A ZForce with no windshield is wonderful for about ten minutes. Then a truck passes you on a dusty two-track, or the temperature drops twenty degrees down in a canyon, or a rock comes off the tire in front of you at chest height. A fixed full windshield solves all of that and hands you a new problem: on a warm day you are sitting in a greenhouse with no airflow and a film of dust on the inside that will not clear. Most people end up owning two windshields and swapping them in the driveway twice a year. The SuperATV CFMOTO ZForce Flip Windshield is the one that makes that unnecessary, and it is $349.95.
Full, half or vented, from the seat
SuperATV's pitch here is refreshingly plain: set it to full, half, or vented to control your airflow right from the seat of your cab, and leave it on year-round and ride regardless of the weather.
That is the whole argument for a flip windshield. The windshield you actually want changes three times inside one ride — closed for the cold morning climb, vented once you are working and the cab gets stuffy, flipped open for the dusty run back to the trailer. A flip design lets you make that call without stopping and without a second windshield taking up space in the trailer.
The hardware that keeps it quiet
A flip windshield lives or dies on its seal, its struts and its latch, because every one of those is a chance to rattle. SuperATV uses a full-length gasket and bulb seals to keep air out and vibration down, powerful gas struts to keep the windshield open when you are bumping down the trail, and a multi-stage latch that secures tight so that it stays closed when you need it to.
The gas struts are the detail that separates a good flip windshield from an irritating one. Without them, an open windshield slowly walks shut on rough ground and you spend the ride reaching up to push it back.
Polycarbonate, and the coating option
This one is made with polycarbonate, which SuperATV rates as twenty-five times stronger than acrylic and 250 times stronger than glass. That is why polycarbonate is the standard for side-by-sides — it takes an impact and flexes rather than starring or shattering, which is exactly what you want in front of your face if the machine ever ends up on its side.
Polycarbonate's weak point is its surface, and that is what the coating addresses. Choose the scratch-resistant option at checkout and you get SuperATV's proprietary XR Optic Hard Coating, which they say delivers better scratch and UV resistance than you will find anywhere else: ride through thick brush and take hits from kicked-up rocks without major scratches, scuffs or marring, and leave it out in the sun without yellowing, sun spots or fading. If the machine lives outside or sees brushy trail, that is the box to tick.
Fitment
- CFMOTO ZForce 500: 2016-2022
- CFMOTO ZForce 800 Trail: 2016-2022
- CFMOTO ZForce 800 EX: 2014-2022
- CFMOTO ZForce 1000: 2017-2022
SuperATV notes that it works with most hard and soft tops. Check your year carefully — the ranges are not the same across the four machines, and the 800 EX starts two years earlier than the rest.
Who it is for
The ZForce owner who rides in more than one season and is tired of choosing between protection and airflow. It is also the right pick if your machine gets shared — a flip windshield lets whoever is driving set it where they want it without a wrench or a conversation.
For context on who is building it, SuperATV says they have designed, manufactured and shipped over 150,000 windshields. That is not a spec, but it is the reason the small parts on this one — the seals, the struts, the latch — read like someone has already found out the hard way what fails.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The SuperATV CFMOTO ZForce Flip Windshield is $349.95. It is a genuine SuperATV part, shipped direct from SuperATV with their warranty. See the rest of what fits in the CFMoto ZForce and CFMoto ZForce 1000 collections, or browse the full Windshields lineup.