you can expect to see these problems rectified on our new bikes" so basically after spending around 70k they are going to leave you in the black with your bike issues but we will make their new bikes better lol thanks honda ! if anyone is considering this bike please look at the polariz 1000xp they have way more and way better accessories, looks like ill be selling the 1000-5 in the spring

How is it you can buy a twin quad coming close to producing 100 ponies, but starkly contrasted 80 horses on a UTV is deemed crazy power?

I'd like to see a side by side review of this and the Kawasaki Teryx4. Good shootout between two good machines.

My buddy has the pioneer 700 I loved it so much I got a Yamaha 07 rhino 660 four passenger I paid 5k so I think we both got great bang for the buck the pioneer is bigger and has a tad more power but towing the rhino is much easier due to the 1047 pound weight.

How bout storage?? How bout accessories?? How bout the heat problems?? How bout the transmission problems??

SXS are expensive to begin with but this pioneer seems like you get even less bang for your buck than most other ones. I picked up a brand new 2018 Teryx 4 LE less than a month ago for 13.5k. And other than making a bit more power this Pioneer doesn’t do anything better. The T4 is more comfortable, especially for rear seat occupants and has real lockers front and rear instead of a rear locker and what is essentially traction control for the front. I’ve also not over heated the thing so far with 3 passengers with cargo while going up steep grades in mid to high 80 degree ambient temps.

Great machine for the 60yo+ crowd. Gerry and his wife Lynn will love it.

You guys should try and test a Polaris or can am next, that would be cool.

wow! not only the price, but i thought this was TFL TRUCK! not tfl overpriced 4 wheeler

I wish the pioneer came in a diesel option. Better mpg, better slow rock crawling, better towing

TFL Will there be more videos on other UTV and/or ATV

The pioneer 500, Yamaha rhino, rzr 570/900 or Polaris ace would be a better review to me something most americans could relate to affording & not outright the option of building your own. For 21k you could draw one and literally have a shop put you one together with turbo I4 production car motor with easily 200hp

$21,000 buys a really nice used Jeep Wrangler.

21K for a UTV?!!! That is outrageous! I can buy a Premium Subaru Crosstrek for 22K and actually be able to drive it somewhere.

правда? Андрей Смирнов? точно и акцент русский... красавчик about Honda now... is it road legal?

Listen too what he says Pioneer owners, this is not a sport machine. Too heavy and too wide. I have seen Pioneer's get jammed in one gear going down mountains, Hondas Talon comes with a wrence so you can manually shift them when stuck in gear. Keeping my belt machines after 30,000 mi on 6 belted machines no smoked belts all I ride is mountains, 3500 mi last year. New belts on at 4000 mi maintenance. If you don't understand belts get a pioneer and a winch your gon a need it.

For the MONEY! I'm Buying a JEEP! Or 4RUNNER. They will got the same places at SIDE By SIDE and Not brake as often!

We love our Honda Pioneer 10005 LE!! Great video. 😀

Lmao. HONDA. Need i say more from day 1. 😜🤘

He should say you need to ride the Kawasaki Teryx before you buy a Honda

Twenty one grand!?!?!?

You guys should compare a small size truck to an utv. I think a small size Toyota would be a good alternative to a side-by-side.

Let's GOOO IT'S A HONDA UTV!

Kubota is what I would like to get. ....a side-by-side.

I have drove them back to back against a Polaris Ranger 1000 I will take the Polaris all day smoother better ride and all around nicer rig than the Honda

Is this honda product can also drive on highway?

70+ HP… not much less than my TJ with the 2.4L 😂😂😂

How well would it plow and would it handle tracks as well?

I wonder if i can take Honda pioneer “Honda” emblem and put it on Rancher or Foraman. That chrome logo is pretty

Ill take a bulletproof kubota rtv

ha. i have one. leave it in stock drive!

Looks like a big drivable roll cage

Are there any more sporty side by sides that can handle 1000lbs payload and come with 2 inch receiver for towing?

I like the back seat thing very good . Dont like the price ,wow im old or things are just expensive. I was going to get a brand new wrangler back in 1989 for 13k got a new gmc pickup instead for 12700. I guess im just getting old. Looked at the one at tractor supply 8k non of the fancy options but think it would still be fun And useful. Problem still dont want to spend 8k on a toy.

should i buy a utv, or a car. i think we both know the answer

Those headrests are very uncomfortable though but who cares my cousins has huge speakers on it. Fun as hell.

Honda offers the Talon which is a sport side by side

This thing is quite expensive for a toy

what is honda's aversion to horsepower? they could stomp polaris and can am if they tried

Buy the deluxe model for 15000 and poot 15000 in to it wow just wow is all u will have to say!

a 1 litre v twin and 70hp? 1970 called they want their motor back!

My buddy in New Hampshire has one of these. My dad has a 2016 Can Am Maverick Turbo and it goes! Keep making ATV and UTV videos

How come you didn't use this in your Jeep vs Truck vs SxS challenge?

They just don't look cool.

honda needs to step there game up I don't know 1 person who would buy 1 of these over a rzr or maverick

does it have heat for winter

Where is this made? Japan or China, or USA?

My 2017 polaris ranger 1000 has a 999cc engine and I can also seat 6 not 5 so the honda isnt the biggest and where honda is putting out 72 hp mine is 80 the only thing the honda has on my polaris is it will outrun me on topend, The major drawback with the honda is the engine is under the front seat so you lose all of that for storage, its very very loud in the cab, and it gets very hot quick when the polaris has storage under all seats and the engine is in the back , its very quiet , and the cab stays cool, and I have more towing and payload capacities and the polaris is also cheaper by almost $5k painted in nara bronze with aluminum wheels on 26"tires and its alot better bang for the Buck. Anyone who wants too come checkout my youtube channel sinisterscatpack392 to see more on my reviews of my polaris ranger 1000. Now the 2018 Polaris ranger 1000 can now tow and haul more than mine and has 82 hp and has a body refresh and a few more things that is better than my 2017, I'm about to have my computer reflashed and new springs in the clutch and it will be running 103 hp and top speed will go from 51 to 90 rpms will go from 6500 to 9000. please com checkout my channel for the utv and car and truck reviews.

21000 dollars is to close to just buying a jeep.

I have '13 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrailHawk and an Textron (Arctic Cat) Wildcat Sport (60' wide) and a Polaris RZR 570 (50' wide). Naturally I love all things that go off road. Great review! I grew up on a Honda ATC 110 (3-wheeler) and TRX 125 (4-wheeler) and will always have a special place in my heart for all things Honda.

Have a quad and trailer. My wife bought an older jeep tj 5 years ago. Best bday gift ever. 4.0, 3" suspensipn lift 33" mud terrains.rear lunchbox locker, warn winch (old 9500, still works great) $10k, over 5 years ago. Best recovery vehicle ever. Now if 1 of us breaks, Back to camp and bring out the jeep to tow whoever back. This vehicle has turned trail nightmares into good times for all. Its funny too cause we all fight over who's going back to get the jeep. Im starting to think my crew purposely breaks, or not afraid to try something new and end up broken.

Can am

overheated.... thats no good.... honda has to solve that issue...

Bigger wheels and it's done.

polaris general best of the best

I'm a life long die hard Honda Atv guy. Still am, but after test driving the Pioneer, I'd choose the Polaris. The Honda back seats are awful, and the machine just isn't smooth and refined of a driving experience. I hope Honda makes a real crew and in a few years be ready to eclipse the Polaris crew.

Stick to trucks...hondas get left in the dust of polaris and can am

got a 2019 so much fun

21k-i can buy a real jeep (older)with about 7 k left over

21k & it overheats fully loaded? Um ok.

My advice is stay away from the Honda Pioneer. Mine has been down more than it has up and running. We use them on the farm and it's been in the shop 5 times in the last 6 months. Our kawasaki mule has 5000 hours and is more reliable than the honda at 400 hours.

barth simpson?

Which one is more fun this or Ford Raptor?

I'm pretty sure these "UTV's evolved from dirt bikes right?

So is it actually 4x4 like they claim or is it 3x4 like all the other Hondas I've seen?

Sweet looking vehicle. Can you get it with a diesel engine?

The ground clearance really sucks!

Bottomed out at 1min mark and they scrubbed it🤣

Yall should review a 2016 argo 750 8x8 with tracks

Hey for $21k Just buy a used Wrangler hell its almost the same size hahaha and save $10,000

lol 21k wow ya buy a rzr if your looking for utility go with Polaris General

thanks comrade for review

If this has a sixer it's a beast.

polaris ranger is better