Honda Pioneer 520 First Impressions and 2018 Pioneer 500 after 3 years Comparison

Check out our first impressions on the new 2021 Honda Pioneer 520, and comparing the pros and cons of our faithful 2018 Honda Pioneer 500 that we have loved for about three years now. How do they do on 'the ranch'!?

Our trusty 2018 Honda Pioneer 500 Side by Side has stood out to us as a real favorite toy/tool/utv that we use on and around our 'ranch' (affectionately nick-named, not a real ranch by definition...). When we heard about the New Honda Pioneer 520, we figured for our uses, the addition of a dumping box would be a really helpful thing to have. Especially as our ranch evolves to provide us more food, and trails providing firewood from downed trees, among the hundreds of other things we could haul around. With resale values being strong, we decided to sell the 500 and make for us, a well worth it upgrade. While having both machines, we decided to take the rare opportunity and do a side by side comparison from the owner's perspective.

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This is our first attempt at a product review video, so apologies for some extra wind noise and other flaws.


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Update: Pioneer 500 cargo rack is NOT 100 lbs as stated in the video, it is the same as the 520 box at 450 lbs!

Modifications we have made to the 2021 Honda Pioneer 520 (most were previously mounted on the Pioneer 500) that are seen in some of the clips are: 1.5” wheel spacers which add to the width and ITP 14” steel wheels wrapped in 28x10x14 GBC Kanati Mongrels running around 5 PSI air pressure. Camso X4S tracks (with Pioneer 500 mounting hardware), two side mirrors and a low 'half' windshield.