2023 CFMoto 800MT UK Review PART 1 

I got the chance to demo ride one of these this past week at Daytona bike week. I have to say I was impressed. The build quality is excellent and it comes with many things that the Japanese 4 just refuse to add in the segment. The best news is that bikes like these will ultimately force the hand of other manufacturers to be more competitive.

Bought it, love it.

You do wonderful reviews and they are much appreciated. Will be going to see my CF Moto dealer today!

I’ve owned one of these for 9mths in Aus - it’s brilliant. Not one single issue apart from a touchy throttle which I can easily ride around. I’ve been riding 50yrs and owned 4 x BMW 1200GS and 2 x 1250 GS. This bikes build quality is every bit as good as my GS and in fact I sold my 2021 GS1250 for $30k, bought this for $14k and put $16k back into my bank and despite being initially concerned about brand and dealer network (which is now huge) I haven’t regretted it once.

Love the look, got a VStrom at the moment but looking for a few extras and a bit more power so this might be it!

The simple fact that you reported the rear shock as seeming "nice and boingy" has me hooked; I subscribed instantly at that! Excellent and easy-going review! Thanks!

This looks amazing. I'm definitely considering getting one of these in the near future. 👍🏻

Great bike love it great video as always

Excellent review! I have a cf moto atv. The build quality is fantastic from them.

Great review. Looking forward to the bike coming to the USA as the IBEX 800T. Is there any shops that can flash the ECU to smooth out the fueling?

Looking forward to seeing the US version(Ibex 800), this bike has useful features and is well designed. if they would make the ABS switchable for dirt riding, i would consider trading my Adventure 790 for it. The CF moto seems to have better wind protection, and possibly a better seat. plus the 800 engine is awesome!

This is a lovely looking bike with an excellent spec. Unfortunately at this price which is Yamaha Tracer 9 GT money I can’t see it selling in numbers here in the “brand image” conscious UK. Thanks for the review look forward too part 2.

Was looking at these in the uk, but now moving to Australia in September. Had a look how much and if you could get them in Aus, turns out they are 7800 for the touring and 8900 with the luggage and hand grips. No brainer for me

Hello, isnt the seat adjustable ? Did you mention if the tires are tubeless ? Great video dude

love the look of CFMOTO 800MT ..i'd only wish that vstrom 800de looked more punchy and aggressive..

For 2023 they are releasing the Explorer edition soon to be unveiled . Apparently has lots more feature that were missing on the last one. China released a video of it.

It's a KTM 790 Adv in new clothing. A safe buy if you don't care about branding.

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Well done Mark. Gonna get a bit of prejudice here. I think it should come with the cases to really hammer the price competitiveness. I wonder if you’ll get the expedition version over there? This has TC & switchable ABS functionality & cases. Looking forward to Part 2. Keep up your great work & entertainment ✅👌

Great review interesting bike but, I will still get the Honda transalp reasons: 1 Base is cheaper and comes with all I need. 2 270 degrees crank engine is better sounding. 3 Honda reliability is much better. 4 After market Parts availability will be much better. 5 It Has better tech features like Bluetooth phone connectivity with on screen navigation, several power mode levels, you can turn off the TC completely for offroad etc. 6 kerb weight of only 208kg 7 lower seat height 8 Fuel consumption better. 9 Higher range. 10 it's a Honda and will depreciate less when selling time comes. Also if you like other gimmicks its still better even if you add their fantastic value optional packs. Like the rally pack or touring pack. Ride safe

“Boings”, I love technical terms ! Great review, no nonsense. Do you still get the side pannier racks ? Is it just the boxes they’ve taken out of the deal ?

I've got a tiger at the moment, and this is definitely a contender for my next bike. My only concern is the dealership networks locally in the UK and the EU ??

I agree, I don't see a thing wrong. You were certainly right about the exhaust. That's the best sounding stock pipe that I've heard. They really haven't made to the States yet, mostly 4 wheeler's.

What a coincidence. My nearest CFMoto dealer In Wyoming USA emailed me today to let me know the CF Moto 800 Ibex, the Americanized name so as not to offend Yamaha with their MT bikes, is on the East Coast and making its way to Wyoming as we speak. Text. Whatever. Looking forward to throwing a leg over one soon.😎👍

I have the touring version and it has only 3 weak points in my opinion. Jerky throttle in low speeds(the Jerkyness on high speed is much better after the ecu update from cfmoto), the 520 chain that stretches a lot and requires replacement at around 18000km max, and the fuel economy at around 5.2l/100km. Other bad points are the low torque in first and second gear that needs to rev more than usual to not stall, the windscreen even on high position is too low for a 5' 10" person, no traction control and the brakes feel weak and slow to react in emergency. Good: price in Australia ($14490), relaxed engine on high speeds, all tech included and extras(heated grips and seat, TFT, tubeless tyres, crashbars...), 3 years warranty, good suspension, ...

În Romania we have 5 hears warranty for 800 mt touring.

C spanner for preload rear shock and only one allen bolt and panel to remove acsess tight and painful....don't like that. Fuelling software upgrage required stat.

Lovely looking bike, never owned a bike like this only naked or sports tourers, for me it's not that it's a Chinese built bike, even with a substantial warranty, I read so many issues on RU-vid related to the KTM brand and their lack of interest when things go wrong with new bikes they look at it but very often fail to address the issues ,by sorting out the problems, a good percentage are new and still under manufacturers warranty, if i was customer I would expect a better service, Not knocking this bike it does look stunning,

Trouble is there aren't any dealers, certainly not around Manchester anyways

tubed or tubeless tyres?

Check out the new cf moto papio x 01 125, it looks great.

After adding after market parts it’ll be more. Add a quick shifter, luggage racks, fog lights, crash bars, etc it’ll be more by a fair bit

So the “Sport” is really just a base model? If it were truly a Sport then surely it’d have the quick shifter and steering damper? What tyres do these run and I wonder are the cast wheels heavier than the spoked? Certainly lots to think about!🤔

I can't deny it is a very good looking machine but it is coming into a rather crowded market place so has to be good. As it stands at the moment I would choose the Transalp in this sector, I have always had faith in the Honda brand and never had any issues in my Honda ownership. On the other hand I have know some serious catastrophic failures in the KTM brand which would certainly restrain me from buying into it. I know about the warranty but that is no good when you are miles from anywhere and no dealers in the country you are in. Competition is good to keep the big boys on their toes and they have done a great job, but in the word of Peter Jones, I shan't be investing today.

Love the look of this bike, particularly the touring version. However, I think I'd still choose the new Transalp, as it's cheaper ( £1.600 cheaper ) by what you said, which would pay for a fair amount of the goodies the 800MT comes with.The Transalp is, also, lighter at 208kg kerbweight, against 231kg for the 800MT ( mind you, after you'd fitted the crash bars and rear rack to the Transalp, I doubt there's too much difference ) Plus, I'd imagine that the 4 year warranty this bike comes with means that you have to have dealer services for all those interim and main services the 800MT requires, or it might invalidate the warranty.

Nice video, but as the other commentators have said, at that price for a non-premium brand, the new Transalp blows it (and everything else) out of the water.

Tuareg 660 for me , looks better on Auto trader for 9k and a fair bit lighter. Made in the EU 🤩

Does anyone know the firing order of the engine? This engine has the 270 degrees features like slight whistle, lower grunt on idle, but compared to Moto Morini's 180 degrees engine (the red bike behind our host), it's engine does sound the same when revving it. Could be the bigger cilinders causing the lower grunt on idle... Just really curious about it.

For that price I would go for the honda transalp or Suzuki.

yamaha t7 base model is 10k otr

Nice looking bike I just don’t like KTM and reading lots of comments CF Moto is good looking but not quite a quality long last. I was looking to buy one but went for tiger 800 yrs 2 years old and 2k miles on the clock.

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Tuareg 660 weighs 30 kg less and costs 11990 EUR. Not sure why it dropped out of your focus ))

Where's part 2?

Too heavy but nicely styled and that engine well proven

Rims are gold? Bloody hell, they must cost a shitload of ££££££££££s? Are they tube type, you never said, they look it👎 ? And it needs a longer front mudguard to keep the shite off the down pipes and engine too.👍

Can I just clarify you said in the intro that CF moto had been making KTM engines since 2017 I thought KTM made the motors for CFmoto?

Much better looking than a KTM. My gawd KTM street and adventure bikes are ridiculous looking. That's the look and colour KTM should have adopted.

The styling is a 10. All the competition styling is atrocious. Good job, CFmoto

I thought the build quality of CFMoto was subpar at best. You get what you pay for, not great, not super bad either, but definitely not premium.

Wow thats pricey for a chinese brand. More expensive then a Triumph and Yamaha?

Drop the term "Cheap and Nasty" we viewers can see it aint.

If it is very boingy then put my name on one..

a bit ugly, looks heavy, those side protection tubes are awfull.....gone stick with my 990 Adv 🙂

Now CFMoto have hitched their wagon to KTM just watch their prices soar through the roof 😮 This was a very bad decision by CFMoto, which may well come back to bite them on the bum in the future...

every motorcycle review I see coming from the UK plays out like a paid ad. it's literally to the point where I avoid motorcycle reviews from the UK because you guys just gush over every bike a dealer or manufacturer hands you. it's a bad industry precedent to set. stop being so corporate friendly in the UK... it's cringe