So who has one?

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Was talk to Wes this weekend, and he says there are four turbo Tallon's in his current dune group.

Which one of you guys have one??

And you know the rule...
 
megadesertdiesel said:
I believe they are ashamed to say they own one. Another fun fact, im guessing the average age of a Talon owner is over 60 years old.
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Why? Most dependable SxS out there. They just look a little funky with the stock cage. A guy on RDP had a cage made that totally looks bad azz. 👍🏼
 
It works great in Glamis. I have driven Turbo's and non-Turbo's and I would definitely go turbo for the dunes. The transmission works awesome. It knows what to do faster than your brain can think or you can go to the manual paddle shift if you want.
If you were going to use it for hard pack in my opinion you really don't need the turbo. In hard pack the thing is a tractor and will climb anything. I have put one front tire on a tree and it climbed it until I was almost vertical.
If you come camp with us I will give you a ride if you would like. You might have to put up with Cheff though. 😄
 
I've got a Pioneer 520.....I had to have something 50" wide. I wanted it more for Colorado trails than anything. It was more than a RZR, about 3K more. It won't throw a belt, and it is a Honda. I've only had it about a month. It only has 30HP, and I'm over 60. I've rolled my rail before, and I've been glad that the ATV missed me when it went rolled by me (been there and done that).

I replaced a Rhino and we'll see if it dunes better than the Rhino.

I ran into a Talon at Buttercup's "Wall." I don't remember what he replaced, but he didn't like fooling w/a belt. He drives his exclusively w/the Paddles. I don't like the way the trans shifts via the computer....BUT, I do like it when I'm bogging down and it downshifts, even though I'm driving in Manual.
 
RIDERED said:
It works great in Glamis. I have driven Turbo's and non-Turbo's and I would definitely go turbo for the dunes. The transmission works awesome. It knows what to do faster than your brain can think or you can go to the manual paddle shift if you want.
If you were going to use it for hard pack in my opinion you really don't need the turbo. In hard pack the thing is a tractor and will climb anything. I have put one front tire on a tree and it climbed it until I was almost vertical.
If you come camp with us I will give you a ride if you would like. You might have to put up with Cheff though. 😄
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I might have camped with him once or twice before...

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I had one with a Turbo. It got around Glamis but there wasn't any type of adrenaline rush from it. In the hard pack a Turbo isn't necessary IMO. If you are going to do any type of upgrade to it, I would start with the suspension. If I were to go the SxS route again, I would get the Mav R.
 
rivermobster said:
They are probably out running their cars. NOT somewhere changing a blown belt...

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Here is the thing, You can change a belt in the rain, at night, during the day or even in a wind storm. Costs a little over $100 and takes maybe 15 minutes.

Something happens with the non-belt car your getting towed back by a guy with a belt.

In two years my non-belt car broke $3K worth of parts got towed out twice, meanwhile the entire rest of the group ( 10 cars with belts) didn't spend as much as me combined replacing belts. Now in the three years of driving a rubber band car two things have happened. One I have never changed a belt on a ride, not once. Second I don't get left behind or struggle to keep up or have to pick an alternate line to get up a hill.
 
MWB said:
Here is the thing, You can change a belt in the rain, at night, during the day or even in a wind storm. Costs a little over $100 and takes maybe 15 minutes.

Something happens with the non-belt car your getting towed back by a guy with a belt.

In two years my non-belt car broke $3K worth of parts got towed out twice, meanwhile the entire rest of the group ( 10 cars with belts) didn't spend as much as me combined replacing belts. Now in the three years of driving a rubber band car two things have happened. One I have never changed a belt on a ride, not once. Second I don't get left behind or struggle to keep up or have to pick an alternate line to get up a hill.
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I broke the transaxle in my sand car last season and got towed back to camp by a Talon.

BTW I’m well over 60 and the Talon driver was well under 60.
 
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