....and further reassured myself that I made a good choice in the process.
So, we went on a trip with a few machines, and a buddy of mine with a Teryx4 wanted to jump in with me for a bit while our wives ran in his. I let him drive it for a while and he was really impressed with it! Went on about the power and throttle response, and said it handles waaay better and absorbs the bumps way better than the Teryx too. I could tell he was having fun with it.
After a while we swapped so I could try out his and his wife could see how mine was (she doesn't like how high up you sit in the Teryx). It was alright and it's a nice machine, but not near the power and response and I also did not like how high up I felt. Just wasn't a comfortable seating position, and that thing feels like a school bus compared to mine. It was a lot noisier in the cab too which surprised me because I thought the ZForce was pretty loud. This could partly be due to the full windshield and rear window though.
Eventually we swapped back, but he ended up riding shotgun with me for half the trip! My wife rode with his and she was always complaining about her legs hurting because her feet didn't really sit on the floor due to the high seats(she's 5'4", his wife is maybe a bit shorter and usually puts something on the floor for her feet to sit on). Once she jumped back in with me later in the evening she went on and on about how much more she likes the ZForce and how glad she was that we bought it, so comfy to sit in, more power/fun, etc.
This isn't bashing on the teryx at all as it's a nice machine, but just kinda serves a different purpose imo. It's way more suited to utility than mine, but the ZForce is better for the usual wheeling trips, which is exactly what we bought it for. They're just two vastly different beasts. He's never made fun of the cfmoto or anything (other than the usual trash talking amongst brands that everyone does), and I feel like he's been a bit envious of the power and speed I have over his, but I've always felt like he looked down on it (figuratively and literally). Now he definitely looks at the brand in a better light though. One person at a time! I hope like hell and can't wait until CF Moto is as widely accepted as the 'big brands', and I feel like they're getting there more and more all the time.
Sorry for the wall of text, here are a couple pics of the two of them
https://imgur.com/a/5hPE1gh*I also convinced a coworker to give cfmoto a try, he's picking up a 2019 Cforce 800XC Mud Edition on Tuesday and can't wait! That's two!