This is awesome!
I hope the 5 speed paddle system catches on with other manufactures!!
I bet these Pioneer 500s will blow Polaris Ace out of the water.
Not the coolest to look at though?!
They were an absolute BLAST to drive!!
This is awesome!
I hope the 5 speed paddle system catches on with other manufactures!!
I bet these Pioneer 500s will blow Polaris Ace out of the water.
Not the coolest to look at though?!
how is the horsepower on them? I actually think they look pretty cool, and I was thinking about getting a trail width UTV. Does it have lockers in the diffs?
I read somewhere the new honda 500 was 25 or 26 HP. What a turd box. I do like the shift paddle idea... but this is not even close to being a sport SxS.
So is it 5 forward gears plus P, N, R or is it the standard 5 gearsYou only say that because you haven't driven it. If you actually drove it your mind would change.
The intentions of this unit WASN'T the sport market. In fact, it the sport market wasn't even in mind when conceiving this Pioneer.
Not one UTV started from the top (even Polaris), these are steps in a positive direction and a sign of things that could potentially come...
People are frustrated because we want solid brands like Honda and Yamaha to knock our socks off with a killer sport sxs. It's just taking too long. Polaris had the balls to break every ceiling in Sportiness up til this point, and they deserve a lot of credit for growing this sport more than any brand. Yamaha obviously got the craze going and that was good! C'mon kawi, Honda, yami! Let's see what ya got!
TrukNDave nailed it.... believe me Gunnslinger, I'm a Honda and Yamaha fan, I sold raptor660 last year. I actually have this love/hate (mostly hate) with Polaris (subject for different thread)... but I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE for either Honda or Yamaha to enter the sport SxS. But its frustrating ... because literally since 2008 I've heard rumors about Yamaha and Honda's "next big thing." So yea, I'm skeptical... and with the turd box releases that continue (in my opinion based on current sport models available) don't do much to inspire my confidence.Some food for thought - Honda went to work on the Pioneer 700 after the flop of the Big Red (5 or so years ago) - in that time was one of the worst economies we have ever seen ... The automotive industry and Powersports industry has just started to bounce back from one of the hardest hits they have ever taken, not to mention the effects of the tsunami in Japan.
Take the Pioneer 500 and the Pioneer 700 and consider it a good building block for things to come - yes, Honda (Yamaha and Kawi too) are behind the game and I think they realize it. The UTV market is stronger than ever and in my opinion quads will be something of the past with the reliability and driveability of modern UTV's.
This is only the start for Honda ...
Hell... You can kinda say Honda started the whole movement back in the 80's with the Pilot and Odyssey. For those of us that are old enough to rip around in one of those bad boys, Honda's had a huge fun factor!
The rhino only had 27hp and no paddle shifter and it provided a lot of fun for many years.I read somewhere the new honda 500 was 25 or 26 HP. What a turd box. I do like the shift paddle idea... but this is not even close to being a sport SxS.
add long travel, a decent cage and a few power adders and these would be fun as hell to rip around the desert in.
The rhino only had 27hp and no paddle shifter and it provided a lot of fun for many years.
This is a good entry level SXS for Honda and hopefully just the start of things they will offer.
call me strange but i like this little honda. looks like a quad in the rear, seats two and is a very decent price.