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The CFMoto 300NK is the cheapest 300cc learner bike in Australia at just $4990 ride away, but how does it indeed “ride away”? We tested the bike and found it a willing partner around town and even out on the highway. The CFMoto 300NK is powered by a new 300cc water-cooled, single-single engine with 25kW …
CFMoto could soon be expanding its engine sizes with a 700cc liquid-cooled parallel twin engine and KTM’s first-generation 990cc LC8 engine. Images from the Chinese company’s patent application have leaked showing the 700cc engine which is expected to replace the current 650cc units. Expanding capacity The company has close ties with KTM, making their bikes …
Chinese company CFMoto appears set to enter the large capacity motorcycle market with the unveiling of its V.02-NK concept bike. The bike is not powered by a Chinese engine, but a KTM RC8 V-twin, possibly the 1301cc capacity RC8 from the 1290 Super Duke R with 131kW of power. Like most CFMoto models of late, …
CFMoto Australia has introduced its new 150NK at just $3090, but is further sweetening the deal with $300 worth of free extras. That compares with the Yamaha YZF-R15 at $4299, Honda CB125E at $2099 and Kymco CK125 at $2095, while most other commuters in our market are 250cc and above. To add more value, CFMoto is offering …
It’s not exactly an extreme makeover, but the KTM Duke range is apparently getting some plastic surgery for 2016. Spy photos of a couple of 390 Dukes published online by Motorcycle News show a bike that looks almost identical to the current model except for a smaller rear guard and more rounded and compact tank. …
Roland Sands has done it again. The brilliant LA motorcycle custom designer has been hard at work the last year. BMW last year chose Roland Sands designs to dig it out of a hole when their designers ran out of inspiration for their 90th anniversary bike based on the 40-year-old R 90 S. The result …
Chinese manufacturer CFMoto could become the kings of the learner bike market in Australia with nine bikes and one scooter. Currently they have two 150cc bikes, a 250cc scooter and scooter/cruiser, and two bikes powered by a restricted 650cc parallel twin engine. In the next year they are expected to include another 250cc bike and …