CFMoto 800 MT Review 

The comments on here are ignorant as hell. KTM is partnered with CFmoto and they own a manufacturing plant together in China that makes KTM/CF moto engines. The bike was designed by Kiska, hugely popular European design firm that also designs bikes for other brands. 99% of motorcycles have made in China conponents, so what? They have some of the best manufacturing plants and capabilities whether you like it or not. The issue is when you dumbases buy dirt cheap products from China, ofcourse you'll get trash in return, that's regardless of country of origin. This isn't an offroad bike like a T7, its a touring bike that can do some fire roads and gravel roads. If youre good enough, probably some tech stuff too. I dont understand why that concept is so difficult to grasp.

I think the name clearly indicates its design purpose..... Its a "touring" bike that can handle any paved road regardless of surface conditions and it will handle dirt roads and fire trails with ease. If you want a hardcore off road bike buy one that is designed for that.

I saw one at a dealer. It was priced super reasonable and had every option so no aftermarket parts needed at least for me. I liked it.

Test rode one yesterday - Excellent looks/equipment and overall style. Throttle ridiculously sharp in Sport mode - as you say rain mode better but limits progress! Front dive on brakes and rear squat on acceleration not the best - but overall a plausible alternative to a mid range Beemer - just needs a throttle re map and some classy suspension fettling ! But at £9,200 - Bargain !!

Very few people want to sit on their bike for 300 miles without a break. Coffee after 180 miles is just fine with me ☕️☕️ Thanks for your review 🙏

I watched a guy in Australia riding one off road in places clearly not designed for chasing his mate on a T7. He went everywhere the T7 went. As for locking the rear brake to turn... only on low speed single track do you do that so on most 'roads' the CFMOTO is fine. Switchable ABS would be great but this bike is more like a Vstrom than a KTM890 and the price reflects this. It will be interesting to see what they change on the next model.

It looks excellent value and a Four year warranty which is really good. 👍👏👏

4 Year Warranty is amazing, especially as KTM will only give out a 2 year on their models. I swear those are Vstrom XT gold wheels.

I did a fairly comprehensive review on this bike back in Rhodes in March (I believe the first UK/Ireland based review, if you want to look at it on my channel). Back then, the expected UK price was listed/stated as £9800, and apart from the brakes (which I actually thought were 'below standard'!) and an annoying fuelling issue, I thought it well worth the money at the time compared to the competition. Now though, since they put the price up £1300, then absolutely no way is it worth it, when compared to the competition from KTM, Triumph and BMW. Which is a pity, as I loved the handling hussling along the fabulous roads of Greece, but that was at £9800, and NOT the £11,100 that it is now.

Looks mint for the money .

Im not sure about this fact, but it sucks that luggage doesn’t come standard in my country. Not a single review has all 3 boxes even though my country produces a lot of reviews for this bike. One thing i like about this review is its thorough as heck. I have no use for first impression reviews of people reading the brochure while riding, but that’s the low standards we have in my country, so those kinds of videos are still glorified. Add a little bit of copy paste humor, and bam, you’ve got pretty much every other video posted by our reviewers. Theres a difference between not being able to state negatives because there are none and not being able to state any negatives because you’ve been: not riding enough Buttered up by the company Lack of research and care to make a review with substance. Mentioning the lack of remote preload adjustment already puts you above many of the reviews I’ve seen of this bike. Im not against my compatriots or anything, but the only decent reviews I found for this and CFMOTO in general are from the UK, Australia, and RevZilla.

So not as good a a v strom, but costs around the same!

well ... if it's not much use off road ya might as well save a grand and get the 'sport' version which still comes with the 3 piece aluminium luggage but lacks the bash plate, center stand and wire spoked wheels .. that would seem to be the better option

Are you over 6 ft ? Does it feel heavy when moving by foot ? Thanks 👍 .im 5'9" 32inch inseam..gonna sit on one tomorrow..

Had mine for a few months now & a great on road bike, thousands of $'s cheaper than the Tiger 900 GT Pro which I was looking at. Worth a test ride if you're thinking of a new bike, you maybe surprised.

These are currently £9100 with luggage and 4 year warranty!

Absolutely love mine amazing bike for the money

I got 365 klm on road and also 420 Max being very easy on the throttle.

Looks good but… but.. how reliable it is? And.. resale value? Brand trust? Only time will tell

I posted a video link here from the guy in Australia “onthebackwheel” channel which completely rebukes much of what is said here and shows the bike doing some challenging Offroad…not a stupid little green lane, and they removed it. I have one of these bikes and there is no speed wobble, it’s goes off road well and there are outback tour operators in Australia running these bikes in fleets with no problems.

is that engine without niggles by now..? I think I'd rather stick to my 7hundred or get a preloved GS if i really want moah powah :)

12k for a Chinese bike what will be worth next to nothing after 3 years. That price bracket your in the tiger 800 / v-Strom / tracer 900 bracket. Ridiculous price cannot see many of those being sold in UK.

Way too expensive for a Chinese brand. Lacks dealer support. C F Moto UK need to step up their game on appointing a good dealer network. Will be reflected in second hand values.

Hmm, in Australia the Tour comes without the pannier set as standard but costs $14500 (8400 sterling) on the road. You can forgive a lot at that price point. But isn't this the same price as a regular 890 adventure in blighty? Panniers instead of the 890 bits and dealer network? Hmm.

So it can't really go off road..and it's soft and yaws at motorway speeds - in that case I'd much rather have a GSX F 1000gt , it too can't really do off road, but hell it's good on the road at any speed !

👍 the speed rs be getting a friend

the wind is killing me

You don't know a bike until you've put 100k Miles on it. It's easy to slap stuff together. Will it all hold up under stresses over a long duration? That's a totally different question, and there's only one way to find out.

Its a nice looking bike

Here's the reason you shouldn't buy this over a KTM: total cost of ownership will be much higher. The KTM will hold WAY MORE value than this, which will drop like a stone in value.

Sorry but how can it compete when it has a speed wobble, you can't go off road. Why get the touring with wire wheels as it can not do what it suggests. Overall.... I would say put your money on a well known Japanese brand.

"It feels solid, like, it will last a couple of winters"...not very encouraging.

So change the clickers old mate

lol a Chinese bike being taken seriously and compared to anything Japanese is bananas!

Let's see a 100,000 Mile review. Some China products are ok, but I've never seen a quality engine from them, unless it's made under the supervision of a western corporation. I would not skimp to save a few G for a motorcycle. Edit: this is a year old. So, maybe more is known now. Chinese are probably learning + improving.

8000 euro in UE

Modes are not everything

Excellent review half decent bike with a few shortcomings which seems to suit 90% of riders if you can look past the badge 🙄. Biggest problem for me with all these style of machines filtering almost impossible and helmet buffeting makes me punch drunk after 20 minutes of motorway.

It can be done on the fly

Afaik this bike has no traction control.

230kg

This has to be one of the most overpriced bikes on the market & it’s Chinese. Compared to new TransAlp and VStrom - virtually unsellable.

CFMoto can try and pay as much as possible: NEVER get those Chinese bikes

Chinese bike? NO thanks.

buying a "copy" is rewarding mediocrity.