CF650NK First Ride
 

I took the plunge recently and bought a CF650NK from Mark down at All2wheelers in Poole, uk. First up Mark is a great bloke to deal with and a proper old school bike garage not a blingy main dealer, I'd absolutely recommend him if you local and thinking of buying.

Took the bike out for a first ride yesterday and loved every minute! The bike feels comfortable straight off, the riding position is natural and the bike handles really well, confidence inspiring straight off even with new tyres in the wet.

Even sticking sticking to the run in procedure the bike does 55-60 mph at around 3500rpm which you have to keep up for 500 miles. The fuelling was flawless at all throttle openings, the engine felt strong and responsive. A bit frustrating as you know there is a lot more power available😊 but I'm going to be good and stick with the proper break in.

The bike looks to be a pretty good build quality, the paint and metal finishes look pretty good but I guess only time and miles will tell. I have to be honest and say the look of the bike as well as the price hooked me on the bike. The only thing I wasn't keen on we're the tacky stickers but none of them are lacquered over so it's a ten minute job to take them all off.

Cheers for that memo. I think this is the first one I see for a bike outside China.

Yeah I think they are they've only been imported here for just over a year so still pretty unusual to see. If first impressions bear out though, and at the price these are selling I'd guess they may become a much more familiar sight on the roads here��

That's a new one on me. Is the engine based on a 650 Suzuki, like the Hyosung?

ER6 clone
 

No, this is a parallel twin, based on the Kawasaki ER6, even down to the frame/swing arm configuration

What an interesting and good looking bike and a great review!

Where is it made?

Congrats. Looks nice, I haven't seen any of them ever.
How much did it set you back? Kinda reminds me of the Hyosungs... hard to pass up for lowprices.

CF
 

Yeah certainly low prices, £4100 on the road, delivered and the dealer even threw in a new helmet! At that price with 2 years warranty it doesn't feel like too much of a risk...

China. There was a review in Motorcyclist mag and there is an on going thread over at MCM. There are supposed to be three configuations with this motor; naked sport (above), tourer (also reviewed in MC and MCM), and a duel sport that hasn't been seen yet. Culcune is the guy-in-the-know on these bikes.

Cool.

Did not know if China, Korea, or Hong Kong.

Congratulations! :tup: I've been waiting for someone to purchase and review one of these bikes! :)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rFYKa2ZVPO...-CF650NK_9.jpg

When you have time, please post more photographs of your CF650NK. :D

Will do
 

Will do Spud, will pull her out of the shed and take a few pictures later

CF Moto has a U.S. website. Here's a link to the page describing the 650NK. :)

http://cfmoto-us.com/products/motorcycles/650-nk

Here's a "first ride report" from the Motorcyclist website. ;)

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fi...k/viewall.html

I even found a "local" dealer in Montana!

http://www.staacksmotorsports.com/ne...ModelYear=2012

Here's a link to CF Moto Australia.

http://www.650nk.com.au/

Here's a video of the CF Moto 650NK. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ytaj_up-I4

Having not heard of the bike until a few weeks ago I was quite surprised at how much info is out there on the net. I'm finding that a number of the main stream (non Chinese bike specific) on line spares providers are listing the basic service parts. That and a really good dealer sealed the deal for me once I'd seen the bike in the flesh