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Here we dont have such laws. Ive got holders, but I was hoping someone made a case tht didnt scream "im a rifle, steal me" . . .

My scopes usually do all right but I had to send one my of camera lenses in one time for recalibration. I usually just have a "truck gun" without a scope with me when generally just riding.

I live in North Idaho. Theres lots of places to get lost for a day or two in.

Right? Always had gloves, always boots on a bike. Quads are a bit different. But . . I still have two legs because Ive always worn boots on motorcycles.

why I only got a black eye . . . Ive been riding bikes of some sort for decades . . they got ripped off with my lid . . . I cant understand folks that wear flipflops on motorcycles. thats the surest way to guarantee your going to NEED a helmet

It hooks up well going up my backyard. I gained traction and acceleration over the stock tires. (CST Abuzz)

Pretty happy with them so far. Good road manners and better traction than my stock CST tires had. I wanted an AT tread because I spend a lot more time riding this thing all over than I expected to. I should have a chance to get out on a trail tomorrow and see how they do. They certainly do great in my backyard and climbing the hill though.

change your government.

Real Harleys are a labor of love. Nothing better than single kicking your hand built Pan or Shovel when some dude is struggling with his push button Japarley Koreason Special Edition SOA Dynabling Glide with matching factory sneakers . . . . Never mind the Rump Ranger Riders out there these days. I've ridden in runs running with over 10,000 machines (thats not a mistype) and never seen the level of douchery I see now days. The stunt rice riders have better manners on the road. I did a lot of reading on the brand before I bought one. I'd had cash in hand for two years meeting the great covid wall and seriously . . 8k for a 12 year old used machine because folks were on the pillage thy neighbors wallet bandwagon was ridiculous. When I got into the machine and started doing the maintenance? Pretty easy to work on and the engine itself is elegant. The one common thing I noticed was the majority of issues oriented around initial dealer set up (lackadaisical work) and sloppy break in. Yes, CFmoto had some issues, but they RESPONDED to consumer issues and quality problems by upping their game. The KTM/Bosch/CVtech partnerships really caught my eye. I know about KTM and bosch but researched those connections too. And thats what really sold me. KTM IS a NAME and so is CVTech. They aren't going to partnerup with a bad risk

Ive used mine for skidding timber, railing in snow, trail riding, getting the snot knocked out of me and havent had any real issues yet. Yet of course. before I bought mine I sat back and researched for 6 months pretty seriously. KTM, Bosch and CVTech all got into business with CFmoto. "most" of the reports besides the errant weird stuff seems to center around dealer attention to detail. Sloppy final assembley in other words. A large portion of the rest if you read reviews, is people just not taking care of them and trying to Rod and Mod them before the motor is broken in or intentionally trying to break them. 2019 they had a bad run with transmissions, scrapped their plan and got serious with CVTech. In other words the Company listened to the consumer and fixed the issue. It's turning its first thousand and except for the silly little buzzer falling onto teh exhaust and shorting the main cicuit (five cent fix when I figured it out) I have had ZERO issues with my 22 800XC Engine wise, take care of it is a solid engine. It's cleanly manufactured, cleanly fitted and just, nice looking. Sounds good, feels good, rolls out and throttles down very good. If youve looked at my time lapse video the hill in my backyard ramps up to 40 + degrees in a few spots and my bush bike just smokes the hill. It doesnt see it as a hill, just a steep flat spot. I certainly wont knock Honda or Yamaha but I would compare Cf right now to the early days when Honda got serious about building to the American Market. Back when I was a kid we used to say the same things about all the rice burners. Well, we were wrong. The things are winning races, smoking polaris' and can ams in mud pits and growing a pretty large following of modders and riders. (Real talk powersports/Main Street and RNG) I wanted a machine for Trail riding a bit of serious off roading and heavy labor around my place. I got sick of waiting for dealers taliing smack (and I had money to cash out the door at any time), watching people charging 20% over current MSRP for a ten year old machine with it's tongue hanging out of its intake and after a year of reading reviews and doing walk and talk arounds. I said screw it, Im not waiting for people to get their heads on right. ten months later Im not regretting it. But I did the break in immaculately and actually take care of the machine too. Too much dang fun to ride.

Tried . . . failed. got a heck of a shiner from it. I'm good at ducking and rolling into the unexpected but oops, ya git hit once in awhile anyway. That last large blow down top was the one that got me. If ya look close as Im walking back after picking up my helmet and cam, you can see stick poking up from the front of my bike. It (one in a million?) slid up in the adjustment slot on my gun (moose) fork and that whipped the tree top down under the visor. I thought I was going off until my lid went flying. Still a good ride and a good day. If Id been on the throttle it would have been bad. Ill take a chainsaw next time . . . once was enough.

. . . minding my own business and a blow down tree mugged me. If Id been rolling fast id be in a pretty bad way. Got out of it with the first black eye Ive had in decades.

I've got five acres here that opens out into a large clear cut to goof off in. My extended back yard and front yard are millions of acres.

Gonna be kind of fun tuning my clutch for this terrain. Its fairly indiciative of North Idaho. Some mud, a bit of slick rock and lots of rocky trails and hardpack. But its a good way to lose the day and forget about stuff for a moment in time or two.

the best part is that is literally my backyard. once I get done with getting my beehives going and other such stuff I'll be hitting the woods, theres some stunning places and views here. Part of why I just can't be pried out of the rocky mountains for long without being homesick.

installed these today. the max airflow intake https://www.mainstreetcycle.com/shopping/item/634/carbon-fiber-max-airflow-intake Postive changes with the intake, not huge mind, but noticeable and THERE. Subtle is too subtle to describe the shift but a very noticeable postive change in the engine sound, feel and response. Runs a bit stronger, revs up a bit quicker and runs quite a bit smoother. and the all balls winch remote https://www.mainstreetcycle.com/shopping/item/1985/all-balls--wireless-winch-remote and the winch remote works GREAT.

The one item I just picked up if Im not using the passenger seat is the infill rack. I also have both rack extenders for mine. I modified the rear one a bit by adding a lower rail to it. I also have a pair of Plano Ammo Crates bolted down to a couple of the inserts for stuff thats always on the bike. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0722CZMXZ?tag=bravesoftwa04-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US the racks are useful. the funky shaped boxes dont leave much room for stuff on top, but theres a cargo box that snaps on in place of the rear seat available outside the states.

Your friend has an excellent friend.

Got others in the works. Been years since I really played with editing software and content creation. ATV+Gopro+Davinci. https://youtu.be/-JV-xEq9uW8

Right? I can usually track down ELECTRICAL issues. Electronic problems? Those can be a hassle with nothing more than a multimeter. I was at least trying to Isolate where to look . but oh . . the silly little buzzer. Ill take it.

First actual WTF breakdown on my 22 CFMoto Cforce800XC Id been running around all day in the hills before this and had just stopped and fueld up my Bush Bike, stopped for a beer at the Kings Inn and headed home I had enough time to work on gathering material for a project at home and got to it. Fortunately I was in my upper backyard when the bike went dead. Died. No lights. No dash. All the way in my upper backyard. Nothing. I was able to dead stick it all the way (around 500 yds) down the hill right up to my garage and started poking around. I found that my Main ignition fuse was popped. Went to stick one in and it popped again. So I have a short. So I started feeling the wires out and looking for obvious issues. Then I start checking components, unplugging them one by one to see if that negated the short condition. Just as I was about to accept scheduling a trip to the shop, I decided to check the oil pressure buzzer which is part of the ignition circuitry. I unplugged it, and no short. Plugged it back in, and the short was back. I unplugged it, turned the bike on and everything came on the fuel pump pressured up. The dash cycled through a reset display, settled down and I started the bike. I turned it off and feeling my way along started tracking down the buzzer. Well. The stupid thing had fallen out of the dash niche, worked its way through the little gap around the steering column with it's 18 inch leads and had landed on the front exhaust pipe, melted through causing a direct wiring short and direct short to the engine/chassis as well and took out the primary fuse. Of course I figured it out after I'd stripped all my personal gear off so it wasnt in the way at the shop. I was able to shorten the leads and take out the damaged section so it's functioning til I get a new one. I still have to put the panels and racks and everything back together but it's running with no faults or errors and displaying the correct information. I'll take that for a first breakdown.

Anywhere it might get wet. Which is pretty well anywhere. In the process of chasing down my connectors and doing the same.

Yup. The first few times requires lots of cussing. Then you get the hang of it.

I had to leave something out for the Tire Virgins to figure out independently . . .

Lay it flat, use a spray bottle with about 10% dawn dishsoap and water. Spray genrously and let sit. If the tires have been on the rim for awhile it's going to take some effort. You might want to go around the rim with a deadblow (plastic) hammer or similar to start breaking the bead seal. You can lay a 1x4 over the rim where your working to keep from smacking your rim. Your going to have to do both sides. Do both sides First. I usually lay a piece of plywood down under a manual bead breaker. Just makes it more stable and less likely to damage something. Make sure you take your valve core is out of the stem too. Break both beads first. If the bead breaker doesnt work there are other methods to break a bead seal, but they start getting kind of sketchy. Most rims are designed to pull the outer bead over the front side first, then the inner bead over the front/outside. You can tell by the softer (often narrower) radius near the rim seat. You can find rim protectors that slip onto the edge of the rim. I would seriously suggest using them unless you hate your rims. Or you can use vinyl edge trim thats wide enough to slip over the edge of the rim. THREE tire spoons, not two. Trust me. THREE SPOONS. You get one in (small bites), get your second one in then use your third spoon to lock it into place. Stic it in as close as you can, swing it over the second spoon and hold it with your knee. Then you leap frog the first spoon and take another small bite. If you take too big of a bite, you will just undo everything you already did. Repeat. Once your about halfway you will feel the pressure ease and might be able to just pull it by hand the rest of the way. Locking the spoons with a third lever helps prevent getting slapped in the face. (I made a custom set of 36" ones) The shorter your sidewall in relation to your rim, the more of a fight your in for. Once you get the tire off wash your rim, and scrub the bead seat on the rim. Steel wool on a steel rim is fine but use a plastic scrubby on Aluminum. On a steel rim you can knock the rust down with mid to fine sandpaper. Your just knocking rust off, not trying to polish it. DONT sand aluminum ones. Good time to look for cracks, pitted metal on aluminum or cracking welds on steel rims. My solution now is to be grateful I DON'T have to hand change tires routinely like I used to. At one point I could do a truck tire off and back on in about 15 minutes. ps, the dots/circles on the tires are alignment indicators.