CFMOTO 450MT / IBEX 450 First Impressions
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- After missing out on the New Zealand launch of the CFMOTO 450MT, I finally grabbed the keys to one of the hottest new adventure bikes on the market.
These are my first impressions of the bike - a more in-depth review will follow. Any questions you have drop them down in the comments below. - Авто та транспорт
CFMOTO South Africa reckons they'll be available only in the last quarter of 2024 over here. I am starting to like this bike more and more every time I watch a video about it. It certainly looks the part and the exaust note sounds fabulous. Hopefully it will prove to be relatively reliable as well further down the line. I believe the wet weight is about 190kg?
Claimed dry weight is 175kg, so it is around there. 17.5 litres of fuel, couple of litres of oils, battery etc would put it around that 195-200kg mark.
It looks substantial, especially from behind the bars with the tank fearing out in front of you but the narrow subframe means I can flat foot it with both feet. It’s quite easy to manage. I’ve not tried to put it on the ground and pick it up though 😅
I think CF Moto have out done themselves here, awesome looking bit of kit! My question would be one of long term reliability, something you can't do in just a couple of weeks.
Yeah I’m really impressed so far. Possibly reinforced by the disappointment of the last bike that came through the garage
The engine has decent history in the road bike I believe.
I’ve seen a few reports of typical Chinese stuff like bolts made from licorice, final assembly not being done real well, etc etc nothing really major.
yep issue for me was in the assembly, could've been more strict on that same as dealers.
I really want to see this on the highway!!
Have recorded this for you. While you wait though - at 110kph indicated it sits at 6500rpm. Could possibly do with a gearing tweak if lots of highway is on the cards
Would love to hear you talk about stability of this bike on open road especially in Kiwi cross winds (which for non NZers can come out of nowhere and hit you). If the bike is top heavy or not. And also if the bike revs its guts out on the highway.
Thanks. So far I can say at 100kph it doesn’t rev its guts out and it’s a pretty smooth engine.
They run at 6000rpm at 100kmh I believe, plenty here in Australia are running higher gearing to drop the revs on the open road a bit.
Holy Hick!
MT450 🎯💯💪
height and inside leg?
175cm overall. You’d need to ask my wife a personal question like my inside leg 😏
6k in europ