CFMOTO has wowed the world with its affordable, impressive performing motorcycles. In Asia, Australia, and Europe, the brand has made a name for itself by bringing premium, big bike performance to the budget-conscious market, particularly with its NK range of naked bikes. Now, the brand has dabbled into the sportbike segment with its SR model range.
The newest model in the SR sportbike range
is the 450SR. Initially unveiled as a concept at EICMA 2021, the upcoming 400cc
sportbike is inching closer to production. Just recently, the manufacturer
released more images of the bike in what seems to be production-ready attire.
Needless to say, in its production form, the bike has lost some of the features
we saw on display when it was first revealed at EICMA. For starters, gone are
the dual Brembo brakes up front. In their stead, a single, radially mounted caliper,
also from Brembo. The bike’s SC Project race exhaust has also been replaced by
an in-house unit.
All things considered, the CFMOTO 450SR is
undeniably one of the sharpest looking sportbikes in the entry-level class,
with an aesthetics package reminiscent of race bikes. Its aggressive bodywork
is complemented by a sleek black colorway with red accents, while the bike’s
menacing front fascia, accentuated by LED lights with DRLs give it a thoroughly
premium, performance-oriented aesthetic.
Backing up its aggressive styling is a
450cc parallel-twin engine with an uneven firing order. Although this isn’t
certain, I’m almost sure CFMOTO got this technology from its collaboration with
KTM, in which the CFMOTO 800MT, which shares a lot in common with the KTM 790
Adventure, also features a nearly identical engine as the LC8 799cc
parallel-twin.
All that being said, we can expect CFMOTO
to begin rolling out the 450SR in China very soon. Neighboring Asian countries
as well as Europe will surely follow suit shortly thereafter, and hopefully,
given the fact that CFMOTO had recently set up shop in the U.S. market, the
450SR will make it stateside, too.
