The Honda Talon 1000R is a trail machine, and trail machines spend their lives in exactly the places that eat lower A-arms: ledges, stumps, embedded rock, and whatever is hiding on the inside of a rutted corner. A stock arm is built to a weight target, it sits where Honda put it, and the first real hit usually does not announce itself. It shows up weeks later as a bend you finally notice because one tire is wearing on its inside edge. The SuperATV Atlas Pro A-Arms for the Honda Talon 1000R are built for owners who have stopped pretending that will not happen, and they start at $667.95.
1.5-inch tubing, and what the extra quarter inch does
SuperATV builds the Atlas Pro arms from 1.5-inch diameter tubing with 0.138-inch walls. By their own numbers that is 0.5 inch larger than the stock arm and 0.25 inch larger than SuperATV’s standard A-arm. The quarter inch over their own standard arm is the part worth understanding, because a quarter inch sounds like a rounding error until you think about where the metal ends up.
In a bending load, the material near the center of a tube does almost nothing. All the work happens at the outside wall. Push the wall further out from the center and the arm’s resistance to bending climbs much faster than the diameter does. That is why a larger tube beats a heavier wall on a smaller tube for the same weight penalty, and it is why the jump from the standard arm to the Atlas Pro is a real upgrade rather than a marketing number.
SuperATV finishes them in a UV-resistant powder coating. That matters more than it sounds on a machine that lives outside or on an open trailer, because coating failure is where corrosion starts on a welded steel arm, usually right at the weld toes where the heat-affected zone is.
High-clearance bends
SuperATV builds high-clearance bends into these arms to keep the suspension above trail obstacles. On a rock-heavy trail this is the difference between the arm taking a hit and the arm passing over the thing entirely. The best protection for a suspension component is simply not touching anything, and the shape of the arm is what decides that long before the tubing size matters.
It is worth being honest about the trade: a high-clearance bend puts the load path on a curve rather than a straight line, which is exactly why the tubing has to grow to carry it. The two features are a package, not two separate selling points.
Adjustable pivot blocks
These arms use adjustable pivot blocks so you get full control of camber. SuperATV ships them preadjusted to factory specs right out of the box, so the default path is install and go — you are not required to set anything up before the machine is drivable.
The adjustment is there for after the build changes. SuperATV points out the two obvious cases: you add weight from accessories, or you put a small lift on the machine. Either one moves your static camber off where it was, and the result is a machine that does not feel settled and a set of tires wearing on one shoulder. Being able to dial camber back in is what keeps a modified Talon from chewing through tires.
Ball joints: pick your path at checkout
There are three ways to order these, and the listing is specific about it:
- Reuse your stock ball joints. SuperATV states plainly: you must re-use your stock ball joints if you do not select a pre-installed ball joint at checkout.
- Heavy-duty ball joints. Built from a proprietary blend of hardened 4340 VAR steel with zinc plating, with easily accessible grease zerks and an adjustable design. SuperATV says lab and field testing shows they withstand double the pressure of an OEM ball joint.
- Super Duty 300M ball joints. 300M grade steel, an adjustable steel-on-steel design and an accessible grease zerk. SuperATV rates them at 2.25 times stronger than stock.
If you buy a set of SuperATV ball joints together with the arms, SuperATV installs them for you for free. Anyone who has pressed ball joints into a fresh set of arms on a bench will see the value in that line.
Fitment, and one warning you cannot skip
SuperATV lists these arms for:
- Honda Talon 1000R: 2019 and newer
- Honda Talon 1000R-4: 2023 and newer
And then the line that costs people money if they skim it: not compatible with Showa shocks. Check what is actually bolted to your machine before you order, not what you think came on it. This is the single most common reason a set of arms goes back in the box.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The SuperATV Atlas Pro A-Arms for the Honda Talon 1000R start at $667.95 and carry SuperATV’s Lifetime A-Arm Warranty. This is a genuine SuperATV part, shipped direct from SuperATV with their warranty — confirm your year, make and model, and your shock brand, before ordering. Full details and the ball joint options are on the product page. Browse everything else that fits in the Honda Talon 1000R collection, compare the rest of the Suspension lineup, or see the full SuperATV catalog.