I am still new to trail riding in my Zforce. Most of my rides have been on one way trails in a state park. This past weekend, I was out on the Cheese Corner Trail in SW Wisconsin. Pretty sure it's a converted railroad bed that travels both ways between several towns.


When meeting up with another SxS going opposite way, we would both slow down and pull over to have enough room to pass each other. But most of the drivers would then extend their arms with a closed fist.


I get acknowledging the other driver but why a closed fist? When riding my motorcycle down the road, it's common to extend left arm at downward angle and extend the first 2 fingers. And I have also noticed Jeep Wrangler owners often while holding steering wheel, extend first 2 fingers on their left hand to acknowledge another Jeep Wrangler.


So is it just personal preference with extended arm and fist or does it mean something that I should be aware of? Is it something common in other locations as well or is it a local custom? Just curious.

I never paid attention before but on the last time I fueled up, I thought I had filled the tank. The gauge on the dash shows full and visually down the fill tube, it appeared to be full. However, the CFMoto app only shows the tank at 5/6 full. Is that just a glitch with the app or is my dash gauge not correct? Not a big deal but I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

I am curious on others experiences with ATV Flashing out of Wyoming. I haven't seen hardly any feedback here on this. I have seen many positive reviews in other places though so I decided to try it. I haven't gotten to really test it out just yet because my side by side is kind of buried in the cluttered garage in front of my Goldwing trike that I sent the ECU off to BTMoto for a tune.


I sent the ECU in my stock 2023 Zforce 800 off on a Monday. About a week and a half later, Friday, it got delivered back to me. It is advertised that the fuel tables getting adjusted along with timing so better smoother throttle response so more power and supposed to run cooler. Only costs $149 plus return shipping which seemed like a fair price.


I did install it back on and started it up. One thing I noticed right away is the idle is a lot smoother. I can't wait to get it out and put it through it's paces. Luckily in my town, we can ride down the streets. Hopefully within a week I will find out.

So I finally got a chance to put my Zforce 800 trail through its paces. I'm spending a couple days at Badlands Off-road park in Attica IN. It has a little bit of everything from mud to sand, gravel trails, and some steep climbs. This 800 trail has tackled everything thrown at it.


But a couple times when in 4wd and Lo, when coming to a stop or slowing, it made an awful clanking and kind of grinding sound and was definitely not normal. It is still fairly new and the 1 year warranty is up in August. I haven't had a lot of opportunities to put it through its places up until now.


Not sure if the 4wd had anything to do with it but I did notice if I firmly shifted from neutral to Lo, it almost never made this noise. I'm guessing maybe the shift cable needs an adjustment? How hard is it to do that?


Also, mine was outfitted with the emergency parking brake and I know enough to not use park. But I'm still not used to the parking brake. I almost never use it on my truck but do all the time on this. I accidently forgot to release it earlier and ended up driving maybe about a 1/2 mile before I realized it. It seemed fine afterwards but is there anything I should be concerned with?


And finally it has been drizzling and raining off an on a few times. I did notice that inside the headlights there was some condensation. It was only towards the very right on left headlight and very left on right headlight. Is this something I need to address with a warranty claim or is it normal?

On my 2023 800 Trail, it has been unfortunately sitting on garage for past 3 months while I recover from some serious injuries, not related to the 800 Trail.


Just today, my son noticed there was some "green stuff" leaking from the side by side. I took a look and it's a bit more than just a couple drips. I am unable to get underneath for a closer look. It has been rather cold here lately getting down to lower 20's and into the teens.  I have had similar but not quite as much coolant drips under previous motorcycles in similar conditions and they had come from the weep hole under water pump. As spring approached and weather would warm up, no more dripping and no issue as a result.


But I just wanted to seek advice and see if others think this might be an issue and should I get it checked out? I'm still under warranty as I bought it earlier this year. Just to add, it's not a huge puddle but more than just drips and very noticable.

I just stumbled on this article a few minutes ago. I wonder if CFMoto might be experiencing a domino effect and this is more of the reason why the rollout of the Zforce Z-10 has been pushed back...


https://www.motorcycle.com/bikes/news/ktm-ag-enters-self-administration-to-restructure-debt-44613250

I know that the my 2023 already had the wiring in place to add a horn as well as turn signals. I have now done both. But I also noticed that the non US models (at least the Canadian models) also have a switch to turn headlights/marker lights off. I am including a photo of the Canadian model dash showing the switch. I believe it is called the Illumination switch. It will turn all the lights off, turn on just the running lights and finally turn all lights on. The switch is to the left of the Norm/Sport switch and the hi/lo headlight beam switch.


If I wanted to install this switch, is the associated connector and harness behind the dash?


It appears to be part #5ASV-169020-6001

I read the street legal PDF in the How To section about adding turn signals and horn using existing wire harness. Pretty straightforward it seems.

I saw that in rear taillight assemblies, they are setup on US models to have reverse lights but that there is the choice to switch and use the assembly for turn signals. And I'm aware that it's one of the other but not both. Now if I was to switch the function of reverse light to turn signals, is it still going to be a white light or will it change to be amber? If it remains white, it's probably better to leave it as a reverse light.

And since I have the choice of either reverse or turn, there must be separate feeds for each. Is there a possibility that I could just install additional lights to the rear and tap in to the turn signal rear feed? That would probably be much easier that installing a full aftermarket turn signal setup.

Actually new to the SxS world. Only background in them is with a buddy that owns 2 Can-Am UTV's and renting a Polaris Rzr to use at the Badlands Park in Attica IN over a year ago.

I just purchased a new 2023 Zforce 800 trail. Very attracted by the price and had researched them and many other brands and models. The Zforce had plenty of good reviews. Biggest must were a model that could easily fit inside my Wildwood FSX Toyhauler and my 7x16 R&R enclosed cargo trailer. Height was the biggest issue with the door opening height at just over 73". The 800 trail easily fit this bill. Width was perfect.

I live in SE Wisconsin but own 25 acres of wooded property about 25 miles SE of Valparaiso Indiana. I have been a bit limited on using the property but now having a decent side by side, I will be able to take more advantage of the land. Just need to carve out some trails which my 10 year old son is looking forward to so he can blast around on his dirt bike.