Old Fart, My First SxS And It's A Trail 800

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I did it... In my late 60's and finally went to 4-wheels. Been on motorbikes, off and on road, 50 years. I tried a buddy's quad for a day but my shoulders were aching for days.
Love this Zforce 800 trail! Much easier on my older body!


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Quote from: BoatFixx on May 25, 2021, 09:13:11 AM
I did it... In my late 60's and finally went to 4-wheels. Been on motorbikes, off and on road, 50 years. I tried a buddy's quad for a day but my shoulders were aching for days.
Love this Zforce 800 trail! Much easier on my older body!


Congrats! I'm in the same boat (mid 60s). Bad shoulders forced me to install power steering on my Brute Force. That was great but the rest of the old bones said it was time for something else. Bought my Z back in early 2015. The body's been happy ever sense...lol. Some after market shocks and springs and some seat cushions (just egg-sitters)made it even better. 
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Quote from: NMKawierider on May 25, 2021, 09:34:21 AM
Quote from: BoatFixx on May 25, 2021, 09:13:11 AM
I did it... In my late 60's and finally went to 4-wheels. Been on motorbikes, off and on road, 50 years. I tried a buddy's quad for a day but my shoulders were aching for days.
Love this Zforce 800 trail! Much easier on my older body!


Congrats! I'm in the same boat (mid 60s). Bad shoulders forced me to install power steering on my Brute Force. That was great but the rest of the old bones said it was time for something else. Bought my Z back in early 2015. The body's been happy ever sense...lol. Some after market shocks and springs and some seat cushions (just egg-sitters)made it even better.
I can see some seat pads in or future.

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Hey, we should start a club! I'm 66 and have an 800 Trail for 4 years now.  ;)

Congrats on your ride. I've been pretty lucky health wise but one thing I'll note is that on an ATV on all day  rides, I get monkey butt like crazy while the same ride in the SXS's bucket seat, I'm fresh as a daisy at the end of the day.

I find it rides a lot nicer after I aired the tires down to 8 rear and 6 front. Why CF Moto recommends that insane 14 and 10 I cannot fathom but it's bone jarring and completely unnecessary.
Happy trails.  8)
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The other nice thing about the cushions is you can pull them out and drop them on to your camp chairs..or whatever you are sitting on.
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Welcome to the forum.  Congrats on the new machine. 
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Quote from: glenlivet on May 25, 2021, 12:29:54 PM
Hey, we should start a club! I'm 66 and have an 800 Trail for 4 years now.  ;)

Congrats on your ride. I've been pretty lucky health wise but one thing I'll note is that on an all day hundreds of kilometer ride, I get monkey butt like crazy while the same ride in the SXS's bucket seat, I'm fresh as a daisy at the end of the day.

I find it rides a lot nicer after I aired the tires down to 8 rear and 6 front. Why CF Moto recommends that insane 14 and 10 I cannot fathom but it's bone jarring and completely unnecessary.
Happy trails.  8)

hey good to know on the tires! I'll try it.

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Quote from: NMKawierider on May 25, 2021, 12:32:23 PM
The other nice thing about the cushions is you can pull them out and drop them on to your camp chairs..or whatever you are sitting on.
Good idea!

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Quote from: Mogleybear on May 25, 2021, 07:54:25 PM
Welcome to the forum.  Congrats on the new machine.
Thank you!