So i went on a pretty decent ride today. About 20 miles of rough terrain.  On the way back i was on the road for about a mile or two.  Doing about 45. I noticed what smelled like belt all of a sudden.  Felt no change didn't feel like anything was slipping.  I got back to the house and couldn't really smell it anymore.  I touched the clutch cover and it was pretty damn hot.  I could touch it but would have to remove my hand after a couple seconds.  Is that heat normal?   I'm gonna chalk it up to fluke atm. It seemed i smelled it on deceleration actually after a recently hard braking. My buddy behind me said he saw smoke but he thought it was from a car that passed us.

[2015 Z Force 800 53/Trail EPS]

So i went on a pretty decent ride today. About 20 miles of rough terrain.  On the way back i was on the road for about a mile or two.  Doing about 45. I noticed what smelled like belt all of a sudden.  Felt no change didn't feel like anything was slipping.  I got back to the house and couldn't really smell it anymore.  I touched the clutch cover and it was pretty damn hot.  I could touch it but would have to remove my hand after a couple seconds.  Is that heat normal?   I'm gonna chalk it up to fluke atm. It seemed i smelled it on deceleration actually after a recently hard braking. My buddy behind me said he saw smoke but he thought it was from a car that passed us.

Mine's never been that hot. But I do clean my CVT filters after every ride. I left the stock one in because it did catch a lot. Might check yours and make sure nothing is blocking the intake.

I also noticed i seemed to have trouble getting passed 60mph. It gets up to 50 real quick then starts climbing slower i looked down a couple times after being full throttle for probably 5 6 seconds (after already being at 45) and i think the most i saw was 61. I'm hearing everyone is getting over 70 stock.  I'm all stock.  60 miles on the machine.  This is the first time i actually gave it full throttle for any period of time.  I got the machine a month ago, it was a demo that had 20 miles when i got it.  I feel like something is wrong here.

[2015 Z Force 800 53/Trail EPS]

If the belt did start slipping at some point it will glaze very fast. Then at or near full shift-out it will tend to slip on the clutch with the least contact area which will be the secondary. That will leave a tell-tail mark somewhere between 1/2 way to all the way down to the bottom of the sheaves. I think I would pop the cover and take a look. Also take a look for shiny contact surfaces on the belt. Being a demo it may have started before you even got it. Wouldn't want the clutches to become too damaged.

I took it for a speed run last night down a longer road more flat. It gets to 60 pretty quick. I did get to 70 it just creeps those last 10 miles. I only drove it about half a mile, when I got back I felt the cover it wasn't hot just warm. I did smell slight rubber smell when I parked it, but kinda strange I smelled the belt intake and didn't smell it I actually smelled it more by the left rear tire. In the near future I think I will be clocking the secondary up a notch anyway so I will see what I see when in there. I'll be pissed if I need a belt already because the dealership smoked it when they had it as a demo. They told me oh yea it was just driven lightly in our lot here.... Which I know was a lie and called them out on it seeing as the skid plates were already scratched and the diff covers dented.

Check your speed with gps.
The speedo is way off

Check your speed with gps.
The speedo is way off

I will next time. Didn't have the time last night, and it was 40 degrees out it was a damn cold ride!