I'm not gonna praise nor slam our 2016 CF500 quad. You'll know why at the end of my rant. Purchased new from Rugged Edge a little over a year ago, we now have 3200+km on it. Right from the get go we had the drivability issue that can be found in this forum. At low speed(under 30kph) the bike drove like a bucking horse. After a few trips to the dealer with no fix, we were ready to unload it, but I found the exact problem and solution here and corrected myself. Idle speed was set too high. A few turns of the idle speed screw and voila, a new machine. I'm sure they would have found it eventually, but it's a pain bringing it back and forth from the cabin when my truck is always loaded with supplies.

Next: There is no way my wife can take this bike for a ride by herself. I manage now, but shifting is a nightmare, especially in and out of reverse. You have to either rock the bike back and forth violently or be a one man band with one hand giving little shots of throttle while the other is on the gear shifter and then hit the foot brake at the precise moment. Also been back to dealer several times but no fix.

Next: I tow a small utility trailer at the cabin. Within the first few weeks there was a clunking sound near the hitch. A quick inspection found the receiver was completely broken away from frame. It was only attached with a couple wads of bubble gum welding. My dealer rewelded quickly and no problem since.

Next: The differential lock gave out within 4 months and again dealer repaired promptly.

Next: I find the seat very uncomfortable. There is a ridge about center of seat. Forward of the ridge is hard and the sweet spot is behind ridge. I guess it depends on your riding position, but mine seems to be on the ridge. I tilted handlebars back. It helped but I still find I'm on the ridge a lot.

Next: If you buy a CForce unit and don't have a metric wrench and socket set, proceed directly from your dealer, to your local tool supplier and pick one up. Go home and before your first ride, spend a couple hrs and check every nut, bolt and screw that you can get your hands on. Since we've had ours, I've found numerous nuts, bolts and side cover mounting grommets have either fallen out or were never there from the factory. The latest was this weekend when there was a clunking noise in the handlebars. Again, a quick inspection found the bolts had completely fallen out of the power steering motor.

Next: I've owned several ATV's and this is by far the dirtiest one I've ever riden. Ok, they're all dusty, but riding on wet terrain, you, and especially your passenger get buried in mud. Mirrors, windshield, everything. It's to the point where my wife will not ride on a wet day. I've looked for fender extensions but no luck so I'm gonna have to scarf something up myself.

Now, I may sound like I'm ready to unload this bike, but when everything is in place, we both love it. Great ride and handling. Plenty of power for us, and I have to say that Craig, Melvin and the gang at Rugged Edge have been nop notch dealing with service.

When people ask how we feel about the bike, I usually say, "you get what you pay for". It's not a Honda, Yamaha or Can Am, but we didn't have $12-$15,000 to spend on a new bike, and after some positive comments from owners we thought it was our best option. We're not sorry for our purchase, but we've had a lot of BS issues that should not have happened, even on a lower end brand. It seems as though quality control where this bike is put together, doesn't exist.

Real old post I know, but did you ever solve the shifting problem?  My 2015 is the same.  It seemed to get better for a while, but now its gotten pretty bad again.  Not sure what would affect it or why it would change.

Never really solved it. I disconnected the foot brake safety mechanism to at least take that part away from the issue. May have helped a little, but not to the point that my wife would be able to take it on her own. Only hf hr job. By the way, my plight hasn't ended. Since then the hitch receiver keeps working loose. Busted rad clamp caused a loss of all coolant one day. Fuel gauge started acting up and had to bend float rod to get any type of accuracy. Foot brake has seized up a couple times during storage. Got it freed up first time but had to replace master cylinder last year. Clutch fell apart 2 years ago and had to replace full unit. I've got about 6 hose clamps wrapped around exhaust heat shields to stop vibration. See what happens this year.