redneck999

right now about the only thing we will be running is the stereo, my cb, i have a hand held baofeng but will probable be adding a led flood light, oh and my wifes 12 volt electric blanket girl is always cold and i am hot

wife is sorta tired of sitting behind me and her hints lean to a side by side but there is no sxs money here, cheaper to cut up a tracker or a vitara 4dr, already street legal with options just have to waterproof everything and have room for my dog. the cfmoto is on 2nd battery i think from advance, lawn tractor battery is bigger as was car battery so my obvious thought was bigger is better, thought somehow you would do like a car, get a higher output alternator, i see pics of rigs loaded like crazy and wonder how. we mostly run around in town and go north to trail ride

i know, ive been looking at trackers to cage

Wife wanted a radio so we got a radio, now she wants a sort of soft top so she wont get sunburned damn redheads, i want electronic toys but running out of room in front trying to keep rain and snow out of it

i deff need more power, i would love to load my wheeler with electronics

i am sure some one has switched from the dinky battery to a larger car car battery, so any advice? ive got enough bits and bobs on my atv that i feel i need to step up, i keep a float charger on it but i left it unplugged for about a week and it was dead and it a fairly new battery from advance auto, im probably gonna add a cb radio in the future and i think the only thin that has a constant draw is the clock in the dash and the memory for the stereo

2012 cf moto x5 500 lwb

ooooooooooh man the 220 bayou was great, we had a kawasaki dealer 6 miles from us. they sold the crap out of em, they were everywhere  seems you could just beat on them and they never noticed. a great set of tires and it will go anywhere, i have a treasured haynes manual for it i may have to go wrap it fancy paper

nah it came camo already, i just covered the seat in waterproof fabric and canvas over the original vinyl. i did hydro dip the radio housing and will dip the cb radio housing once i figure out where to put it

How did i get started? wow thats a tough one see my dad used an atv to help bury bodies in the woods when he...... oops never mind.  Really my dad ran snowmobiles and i just never got into them. My first was a Honda Big Red 3 wheeler that spent most of its time upside down on top of me, never mastered the slide. You would think that would break my spirit but no i bought 3 more because i heard that chicks dig scars so i set out to set a record. My first quad was a 220 Bayou that came in boxes as a do it yourself kinda deal, on the upside i got several wire milk crates for free. Road that around for a buncha years sold that and ran across a deal on a 2012 CF MOTO X5 and have had it since 2016. I later bought another 220 Bayou rolling chassis to play with, maybe turn into a reverse trike or something.

Go to ebay and find a aftermarket fan, i got a be kool fan with more cfm than my old fan, i think i spent like 20.00

yea funny story, anyone do this? think there is any problem with running it?

im cheap i use armour all

i went through my service manual and there is nothing in it except removal of the guage cluster

this is a video i found just by going to youtube but the only comment was 2 yrs ago and they asked the same question

when i bought my 2012  couple of years ago i found my button had been stuffed in the bottom of the storage box it is just a small guage black wire with a small button

I removed my surround of the guages, no hidden buttons sorry

something to try might  be hitting the switch under your seat that changes the clock, try playing with it holding it down or what not

try removing the plastic surrounding the gauge cluster and see if any buttons there

I was 14, it was a  Honda Big Red 3 wheeled angel of death that thing spent more time upside down on top of me than anywhere else....... no fault of my own!

My second one i mounted a radio on the bottom of another ammo box and put a water resistant stereo flip up cover because i got tired of flipping the lid open and closed, this way the lid is on bottom and makes access easier for wireing and coax. i mounted the box into a milk crate attatched the ant to the crate and mounted it all on the front rack

I mounted my radio inside a harbor freight plastic ammo box, used a radio mounting kit and drilled vent holes on the underside

yup hold out for the 4.99 coupons from harbor freight and buy a mess of them, simple construction  and funtional

thank you, sometimes i have my moments and then i do something dumb so it balances out

@06kfx440 great idea, didnt even think of that, we had to make our atvs legal with all kinds of things. shame mine didnt come with turn signals! so i believe i will pull the dash and tap into the reverse indicator and o to a relay to feed the light, many thanks guys!

sorry i would have started in that forum but there is not much traffic and thought i might better results in the general forum since it a generic  question and not a specific brand question

i have a 2012 cf moto x5 and our village made atvs road legal and im interested in putting reverse lights on it, is there some way to wire it to the shifter or would it be better to wire them to a momentary switch  like a horn button?