Every Pioneer owner who has run a fixed full windshield knows the trade. Closed, it keeps the mud, bugs and rain off your face, and it also turns the cab into a greenhouse the second the sun comes out and leaves you squinting through a film of dust with no airflow to clear it. Open — or removed and left in the shed — you get the breeze and you also get everything the front tires throw. The SuperATV Honda Pioneer 1000 MaxDrive Power Flip Windshield exists to stop making you choose, and it runs $864.95.
How it works
SuperATV's description of the function is simple: the windshield is fully adjustable, so you can change it to opened, closed, or anything in between. It is not a two-position latch. The panel moves on powered actuators, which means the adjustment happens from the driver's seat with a switch instead of by unlatching clamps and wrestling a panel at a trailhead.
In their words, the powered controls mean anybody can adjust it, regardless of height or strength. That is a bigger deal on a Pioneer than it sounds. This is a machine people hand to a spouse, a kid or a hired hand, and a manual flip windshield on a tall cab is a two-handed, standing-up job. A switch is a switch.
SuperATV also addresses the obvious worry about putting actuators on a windshield. They say huge bumps and hard stops will not challenge the strength of the actuators, that the actuators stay locked in place until you move them, and that they are high strength and built to be dependable on every ride. The windshield also ships with heavy-duty clamps for a rattle-free ride, which is the detail that separates a good powered windshield from an expensive noise generator.
The panel itself
- Polycarbonate construction — SuperATV rates it at 250 times stronger than glass and 25 times stronger than acrylic
- Crack-proof in use — rocks, branches and even rollovers will not put a crack in it, per SuperATV
- XR Optic Hard Coating on both sides — UV resistant to keep the panel from yellowing or hazing, and scratch-resistant
- Pre-installed hinges and full-color instructions in the box
- Heavy-duty clamps included
The coating is the part worth understanding if you have owned a cheap polycarbonate windshield before. Bare polycarbonate is tough but soft: it survives the rock and then goes cloudy from a year of dust, wipers and sleeves. Coating both faces is what keeps the panel clear long enough to justify an actuator behind it. SuperATV designs and manufactures their windshields in their own facility, so the panel and the coating come from the same place as the hardware.
Fitment and the three things to check
SuperATV's own fitment list for this windshield reads:
- Honda Pioneer 1000: 2016-2021
- Honda Pioneer 1000-5: 2016-2021
The store's fitment tags for this part cover the Honda Pioneer 1000 and 1000-5 in the 2016-2025 range, so if you are on a later machine, confirm your exact year before ordering rather than assuming either list covers you.
There are also three notes from SuperATV that will decide this purchase for some people:
- Not compatible with aftermarket intrusion bars
- Not compatible with OEM roof # 0SR85-HL4-A50
- Works with most hard and soft tops
Go look at your roof before you order. The excluded OEM roof part number is specific, and if you have already added intrusion bars, this is not the windshield for your build.
Who it is for
This is a windshield for the owner who actually uses the Pioneer in changing conditions — a work machine that goes out at dawn in the cold and comes back in the afternoon heat, a hunting rig, a property truck that runs year round. If your Pioneer lives in one climate and comes out on nice days, a fixed vented or scratch-resistant windshield does the job for a fraction of the money. The case for the MaxDrive is that a windshield you can change without stopping is a windshield you will actually use in the right position, instead of leaving it closed and sweating or open and eating roost.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The SuperATV Honda Pioneer 1000 MaxDrive Power Flip Windshield is $864.95. It is a genuine SuperATV part, shipped direct from SuperATV with their warranty — the current terms are listed on the product page, and it is worth confirming your year, make and model there before ordering. See everything else that fits in the Honda Pioneer 1000 (2016-2025) and Honda Pioneer 1000-5 (2016-2025) collections, compare the rest of the Windshields lineup, or browse everything from SuperATV.