What's everybody run their tires at when they trail ride?

[2015 Z Force 800 53/Trail EPS]

With the stock tires I ran 9-10psi and with these 27" 8-ply radials I run 7-9psi.

Like NMK on my stock tires.

I run 6 PSI, but I'm on a Cforce 500 HO and not a SXS

 What are people gaining by running lower tire pressures? Traction, better handling, tire wear, more comfortable ride?

[2015 Z Force 800 53/Trail EPS]

What are people gaining by running lower tire pressures? Traction, better handling, tire wear, more comfortable ride?

All of the above. They are designed to be a "Low Pressure" tire anyway. Just weight and conditions will dictate how low this type of tire can be run without any negative effects.

I have wondered about CF Moto's recommendation of 10# front and 14# rear, a teeth jarring degree of hardness for a SXS tire. When I had the stock tires on I lightened the pressures to 7 and 9. Now I start to think that CF Moto's odd recommendation of 10 and 14 pounds might have been their way to eke out a bit more ride height from their lowrider SXS platform.
The (also Chinese) Wanda 26" tires I put on recently are a rather stiff sidewall design and otherwise look to be an homage to the Bighorn. (Ok pretty much a copy)
I found that airing them down to 6# and 7# give the machine much nicer manners on the trail. As it happens these Wanda tires are stiff enough that even when I aired them down to 2 PSI for deepening Kootenay snow they still stood the SXS up quite well and didn't look nearly flat at all.
Of course there's a chance of snake-bite type puncture when you run really soft pressures with a soft sidewall tire and you hit something just so. The stock tires were soft sidewall.

Only thing with running ATV-like tire pressures is that there's a measured loss of about 3/4" of ground clearance over running the higher pressures, hence my wondering if CF Moto weren't motivated by gaining a bit more valuable and scarce ground clearance, when they tell SXS owners to run their tires so bloody hard.
Sure rides nicer now.

I have wondered about CF Moto's recommendation of 10# front and 14# rear, a teeth jarring degree of hardness for a SXS tire. When I had the stock tires on I lightened the pressures to 7 and 9. Now I start to think that CF Moto's odd recommendation of 10 and 14 pounds might have been their way to eke out a bit more ride height from their lowrider SXS platform.
The (also Chinese) Wanda 26" tires I put on recently are a rather stiff sidewall design and otherwise look to be an homage to the Bighorn. (Ok pretty much a copy)
I found that airing them down to 6# and 7# give the machine much nicer manners on the trail. As it happens these Wanda tires are stiff enough that even when I aired them down to 2 PSI for deepening Kootenay snow they still stood the SXS up quite well and didn't look nearly flat at all.
Of course there's a chance of snake-bite type puncture when you run really soft pressures with a soft sidewall tire and you hit something just so. The stock tires were soft sidewall.

Only thing with running ATV-like tire pressures is that there's a measured loss of about 3/4" of ground clearance over running the higher pressures, hence my wondering if CF Moto weren't motivated by gaining a bit more valuable and scarce ground clearance, when they tell SXS owners to run their tires so bloody hard.
Sure rides nicer now.

I think you are spot on with your theory!! I wonder what pressure they used to get 11.8" clearance listed in the manual? LMAO!!